Classic chicken and sage stuffing with a twist

Right, don't laugh, okay? But the truth is, sometimes I have very basic tastes. Any Aussie who's any Aussie will have had a BBQ chicken or a charcoal chicken or a Coles or Woolies roast chicken at some point in their lives. If you're an Aussie you will know what I am referring to. I think Americans call them rotisserie chicken?

Mango cream parfait

I'm not big on dessert since I'm a diabetic, so you won't find me baking a lot of cakes and cookies. But I had this idea that I wanted to serve a dessert with Christmas lunch. A friend mentioned a trifle, and I thought, hey, it's mango season and I could do a twist on a traditional trifle. No cake since your girl barely bakes.

Pina colada sorbet

Okay, here's something that's going to go down well on a hot, hot day. Especially if you love pina coladas. The rum is optional, but what's a pina colada without the rum?

Maggi Masala curry instant noodles with leftovers

Confession time. I love instant noodles. Or as they call it in my neck of the woods - ramen noodles. It's my ultimate comfort food and I've come up with lots of creative ways of making it rather than just straight out of the pack. I've got a recipe using leftover curry sauce with instant noodles that's awesome.

Cowboy butter prawns with konjac noodles

You guys!!! I'm still on my cowboy butter kick and I've got a batch in the fridge. It's a compound butter and it keeps. I've using it for this and that, and the other day I had some leftover eggs that I used in an egg wash. I didn't want to throw out the eggs so I mixed in some cowboy butter and voila! Cowboy butter scrambled eggs. It was super easy, but if you want the recipe for that, let me know. But today, I'm here to talk about using the cowboy butter with prawns which I cooked up for a quick evening snack. Took about 10 minutes all up to make, so this is FAST. And oh so yummy!!

Portuguese francesinha sandwich

This was my first attempt at Portuguese food. I thought, oh, it's a sandwich, it can't be that hard to make. Well, it's a LOT of sandwich and the sauce is epic, but took some effort. Otherwise, yeah, it's not that hard. This is a very iconic Portuguese dish and I'm convinced whoever invented it was looking for a cure for a massive hangover after a big night out.

Cataplana Portuguese seafood stew

I'm on a cooking adventure and progressively learning to cook some Portuguese dishes. My first attempt was the Francesinha sandwich that I'm convinced was invented by someone who needed a hangover cure. I can share that recipe another day. But for today, this was my second attempt and it turned out stunningly delicious. It's a Cataplana which is a Portuguese seafood stew.

Cowboy butter salad dressing

After I made the cowboy butter the other day to go with the tomahawk steak we had for lunch, we still had A LOT of steak leftover. Two people cannot eat 2 kilos of steak. It's just not physically possible for us. Anyway, with the leftover steak, I decided to use it in a salad and turn the cowboy butter into a creamy salad dressing. Yum! And it's super easy.

Cowboy butter and dipping sauce (apparently it's a viral thing)

I didn't know there was such a thing as Cowboy Butter until I tried it with prawns at our local pub. The pub has just been taken over by some new owners and the prawns in cowboy butter was a new side dish on the menu. Yum! Then I did a search and found out that apparently this was viral on the clock app about a year ago. Since I have a hate-hate relationship with that app, I had no clue. I am not what you'd call a trendy person. Good thing the new owners of our local pub are. I'm making it today to go over a tomahawk steak we got from our local butcher, so decided to throw up the recipe on the website. Enjoy!

Slow cooked braised garlic chicken UPDATED

My original braised garlic chicken from a decade ago has been super popular over the years and each time I make it, I get asked for the recipe. I've tweaked and updated the recipe from the original, so I thought I had better update the recipe on the website too. You won't find me blathering on an on (one of the few places I don't!) so let's get right onto the recipe.