double mushroom arancini
Category: nibbly bits & soup
deluxe dips for deluxe crisps
Hellooooooo – remember me? Probs not, and I don’t blame you, it has been a goodly while! Crikey, I hardly know where to start. So, as you know I have been editor at Dish magazine for four months now, and in that time, as well as getting busy with the job, I have been down […]
castello double cream brie tartlets with caramelised onion, figs & prosciutto
Well good morning and happy Wednesday! Today’s recipe is such a treat to share, and part of my latest collaboration with the good people at Castello – a super easy, totally decadent and delicious puff pastry tart loaded with sweet caramelised onions, luscious figs, cured prosciutto and melted Castello Double Cream Brie. Topped with a […]
ultimate king salmon scrambled eggs & king salmon, edamame bean & avo slaw
I have been in ‘sad-arse dinner for one’ mode again lately, which has ironically worked out spectacularly well for my latest collab with Regal Marlborough King Salmon! Today’s recipes are for two cold smoked salmon snacks, both of which are super quick and easy to prepare, and can be increased in volume if you want […]
simple smoked salmon with feta & ricotta whip on grainy toasts
Happy New Yeeeeeeeeear!!!!! Welcome back for 2019, I hope your year has started as well as mine has…(more on that later), first up I thought we would ease into things very gently with something which is barely a recipe at all – simple smoked salmon with feta and ricotta whip. I originally put this together […]
uber-rueben sammies & epic christmas breville giveaway!
Well, by crikey, do I have a treat for you! In what is bound to be my penultimate post of the year I have collaborated with the lovely people at Breville to create two recipes with a competition to WIN one the fabulous appliances used in their creation. (Two chances to win!) The first recipe […]
mexican chilli corn fritters with smoked paprika mayo & gin mojitos
Hello friend. (Admittedly late to the party and now watching Mr Robot having seen Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody). It’s been a while! Today I have a variation on an old favourite recipe – chunky corn fritters made using kernels sliced from the cob, given a garlic and chilli kick, topped with avo, more chilli […]
cheat’s dinner party for 6
serves 6 As you know I have been flat out lately, zooming around like a headless chook working on my magazine contract work as well as flying down to Welly for Hoob’s 21st and, (in case you hadn’t heard) getting stuck into (pun intended) my next book! In between I, like you no doubt, have […]
castello marquis double-baked cheese souffles
makes 6 Do you believe in serendipity? Lately I have had a weirdly large amount of serendipitous things happen in my life, in terms of coincidences and crazy timing that have pretty much blown me away…nothing overly dramatic or major, just lots of small good things happening in synch. Any waaaay this is a bloody […]
super green soup
…with bloody delicious walnut & blue cheese sour dough toasts
simple miso mushroom soba noodle soup
serves 2 Well hello and happy Sunday morning to you. If you have over-indulged over the weekend at all (or even if you haven’t), have I got the perfect Sunday night recipe for you – an earthily, gorgeous mega-umami mushroom and miso soup bowl with silky soba noodles, tofu and bright spring onion. It is […]
zucchini, mozzarella, lemon & chilli pizzas with aperol spritz
serves as many as you fancy Right then – Easter is almost upon us so I felt it best to farewell the last of the warmish evenings with a spread perfectly designed to enjoy over the long weekend. Despite being single I still absolutely love gathering all of my old (not ‘old’ – ‘long standing’) friends […]
rainbow wraps
makes 6 Helloooo – look I know this isn’t the flashest recipe I’ve ever posted, but it doesn’t mean they don’t taste bloody good – rainbow wraps loaded with sweet, earthy beetroot huumus, crunchy carrot and red cabbage, creamy avocado, peppery greens, roast or poached chicken and salty, nubbly tamari-roasted pumpkin and sunflower seeds. The […]
pomegranate roasted grape & blue cheese bruschetta with figs & salted caramelised walnuts
makes 15 Happy New Year’s Eve, eve! I thought I should get my act together and post this now in case you are hosting tomorrow night and trying to think of nibbles to serve with drinks. These are super easy to make, all of the prep is done in advance, and the combination is bloody […]