Perfect together. Growing up we had several different herbs in our back garden – parsley, marjoram and dill. Mum often dill to pickle her own gherkins from the cucumbers dad grew also in the garden. She also used it to make a creamy sauce with green beans. I personally love dill with seafood. That’s why…
Category: Seafood
I grew up in a small seaside town in New Zealand which meant I ate a lot of seafood during my youth. I was definitely spoilt when growing up with it so plentiful. Seafood can be expensive so keep an eye out for it when on special in your supermarket, fish market or fishmonger. Or try cooking with tinned or smoked seafood to supplement what you can buy fresh. Whether you love fish, prawns or calamari, you’ll find a number of recipes here to try.
Fish Cakes with Homemade Tartare Sauce
Mystery fish. When at the markets on Saturday, we often take a look at what type of seafood is going cheap in the afternoon. It’s how this fish cakes recipe came about after buying some white fish at Sydney Markets. Honestly, Sydney Markets are amazing. You can eat so cheaply but so incredibly well if…
Salmon Quiche
A winner for weekend lunches. When friends arrive over for lunch, sandwiches just don’t suffice. You need to pull out the big guns with a meal that will surely impress. The problem is, a lot of recipes that do this are complicated and time-consuming. This is where this salmon quiche comes in. It’s incredibly tasty…
Creamy Tomato Garlic Prawns
Dinner in 20 minutes! These days I’m working from home like almost everyone else. At first, I hated it. The idea of being confined to my bedroom while the kids ran amuck in the rest of the house drove me insane. But since schools opened up again and they went back, I’ve loved working at…
Beer Batter Fish
A pub meal at home. If you’re Australian, New Zealander, Canadian, Irish or British it’s almost a certainty you have visited a pub for a meal. While there, chances are you’ve had one time beer batter fish & chips. Let me explain what is a pub to those not familar with it. Pub is short…
Nicoise Salad
Nicoise is the best salad… ever! I can’t remember when was the first time I ever tried a Nicoise Salad. I do remember however that this was my go-to lunch of choice from a cafe near one of my former jobs. It’s an amazing salad. I honestly can’t rate it enough. And lately, I’ve been…
Prawn Fried Rice
Perfect with leftover rice. Just about every suburb in Sydney has either a Thai, Malaysian or Chinese restaurant or takeaway shop. If you don’t want the stodgy pizza or burger and fries available, your next choice is Asain food of some kind. And almost one meal that is always up for consideration is fried rice….
Smoked Salmon Spaghetti
If you’re after a quick and easy family meal, this should be on your rotate. It’s one of my favourite pasta meals to make plus a great way to pack in some omega-3 into the diet. The kids love this when I make it but I think they’d love anything with pasta.