Delicious comfort food. Pasta is a staple meal in our household. Some kind of version is always on the dinner rotate for the week. I have many different pasta recipes to tap into – this creamy boscaiola pasta is just one of them. Delicious Italian comfort food that is perfect all year round. Visit an…
Tag: Quick and Easy
Poached Salmon with Creamy Dill Sauce
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…
Caramel Cookies
Taking ownership in the kitchen. The weekends is a great time to do fun things with the kids. I love to especially get them in involved in the kitchen. With two kids, it’s like two monkeys fighting. Who gets to sift, who gets to measure. It’s chaos. So last weekend I decided that each child…
Caramelised Mini Apple Tarts
It’s no ordinary apple tart. Ask anyone to name an apple dessert and they’ll often say apple pie. A dessert that brings waves of nostalgia that’s comforting and incredibly homely. For me it also brings back memories of that famous scene during the movie “American Pie”. If you don’t know that scene, look it up…
Milo Bliss Balls
A healthier chocolate snack treat. It’s that time of year again when I’m making healthy snacks for the kids to take to school. Right now, my kids love anything Milo-flavoured. This is why I sought out a recipe to make these milo bliss balls. Read on if you would like to know more about Milo….
Broccoli with Almonds
An upgrade to a humble steamed side dish. Broccoli is one of our favourite vegetables. It always in our fridge and often comes out for roast dinners, stir-fries and as a side dish with grilled meats. My oldest would happily order a bowl of broccoli when we dine out and just eat this. Weird, I…
Homemade Mayonnaise
Let’s talk mayonnaise. Such a versatile condiment, isn’t it. We use mayonnaise as a dressing on leafy salads, in sandwiches, in potato or egg salads, in fish patties. Honestly, the list goes on. Up to now, I’ve been a bit scared to make homemade mayonnaise. Now that I’ve tried it, it’s super simple and not…
Chicken Basil Pesto Pasta
Quick and easy… perfect! Sydney has been blessed with amazing weather despite the onset of winter. We have had cool nights but the days have been sunny and warm. Our plants in the backyard have also loved the weather we’ve been having. Our basil in particular has taken off and grown crazily. We have more…