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Oysters Kilpatrick
Oysters Kilpatrick Another Christmas is over and done! And I can’t celebrate Christmas in Australia with my family tradition of oysters Kilpatrick. Oysters Kilpatrick has been a staple of our family Christmas for as long as I can remember. In fact, it’s probably one of the first recipes I learned to make. They were always […]
Honey Soy Chicken Wings
Honey Soy Chicken Wings Recipe So so busy! Before we discuss these honey soy chicken wings – can you believe it’s almost Christmas?! I have to admit, that although I thoroughly love the festive season, I haven’t really gotten into it this year. I have no tree, no decorations, and plan to spend the day […]
Gyoza – Japanese Dumplings
Gyoza Recipe So. Many. Plants. Before we get talking everything Gyoza and dumplings – did I mention that I had more than 10 new plants arrive from Jungle Collective last week? They arrived the evening before my trip to Brisbane, which meant I couldn’t repot them straight away. Also, the lack of pots also hindered […]
Proscuitto Wrapped Asparagus
Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus with Balsamic Glaze Recipe Flight Flu Remember my last post I mentioned Flight Flu? Well, I’m still feeling under the weather with extreme fatigue. It’s like Covid all over again! Sometimes it’s shockingly scary to remember how close in history Covid was. When I left Scotland 18 months ago, we were all […]
Cheese and Bacon Muffins
Cheese and Bacon Muffins Recipe This weekend, after coming down with Flight Flu, I felt the need for comfort. For classic nostalgia. For a recipe from the past. And these cheese and bacon muffins were exactly what I needed. They are cheesy, salty, fluffy and indulgent. And they were everything I needed to brighten my […]
Hot and Spicy Nut Mix
Hot and Spicy Nut Mix My weekend Let’s be honest, trying to make a hot and spicy nut mix sound interesting isn’t an easy task. So instead, I’d like to tell you about my go-to weekend routine! Saturday is the best day of the week! I usually enjoy a nice, long sleep till 9am. After […]
Salted Caramel Fudge
Salted Caramel Fudge Recipe Stir! Stir! And stir some more! No matter what the special occasion, when something was to be celebrated in our house, chances are my mother made us her gorgeously rich caramel shortbread. Similar to the traditional Scottish Millionaire’s Shortbread, my mother’s variations lacked the final chocolate topping, however, that was what […]
Home-made Sizzler Toast
Homemade Sizzler Fried Cheese Toast If you grew up in Australia, then you’ll know Sizzler cheese toast well. It was the gorgeously golden, deliciously cheesy bread that accompanied the salad bar at every Sizzler restaurant. In fact, so many people loved it that it often became the primary reason for their visit! However, over the […]
Stove-top Macaroni Cheese
Stove-Top Macaroni Cheese Recipe Let’s make it better! Would you believe I was in my thirties before I ever tried macaroni cheese? Growing up in Australia, in a dairy-free household, mac and cheese just wasn’t a thing. It wasn’t until I was in Scotland, looking for a quick and easy dinner one evening when I […]
Proper Garlic Bread (with roasted garlic)
Proper Garlic Bread Spaghetti is a regular feature on our weekly meal plan, and as we all know – you can’t have spaghetti bolognese without garlic bread! However, we don’t just do any old plain and boring toast. In our house, we make proper garlic bread! This proper garlic bread is for people who don’t […]
Smoked Salmon Bagel with Lemon & Capers Cream Cheese
Smoked Salmon Bagel with Lemon & Capers Recipe Many years ago when I lived in Brisbane, every Wednesday I would head to the food market, line up beneath the hot Queensland sun, and buy myself a bagel. And although I would try to vary my order each and every week, more often than not it […]
Easy & Very Creamy Guacamole
Creamy Guacamole Recipe There are a few recipes I make so often I simply forget to write them up. Such is my creamy guacamole recipe! I blitz up this easy and speedy guac recipe at least every other week to be served alongside tacos, or scooped up with tortilla chips on movie night. To make my […]
Spicy Chorizo Pigs in Blankets with Sweet Chilli Glaze
Spicy Chorizo Pigs in Blankets with Sweet Chilli Glaze Recipe Here in the UK, it’s not Christmas dinner without pigs in blankets! The bacon-wrapped chipolatas are a Christmas day must-have, and it seems almost sacrilegious to eat them at any other time through the year. Personally, I’m not the biggest fan of store-bought pigs in […]
Crunchy Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Crunchy Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Fries Whenever we go out for lunch or dinner to somewhere relaxed for a cosy bite to eat, if there’s a choice between potato or sweet potato fries, these tasty sweet potato fries will always be my first choice. I find them so much tastier than regular potato fries, especially when […]
Slow-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Burrata Bruschetta
Slow-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes & Burrata Bruschetta Recipe Although you may not be able to tell from my recipes, I am actually gluten-free! Ben, our family and friends can eat gluten aplenty which helps my recipe writing. However, over the years I’ve had to learn to adapt to the GF lifestyle. Thankfully, over the past few […]
Salted Caramel Cashews
Salted Caramel Cashews Recipe It may be the middle of July, but this recipe is inspired by the Christmastimes of my youth. Growing up, each Christmas morning we would awake to an array of fresh fruit and nuts on the table – perfect for young children too distracted by Santa. Of this spread, my favourite […]
Roast Carrot and Harissa Hummus
Roast Carrot and Harissa Hummus Recipe Who else is excited and relieved that lockdown is easing? Finally, we’re able to see our families and soon with our friends too. For me, this means I’m able to get back into the kitchen to start cooking food for people other than myself. Party food, food to entertain. […]
10-Minute Lime Chilli Roasted Almonds
10-Minute Lime Chilli Roasted Almonds Recipe I have a confession to make – I’m a grazer. As much as I love sitting down to a big bowl of pasta or soup, I tend to graze throughout the day. Especially busy days when I don’t have the luxury to sit down to eat! My snack food […]