Carrots with Spiced Butter

Serves 10 (easily halved) In this simple side, sweet buttery carrots are tossed in honey and cinnamon - it's quick easy and delicious! This is one of the first recipes that I ever posted and [Read More]

Roast Leg of Pork with Apple Sauce

I don't usually cook joints of meat, mainly because they're exxy and I always stress out that I'm going to stuff it up. However, I make an exception at Christmas because that's the one day of the year [Read More]

Cookies and Cream Cheesecake

Serves 10-12 I still remember making this for dessert for one of our first Christmases in Australia. We were still fresh off the boat (and when I say boat, I mean plane) and we hadn't quite got the [Read More]

Fat Free Vegetable Soup

I have to say there are not many recipes that survived the journey from London to Sydney, but this is definitely one of them. It's survived the tests of both distance and time, because it's cheap, [Read More]

Chilli Jam Chicken and Cashews

Serves 4 Ingredients 1 cup raw cashews 600g  chicken breast fillets, sliced thinly 2 tablespoons chilli jam 600g  Bok Choy or Choy Sum, chopped coarsely How to Dry-fry the [Read More]

Balsamic Chicken Traybake

This Balsamic Chicken Traybake is simple enough for a midweek meal but delicious enough to serve when entertaining. I first tried a version of this recipe at my friend Nicky's house. She's one of [Read More]

Chocolate Buttercream

  Makes enough icing for 12 cupcakes This chocolate buttercream is one bowl wonderful! I am never going to win any prizes for my cake decorating but what I lack in skills, I definitely [Read More]