Cauliflower & Tomato Soup

With the weather getting cooler it’s a better time than ever for cooking soups. I have mentioned before that I love stew type meals, and that goes for soups to, especially thick soups like this. If you are looking for comfort food that is healthy then this is a great option This was the easiest [...]

Slow Roasted Lamb with Roasted Vegetable Salad

I have been meaning to cook this recipe for ages as it sounded sooo good, and it has been holding up my progression through the Affordable Flavours book (which looks to be as good as its companion book World of Flavours). If you have ever cooked lamb shanks you can appreciate how nice slow cooked [...]

Kangaroo Steak with Mushroom Salad

I have to admit that I was slightly disappointed with this recipe. It had so much potential, it smelt so good when cooking. Part of this is obviously my fault, I should have left it to marinate for longer that way the flavour would have permeated the meat a bit more. That said, I couldn’t [...]

Chicken Laksa

When I was cooking this I was convinced that it wasn’t going to work out. This was mostly because I was dividing the recipe by four, as it doesn’t seem like something I can re heat safely. The recipe didn’t help. Generally when the recipe states and it requires chicken it says how the chicken [...]

Roast Mustard Chicken with Salsa

I have been a bit slack with blogging this week, but, I assure you, not with cooking. I have still cooked dinner every night, this being the fifth week in a row. This meal requires some planning. The chicken needs to be marinated for at least two hours. I chose to marinate this the night [...]

Steamed Asian Chicken

I think this was probably the quickest and easiest meal I have made yet. Essentially you mix some sauces and spices together, marinate the chicken in them for an hour, chop some mushrooms and then bake for 20 minutes. Too easy! I guess the only problem is that you have to marinate the meat for [...]