Let’s talk Christmas. More specifically, let’s talk Christmas food. Around this time of year, almost everyone is on the lookout for new recipes and ideas to prepare for their Christmas lunch. I’m the same. But when I try to search for ‘Christmas Desserts’ on Pinterest, all I get is iced biscuits, fudge and all sorts …
Recipes
Apple, Rocket & Pine Nut Salad – A Festive Christmas Side For Glazed Ham
December is just around the corner and with that, Christmas! In Australia, that usually means a Christmas Lunch full of delicious and fresh food, including some delicious seafood and mouthwatering salads. Where I live, it’s usually 40°c and no one is in any hurry to be lining up for a steaming plate of boiling hot …
Homemade Mexican Spice Mix – Perfect For Tacos, Nachos and Burritos
If anyone knows me, they’ll know that I love Mexican food! Tacos, nachos and burritos are my family’s favourites. They’re fresh and relatively quick to put on the table, but have you ever thought about making your own Mexican spice mix? Well, today I’ll tell you how. There’s no need to order take-out. And yes, …
Quick and Easy Spaghetti with a Chunky Marinara Sauce
This quick & easy spaghetti with chunky marinara is the perfect vegetarian meal or family dinner recipe. Now, I love pasta. It’s my ultimate comfort food and one of my favourite lunches. The only problem is that a lot of pasta sauce recipes you find take ages to cook, and usually when I want pasta, …
Warm Zucchini, Feta and Pine Nut Salad
I love zucchini. I really love zucchini and it boggles my mind when someone says they don’t like it, which is funny because most of my cousins hate it. I remember on one occasion, my family went to Roses Chinese and I sat in between two of my cousins. Both of their dishes had lots …
Halloween Chocolate Eyeball Buttons – A Spooky Treat With Only Three Ingredients
Halloween is the spookiest time of the year! With monsters, ghouls and ghosts running amuck and the promise of sweet treats that send you on a sugar high, this really is the time to get into the Halloween spirit! And what better way to get into the spirit than making some delicious, spooky treats? So …
Fresh & Easy Pico de Gallo Nachos
Nachos are my definite go-to snack for times when I’m stuck for inspiration. I always seem to have just enough ingredients to whip up some variation, whether it’s a fully loaded serve that’s big enough to share, or a simple fuss-free serve for two, like this one with homemade Pico de Gallo that I’m sharing …
20 Spooky Halloween Party Food Recipes to Impress Your Guests
I absolutely love Halloween! I’ve always loved monsters and ghosts and all the spooky decorations and themed food that you get with Halloween…the only problem is that I’m Australian. We don’t really celebrate Halloween here. Up until a few years ago, nobody in our town ever went trick-or-treating – and by the time people did …
Mixed Berry Cheesecake Slice
Mixed berry is probably my favourite cheesecake flavour. I love fruity, tangy desserts a lot more than rich chocolatey ones, something that my dad thoroughly disagrees with. I sort of feel that you’re either a chocolate dessert person or a fruity dessert person. If you are a fruity kind of person, then I got you …
Sour Cream & Chives Twice Baked Potatoes
Do you ever get strong food cravings? Like the kind of cravings that make your mouth water just thinking about it. Yeah, I do. A few weeks ago I had one of those cravings. I had an extremely strong craving for potatoes. And not just any old potatoes, I didn’t want mash or anything. What I …