This a classic Dalmatian recipe, a well known and beloved speciality of the Dalmatian region of Poljica, between Split and Omiš. It's a savoury pie usually made with silverbeet or Swiss chard. It uses only a few ingredients, and there's a quick video at the bottom of the page to show you how easy it [...]
My first lobster recipe comes courtesy of 2020: the year during which you couldn't even get your hands on a pack of toilet paper to save your life in March and were being limited to two lobsters per person in December. Anyhooo... with the chance for a fancier than usual Sunday lunch, we decided to [...]
Add this quick and easy side dish to your next get together. Healthy and delicious, it would also be great with some goats cheese or feta crumbled over the top, or you could also swap the raisins for some pomegranate seeds. what you need a whole cauliflower, cut into florets salt and pepper extra virgin [...]
Add this recipe to your go-to basket of tricks when you're feeding a crowd and want something delicious and fail proof. Did I mention it's about as easy to make as can possibly be and you can enjoy a drink or two and some good company while it cooks??? All you need is a Weber [...]
I was recently asked to bring a pasta salad to a family birthday, and of course it's the one salad I pretty much NEVER make. I wanted to avoid the usual creamy options, and ended up with two different versions, both of which were a hit. GREEN MACHINE PESTO PASTA SALAD Toss some traditional basil [...]
I say midweek because this is the kind of get-home-from-work-on-a-Thursday dinner I fall back on A LOT, but this is an any time any day winner, just twenty minutes in a hot oven with something green thrown in alongside. Add some garlic butter for keto flavour, or keep it light with some lemon slices on [...]
Pizzoccheri is technically the name of the buckwheat pasta in this dish, the dish itself comes from the Lombardy region of Italy and is known as Pizzoccheri alla Valtellinese. It's one of those not much to look at but so good to eat dishes, a hearty vegetarian option for a cold evening. I made the [...]
This simple kind of one pan or tray bake cooking is perfection. Healthy, quick and no fuss, and colourful. Use up whatever you have in the fridge, whatever is in season, or what you feel like right now. what you need chicken thigh cutlets, with bone in and skin on a few potatoes, halved or [...]
Truth be told there is no "recipe" I have spent more time perfecting than my regular friday night margaritas. A classic margarita has only three ingredients:tequila, orange liqueur, and fresh lime juice, served with a salt rim. For the tequila I use either blanco {clear in colour, aged the least} or reposado {amber coloured, aged [...]
If you're an Italophile like me you don't need a lot of prompting to try these delicious chewy cookies. But when a friend just KEPT ON sharing pics of Italian sweets online and then my hairdresser offered me a freshly baked amaretti, who was I to resist? They are super quick and easy to whip [...]
