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 [...]
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 [...]
Chicken, pear cider, and garlic butter are three of my favourite things. In fact I could write a whole post just on garlic butter and how O B S E S S E D with it I am {and thank you very much keto diet for that discovery}, but suffice to say that mushrooms on [...]
I could go on and on and on about how amazing tomatoes are, how versatile, how sublimely perfect they are when old school heirloom varieties are ripened in the Mediterranean sun, how late I was to the tomato appreciation game, and how I couldn't live without them, but I won't. Instead I'll just give you [...]
According to Wikipedia, fritule are "a festive Croatian pastry made particularly for Christmas. They resemble little doughnuts... Venetian frìtole... they are usually flavored with rum and citrus zest, containing raisins, and are topped with powdered sugar." For me they're also a whole lot more. They were one of my favourite sweet treats growing up, and [...]
This is one of those recipes I've been pinning forever but never actually tried cooking. The other day I had a defrosted pack of chicken breasts that I needed to use up, so I decided to make use of whatever was in the fridge and pantry and do the one pan wonder thing. I haven't [...]
What started life as a basic but delicious corn salsa has since been tweaked and added to until finally, I dare say, we've reached salsa perfection. Perfection as in, it's still a great accompaniment but can now stand proudly on its own as a killer salad or side. The addition of chorizo, strangely something that [...]
Impressive but not really difficult, who can say no to moist flaky salmon when it comes in a buttery pastry parcel? I had been planning to make individual portions with fillets but when I saw whole sides of salmon at Easter time I couldn't resist one large showstopper instead. Serves 8 what you need: 2 [...]
The humble $40 slow cooker I bought many years ago is still one of the best things in my kitchen. And it's not even for the days I'm at work, because there's no way I'm ever going to be organised enough to get everything into it before seven am. I actually love using it on [...]
