Spaghetti alla Puttanesca Spaghetti alla Puttanesca is a traditional Italian pasta from Naples that’s quick to put together from pantry staples. If you have canned tomatoes, garlic, olives, anchovies and capers in your cupboard, you can knock out this simple but flavourful sauce in a flash. It’s a stellar emergency meal everyone should know, with […]
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Really Quick Broccoli Pasta This is one of my best emergency quick dinner ideas and 2-in-1 veg plus carb side dish. Broccoli, pasta and not much else, it’s a little bit lemony, a little bit cheesy and a whole lot of yum. The broccoli is cooked with the pasta then stirred vigorously with sauce to make it juicy and
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Chili Mac and Cheese Chili Mac and Cheese tastes like your favourite Chili – with the added cheesy goodness of Mac & Cheese! Sensational ground beef dinner recipe that’s on the table in just over 20 minutes – and it’s all made in one pot. It’s truly fabulously delicious! On the table in just over 20 minutes, made with
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Chicken pasta bake A nice change from the usual creamy versions, this chicken pasta bake is made with a tomato pasta sauce. Filled with bacon, sizzling seasoned chicken and generous on the cheese, it’s cosy and hearty and thrifty and just so, so delicious! Excellent complete meal for making ahead and freezing. Chicken pasta bake
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One pot creamy tomato beef pasta This is a beef pasta cooked with Italian seasonings in a creamy tomato sauce. The epitome of easy homemade comfort food with the convenience of one-pot cooking! One Pot Creamy Tomato Beef Pasta I’m quite selective about one-pot pasta recipes. I only use it for saucy pastas, like today’s. It just doesn’t
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Pineapple Upside Down Cake Bringing back the retro classic! You’ll love this Pineapple Upside Down Cake with the sticky caramelised edges on the pineapple. The ultra-moist, tender vanilla cake is studded with pineapple pieces and infused with pineapple juice. You can’t help but smile at the sight of this cheerful-looking cake. Right? 🙂 Pineapple Upside
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Chargrill Charlie’s Green Bean Avocado Salad (copycat!) This Green Bean Avocado Salad is a copycat of a popular salad at a charcoal chicken chain in Sydney called Chargrill Charlie’s. Their chicken is ok. But they do really good salads! This salad is made with soft cooked green beans, tomato and avocado with a sprinkling of
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Chili dogs Welcome to the chili dog of my dreams! A thick, molten beef chili sauce, slow cooked for hours, designed to function more like a sauce so it smothers rather than running everywhere. As for the grilled hot dog? Skip the cheap footy franks. Smoked sausages are the way to go. Think – kranksy,
Crispy pork belly banh mi Crispy Pork Belly Banh Mi I recently had the best banh mi of my life at a place called Ca Com in Melbourne. It was a banh mi stuffed with crispy pork belly with a special sauce and plenty of banh mi fixings, and it was absolutely incredible. The standout was the
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Eggplant Parmigiana Think of Eggplant Parmigiana as a pasta-less vegetarian Lasagna, made with thin slices of eggplant instead of pasta, layered with tomato sauce, fresh basil and plenty of molten cheese. Called Parmigiana di Melanzane in Italian and known as Eggplant Parmesan in the US, it’s a low-carb dream come true! Eggplant Parmigiana If Moussaka is Greece’s answer to Italian Lasagna, then Eggplant
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