There are endless bruschetta recipes “out there”. Google “bruschetta recipes” and you’ll be returned with 19.4 million hits. And I’m betting that 98% of them aren’t authentic Italian ones! I don’t judge – I am all for putting your own spin on things, doing modern / western / fusion versions of traditional recipes. And I’ve eaten and made my fair share of non-authentic bruschetta (eg. ricotta with grilled peach drizzled with honey…oh my!...

Bonus: perfect freezer friendly meal! Baked Ziti Let’s be clear here – this is not just another pasta bake. This is the mother of all pasta bakes! While some recipes might be satisfied making Baked Ziti using a basic meat sauce, this one is made with a good amount of seasonings which adds a TON of flavour into the meat itself which then seeps into the tomato sauce as it simmers away…....

I like making chicken stock because it’s easy compared to beef stock, and improves just about everything – the main goal here! Chicken stock recipe Stocks are the foundation for countless dishes in many cuisines. Chicken stock is one of the most common and versatile stocks in Western cooking, and is made by infusing water with the flavours of chicken, fresh root vegetables and herbs. Good restaurants always make their own stocks, and is the secret to why their dishes often have that richer, deeper, “restaurant-quality” taste to them!...

This is how this 15 minute meal goes down: Chicken – 30 seconds to prepare, 3 1/2 minutes to cook (using chicken breast minute steaks) Marsala Sauce – 2 minutes to prepare ingredients, 3 1/2 minutes to make by deglazing the pan White Bean Puree – 1 minute to prepare, 2 minutes to simmer, 1 minute to puree or mash Asparagus – 1 minute to microwave (shortcut: steam it wrapped in cling wrap)...

This is a terrific carrot recipe to serve as a meal. Thick and creamy, savoury and sweet, Carrot Soup is quick to make, healthy, freezes brilliantly, and the only thing it needs is hot crusty bread for dunking. And I love the colour! Creamy Carrot Soup is the BEST way to eat carrots! When the end of the week rolls round and the cupboards are pretty bare, I can still bank on having carrots, onion and garlic....

For a No Knead version, make this recipe using the No Knead Bread Rolls recipe – super easy! I invited my mother over for brunch today. Wanting her to taste test a few things I was experimenting with. Well, truth be told, I was having a big cooking day and wanted a kitchen-hand. Within a few minutes of arriving and discovering the real reason I asked her over, she disappeared outside on the pretence of playing with my dog (works every time)....

Terrific to throw on the BBQ – of pan fry them if it’s not grilling season. They brown nicely on the outside and are extra juicy on the inside thanks to the marinade! Grilled Pork Chops – Marinade This lemon garlic marinade is SO GOOD with grilled pork chops – though also excellent with chicken and lamb so I’ve have notes for marinating times and cooking directions for those too....

“OMG, it actually has layers in it!”, my friend exclaimed when I served up this lasagna for lunch today. YES, this does! Have you seen one-pot lasagnas floating around on the internet? I think Martha Stewart started the craze. Here’s the thing though. I am yet to see a “one pot” lasagna that actually looks like a lasagna. None of the ones I have seen actually have layers. They are more like a pasta bake with a delicious mess of broken up lasagna sheets mixed up with the filling and sauce....

This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”! My Swiss Army knife of Stir Fry Sauces! Restaurant Secret: you know when you go to a packed Asian restaurant or take out during lunch hour and you’re handed a plate of fresh-out-of-the-wok stir fry 5 minutes after ordering? I hate to disappoint you, but the cooks standing over the flames aren’t throwing together 10 ingredient sauce mixes for every single dish……....

Now available: the Slow Cooker version of this recipe with a Garlic Butter Gravy! Roast turkey breast The phrase “This side dish recipe is so good, it will steal the show!” is thrown around all too much, and I’m guilty of it myself. But for those of you responsible for the main event – here is a turkey against which no side, no matter how epic, stands a chance. That herby garlic butter…....

Sweet potato is probably my most underused vegetable, and I have no idea why. It has superfood status, it’s packed with nutrition and it’s a potato. Carb Monster, right here. Potato Girl. Yet to meet a form of potato – sweet or regular – that I don’t love. That’s going to change in the coming months. I actually love sweet potato, it’s just never made my weekly shopping basket. Nowadays, I always have it and I’ve been making some great quick meals using sweet potato rather than regular ones....

Breakfast Casserole Bacon + sausage + egg + milk + cheese + potatoes + bread does not = nutritious low fat energy breakfast for every day. But it DOES equal DELICIOUS!!! This is my “make-ahead-feed-an-army” version of a country breakfast fry up that is one of my favourite things to order when I go out for brunch (especially if I had a few too many champers the night before). A ginormous plate loaded with eggs, sausage, bacon, potatoes and toast on the side....

If you’re after a traditional German schnitzel, use pork. Or for Austrian, use veal! Schnitzel I love all things fried and my bottom hates me for it. And of all deep fried things, Schnitzel is very high up on the list. I certainly had more than my fair share during my travels in Austria!! Despite my love of all things deep fried, doing it at home is rare, mainly because I have a thing about “wasting” oil....

“This is one of those dinners I pulled together when my refrigerator was dismally empty.” I’m more of a white meat girl than a steak girl. So on the rare occasions that I cook steak, I feel like I can justify investing in a good cut so I splurged on a great piece of sirloin – about 2.5 cm / 1 inch. I hadn’t actually planned to make steak for dinner....

This is a cookbook exclusive recipe! This recipe is exclusive to my debut cookbook Dinner which includes a how-to video for every recipe. Just scan the QR code! Just to explain…. I know, it’s confusing! You’re so used to getting recipes on my website – there’s over 1,200 of them, after all. And here you are looking at a tasty recipe video and I haven’t provided the recipe. 🙀 I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise....

Make this with chicken or even entirely meat free. With a sauce this good, you can put anything in it – and it will taste amazing! Thai Green Curry recipe The single most requested recipe is finally here!! We love the colour, the spiciness, and how fragrant the creamy sauce is. Along with Pad Thai, Chicken Satay and Thai Red Curry, green curry is the gold standard by which we rate Thai restaurants....

Poke Bowl recipe I may be a true-blue Aussie, but the Japanese blood in my veins demands that Poke Bowls be more than just another trendy “healthy” recipe that tastes just okay….. So here are the 3 things that will make you fall in love with this Poke Bowl even if you’ve had meh Poke Bowl experiences in the past!! It’s pronounced “poke-ay” bowls, it rhymes with “okay”. But I always mispronounce it “poke”, as in rhymes with “bloke”!...

Try it with Chinese Chicken Wings, Asian Glazed Salmon or Asian Chilli Garlic Prawns (Shrimp)! Vermicelli Noodle Salad Asian cuisine doesn’t really have the equivalent of Western “go to” side salads like Coleslaw, Rocket and Parmesan, or Garden Salads. So I created this Vermicelli Noodle Salad as a simple, refreshing salad to accompany Asian foods. It’s one of those sides that I called a two-in-one, being that it’s made with vermicelli noodles, which helps fill out the meal instead of having rice on the side, plus plenty of crunchy fresh vegetable....

(And here’s my ongoing full Australian book-tour schedule here.) “Why are all these people here?” my mother asked me, baffled, genuinely confused as she peeked out from backstage at an audience of 400. “Well, I think they’re here for me…..?” I said, uncertainly, just as confused. “You mean they PAID to come and hear you talk? I don’t understand. YOU?” she said, brows furrowed in total disbelief. I wish I had captured that conversation on camera!...

It doesn’t take much for me to get enthused about get togethers with my fabulous friends. Even last Friday when I was out with the girls and we were talking about our annual Christmas party (yes – 6 months out), I instantly raised my hand and chirped “I’ll do the food!”. Whether it’s a game, a birthday, baby shower, hen’s night or out of town visitor, I’ll jump on any opportunity to host a get together....