“When you serve this, it fans out like “hasselback potatoes”, making perfect crevices to pour maple syrup into.” I know the name of this recipe is a bit odd but I truly can’t think of a better way to describe it. This french toast bake is made using baguette (french stick bread) which is sliced almost all the way through then soaked with an egg mixture. It’s quite different to the usual method which involves cubes of bread or layering slices of bread in a baking dish....

Made the old fashioned way by boiling a whole chicken, you can toss in any vegetables, noodles or pasta and it’s going to be amazing. And everybody knowns Chicken Soup is the best soup for a cold! Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup – from scratch! Simmering a whole chicken with root vegetables and herbs creates a delicious homemade stock for the soup, into which the chicken meat is shredded alongside chopped and sauteed vegetables....

Is it just me who always has leftover pasta? It seems impossible to make just enough. I seem to be able to manage it with many other things. But I always make too much pasta! I once read an article about how everything tastes better when it’s eaten the next day. There was all this science behind the logic. I have to say, I don’t care what the science is, there are some things that simply do not taste as good the next day....

It’s probably totally uncool to admit this, but I always have cabbage in the fridge. This only started once I “grew up” and realised a) how versatile cabbage is b) how quick it is to shred (e.g. compared to carrot) and c) how long it lasts in the fridge (weeks and weeks and weeks!). Then it became a part of my regular shop. I bet I could blast off 10 quick uses for cabbage without barely taking a breath....

A showstopper made for sharing, astonishingly simple, fun to eat and eye-rollingly delicious. Momofuku charges US$250 for the privilege of eating it. This costs a fraction of that! Momofuku Bossam (or Bo ssam) Momofuku Bossum is Chef David Chang’s famous version of a traditional Korean pork dish called Bossam which consists of thinly sliced pork belly simmered in a seasoned broth that are then used to make lettuce wraps. A signature dish at his New York restaurant Momofuku, he makes it using a pork shoulder that’s been dry cured overnight so it’s seasoned all the way through, slow roasted for 5 to 6 hours until fall apart tender then blasted at the end with a brown sugar rub which forms an epic caramelised crust....

Famous NY Times Broccoli Salad with cumin, garlic and sesame Welcome to Day 2 of the RecipeTin Eats 30 Day Holiday Salad Marathon, a day where I’m bringing you something simple yet intriguing and little bit different! It’s a wildly popular raw Broccoli Salad by Melissa Clark of New York Times Cooking. Red wine vinegar lightly “cooks” the raw broccoli, then it’s marinated in an intensely flavoured mix of cumin, garlic, sesame and olive oil....

Try it for dinner tonight – as a side, or as the main. Or as a healthy, low carb snack at a gathering! Roasted Parmesan Crusted Cauliflower This Roasted Parmesan Crusted Cauliflower is the low carb, healthier version of these Parmesan Crusted Potatoes I shared a few weeks ago. Because I felt so bad for everyone who left wailing messages along the lines of “I’m trying to be healthy! What are you doing to me!...

This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”! Beef Brisket recipe! I really am not a girls’ girl when it comes to food. I don’t gaze in wonder at stunningly decorated multi-tier cakes. I don’t ooh and aah over pretty little chocolates. I have no interest in learning how to make candy. But I do go gah-gah over sights like this – a giant hunk of flavour loaded brisket....

Like Shredded Sweet Soy Sauce Chicken Breast, this Asian shredded chicken is ideal to toss through noodles, in a stir fry, pile into buns, use in salads or serve over rice! Instructions included for making this in a slow cooker or on the stove. Slow Cooker Crispy Chinese Shredded Chicken “Slow cooked juicy shreds of chicken soaked with Chinese flavours with brown crunchy bits? Yes please!” I think this is a great example of a dish that uses just a few ingredients and can transform into something sensational and quite unique....

It’s a unique way to prepare cucumbers that creates unique textures and flavours. Try it once and you’ll be addicted for life! Smashed Cucumber Salad While one might assume this is a bit of gimmick – because seriously, who thinks to BASH cucumbers for a salad, bruising them into oblivion, smushing this otherwise crisp, juicy vegetable – Smashed Cucumbers is genuinely a way of preparing cucumbers that’s used across much of Asia....

There are some seriously fancy omelettes in this world. Fully loaded, with truffles, loaded with 4 kinds of cheese, even lobster. Me – I’m more of a “fridge clean out” omelette kind of gal. Meaning – when I make an omelette, it’s usually to use up bits and pieces in the fridge. With the exception of a Spanish omelette. 🙂 This is one of the few omelettes in the world that I will make intentionally!...

No stand mixer, no creaming butter. Just one bowl and a wooden spoon! Strawberry cake A pink sponge cake with pink frosting made entirely with fresh strawberries without cheating* is a recipe that’s officially been in development for 3 years. I’m confident 2020 will be The Year when I finally crack it. I’m getting close – and I’m SUPER excited to share it with you. And while infinitely doable by any home cook, it is quite an involved recipe....

This incredible Vegetarian Lasagna is made with a creamy ricotta and spinach filling as well as layers of roasted vegetables and a homemade tomato lasagna sauce. It’s one of my favourite fridge clean out recipes because it can be made with just about any roastable veggies! Why you’ll love this Vegetable Lasagna It is hard to top an epic, meat lasagna made with layers of slow cooker ragu, béchamel sauce and oodles of cheese....

On the table in just over 20 minutes, made with beef mince, pasta, beans, canned tomatoes, everyday spices, and some kind of cheese, it’s sinfully scrumptious! Chili Mac and Cheese There’s plenty of food mash ups in the world. Like pizza – it seems like there is a pizza-everything: tacos, casserole, dips, soup, pie, pasta, cake. I’m not above doing mash ups. I’ll do them when combining two recipes brings something else to the dish, rather than doing them just for the sake of being “cool” or “out there”....

For all my best Christmas recipes, browse the new Christmas recipe index! Festive Baked Salmon! Every year I try to come up with one great centrepiece Christmas main dish that is you can make-ahead and is super simple, but still has that extra wow factor that will make YOU the star at Christmas Dinner…. This is what I’ve come up with this year: A festive Baked Salmon! It is:...

This is the sort of salad that’s ideal to serve on the side of rich roasts roasts like Pork with Crispy Crackling or a Slow Cooked Lamb Shoulder. It’s versatile enough to be equally at home alongside other cuisines, like spice-laden Indian curries such as Chicken Tikka Masala or Goan Fish Curry, or Middle Eastern food like Chicken Shawarma. Creamy Cucumber Salad We don’t ordinarily associated creamy dressings with the word “refreshing”, but that’s exactly what this salad is!...

This is the “leftovers” recipe from the Juicy Cuban Mojo Pork Roast I posted last week from the movie “Chef”. I raved about the movie in that post so I won’t repeat myself! The real star of the movie are the Cubanos which are cuban pork sandwiches. I’ve had my share of great sandwiches, particularly during my foodie road trips across the US. But Cubanos….they have always held a special place in my heart, ever since that first bite I unsuspectingly took in a random Cuban diner in Miami....

Flourless Chocolate Cake This recipe is how I make flourless chocolate cake which is not the usual way but I think it yields better results with the bonus that it’s easier to make. That’s a double win in my books! Usually, flourless chocolate cake is made by beating egg whites then folding it through the batter to make it rise. However, I almost always found that the cake would rise while baking, but then collapse into a crater while cooling....

Great way to make breakfast for a crowd and a make ahead, protein rich meal you can keep for days and days. Also see Baked Frittata – no stove required! Frittata recipe This frittata recipe will be familiar to many of my friends. It is what I make when I’m cooking brunch for a group of people or when I don’t have enough bacon to go around for everyone. It makes me feel like I’m getting a quiche fix – but far healthier because it’s devoid of that buttery crust, nor loaded with cream....

This tastes just like store bought Nutella – but better. This is a MUST TRY!! I know this isn’t an every day type recipe. It’s a treat in my books. And with all the testing I did, I had no shortage of volunteers to take samples, that’s for sure. I had to get it out of the house immediately. It was seriously dangerous for me to have this in the house....