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....

This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”! Cashew Chicken This is takeout made at home that truly stacks up to your favourite Chinese restaurant. No false promises here! Just read some of the glowing reviews from the many people who have tried this. 😇 You’ll have it on the table faster than ordering home delivery, it’s healthier (way less greasy!) and it’s versatile so you can add or switch the vegetables as you please....

Winner, winner … Chicken with Mushroom Gravy! I looked at the homepage of my website the other day and all I could see was golden, brown, yellowy foods. Working backwards from the most recent: Cheesy topped Spinach Ricotta Cannelloni (mostly yellow), Spring Rolls (golden brown), Crispy Roasted Parmesan Potatoes (golden brown), Baked Vegetables and Rice (some colour, mostly brown seasoned rice), 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies (100% brown). I vowed to share something colourful this week....

In the spirit of simplicity and speed, I’ve just used fish and choy sum. But it’s excellent with shrimp/prawns, chicken, pork or even leftover cooked meats! Quick and Easy Chinese Rice Soup This rice soup is a really good, quick low effort meal that’s extremely versatile. Based around a simple Chinese soup broth used in several recipes I’ve previously shared, including this Chinese Noodle Soup, I think the feedback from a reader is all you need to know about this broth: “The depth of flavour is incredible for such a simple, quick, easy soup....

Serve with lightly toasted bread or pita, else for a healthy and colourful take, with crisp raw vegetables (aka crudités). Creamy Feta Dip If you’re ever in need of something quick but homemade to break out at a gathering, this Creamy Feta Dip will save the day. All you do is blend feta, cream cheese, a smidge of garlic, lemon zest and olive oil in a food processor, then spread it on a plate and sprinkle/drizzle with toppings....

Wonderful to pass around at parties, this was a hit over the Christmas party season! Cucumber Canapés These canapés are a terrific combo – the cool, juicy cucumber with the rich creamy salmon mousse. But the really great thing about these Cucumber Canapés is that it’s speedy to make loads of it. I’m really not one for fiddly assembly and am always in awe of caterers who put together vast platters of delicately constructed hors d’oeuvres and finger food that people inhale in one bite!...

Low cal at 250 calories and incidentally vegan. Yay vegans! Eggplant Curry This is a curry inspired by the famous Sri Lankan eggplant curry we love at New Shakthi Sri Lankan in Homebush (Sydney, Australia). It’s one of those “hole in the wall” places where the servers get grumpy if you dare to take the time to mull over which 3 curries you want in your lunch pack. “Hurry, hurry, people are waiting!...

Whenever you order a dish with mashed potatoes at a restaurant, did you ever wonder whether they peeled, boiled and mashed the potatoes to order? No they don’t! Restaurants prepare the potatoes ahead by boiling and mashing just the potato, then just before serving, it is mixed into boiling cream (or milk or even broth or a combination thereof) to reheat it and make it nice and creamy. When it comes to ridiculously creamy restaurant style mashed potatoes, there’s not much to it....

Minestrone Soup It’s hearty, it’s chunky, it comes fully loaded and the savoury tomato soup broth is full of flavour thanks to a few extra little touches that make all the difference: bacon sautéed until golden, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, and the final touch – parmesan stirred in the soup as well as sprinkled on top. So if you’ve ever made and been unimpressed by a Minestrone Soup before – I promise you, this one will not disappoint!...

Finger lickin’ good! Tandoori Chicken recipe Butter Chicken, Chicken Tikka Masala or Tandoori Chicken?? Any outing to an Indian restaurant causes a crisis of indecision as we battle it out between these 3 wildly popular Indian chicken dishes! There’s no denying that one of the reasons why we love Tandoori chicken is the signature smokey chargrilled flavour that can only be achieved in a clay tandoor built to withhold fierce charcoal heat....

Pancakes recipe Homemade pancakes shouldn’t be complicated. It doesn’t matter if they come out wonky or with a splotchy surface instead of being a beautiful, even golden brown – after all, they’ll get smothered in toppings. But they should be soft and fluffy. And in my world, not too sweet. Because….you know. Toppings. Load up on toppings! Any day starting with homemade pancakes is a GREAT day! What goes in homemade pancakes This is what you need:...

Indian is one of my very favourite cuisines. In fact, on the rare occasion I order takeout, 9 out of 10 times it’s Indian. I find most of the popular Chinese and Thai takeout dishes pretty easy to make at home. I’ve shared a bunch of them and I’ve even created a little “Asian Takeout At Home” recipe collection so you can find them easily. Indian, on the other hand, requires more effort because some of the key spices used in Indian cooking aren’t readily available at supermarkets so it requires a trip to an Indian grocery store which are not as easily found as Asian stores....

This recipe for bread rolls will blow your mind! These dinner rolls are: made without kneading; without a stand mixer or any other electric appliance; take 2 minutes of active effort to mix the dough; have golden tops and are soft and fluffy on the inside. Every single time I make these, I am in utter awe of how effortless they are, and how amazing they taste. They are in every way just as good as classic dinner rolls, made by kneading the dough by hand (tired arms, tired arms!...

This Thai noodle dish is a very popular both in Thailand and in Thai restaurants outside of Thailand. You will be surprised how fast and easy this recipe is to make! Drunken Noodles! Get Drunken Noodles from the streets of Thailand, and unless you have an exceptional spice-o-meter, you’ll be chugging down the beer in an attempt to cool the burn in your mouth. Make this at home and you can control the heat!...

When you see the ingredients below, you’d be forgiven for thinking this is a pasta sauce recipe. All the usual suspects are present. Olive oil, garlic, onion, dried and fresh basil, tomato {paste}. Except – we’re using rice instead of pasta. Just a minor difference…. 😂 TOMATO PASTE WORKS BEST! It’s a straightforward recipe to make, starting off like a pilaf with garlic and onion sautéed in olive oil along with dried basil (just a little sauté really makes the flavour bloom!...

It’s a terrific all-rounder side salad for any Asian food, including Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese. Make a big batch because it keeps for days! Asian Slaw Named as such because it’s made with shredded cabbage like traditional Coleslaw – but other than that, it couldn’t be more different! No oily mayo laden dressing, this Asian salad is fresh, bright and crunchy, but certainly not lacking in flavour. (I also have similarly slaw-like Vietnamese Chicken Salad, that uses Chinese Cabbage which you should give a go!...

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies Byron Bay cookies changed the Aussie cookie market forever when they first came out. They were known for their size (big!), the buttery crisp-but-melt-in-your-mouth texture and most importantly, the generous amounts of “stuff” inside. Big chunks of chocolate (here’s the Choc Chunk version!), nuts, M&M’s. Nobody eats a Byron Bay cookie and is left feeling dissatisfied!! They’re now found in cafes all across Australia, and as popular as ever....

Caprese Salad is terrific served as a side for sharing, as a light meal with crusty bread or piled onto toast with smashed avocado. Fresh and delightful! Everybody loves the idea of a Caprese Salad, but all too often it’s either rather bland because it’s just dressed with olive oil, or it looks like a terrible mess because it’s tossed with balsamic which stains the pearly baby mozzarella balls brown....

I’ve been wanting to share this recipe for ages. It is probably my all time favourite whole fish recipe. I want to say it’s the one I make the most, but because it’s my mother’s recipe and she loves it too, she makes it on request demand request. So therefore, I actually very rarely make it myself. She came around to be my hand model / teach me to make this (properly) and was tapping her nails impatiently as I hurried to take photos....

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....