This beer bread recipe is sooo easy and so delicious, and only requires a few pantry staples. Since we’re all in lockdown here in NZ, I’ve coined the term ‘Lockdown Loaf’ – and it really is perfect in that sense. Stir the beer bread it up in one bowl R

Creamy roasted Thai pumpkin soup I love the simplicity of this soup – bung everything in the oven to roast, then zap it all up into a smooth, creamy, aromatic soup. The flavours are lovely and adds a little freshness to your winter soup lineup. If you need this to be vegetarian, use v

Coconut-poached Thai chicken noodle salad This recipe is from my fourth cookbook, Scrumptious.  It’s a really lovely fresh, tasty, healthy salad. Poaching the chicken in the coconut milk and aromatics first really does add to the flavour, and it’s worth the little extra tim

Chelsea’s famous kumara & bacon salad This recipe is from the salad section in 2017’s bestselling cookbook in NZ, Scrumptious. Seriously, you have to make it. Technically it’s not quite famous at the time I write this – but I know it will be! It’s a salad like no other

Easy teriyaki chicken Say goodbye to jars and packets of processed chicken teriyaki marinade, because from now you’re making your own! This is my home-cook-friendly recipe and it’s a cracker. I reckon skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs are the best for this recipe (or equally