Everyday Delicious.
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Creamy blue cheese spread I’m a blue cheese lover, and this deliciously luscious blue cheese dip or spread is heavenly on Huntley & Palmers’ new Baked Flatbread flavours (Caramelised Onion as well as Sesame, Cumin and Coriander). Serve on a platter with other cheeses, fruit paste (such as plum or pear) thinly sliced pear […]
Delicious date loaf This loaf is from my bestselling book, Homemade Happiness – and boy is it popular! Even people who don’t eat dates love it. Prep time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes Makes: 1 loaf Ingredients 1½ cups chopped pitted dates ¾ cup water Zest and […]
Creamy potato & herb bake Sneak peek from Homemade Happiness How to make your family adore you: make them this dish. It’s potatoes at their creamiest, cheesiest best. I’m already crazy about potatoes anyway — boiled with a bit of salt and butter and I’m happy as Pete, so this […]
Delicious zesty slaw Ingredients 1/3 cup good quality or homemade mayonnaise 1/2 tsp sesame oil 2 tsp lime or lemon juice 1 clove garlic, crushed 4-5 cups finely sliced cabbage (purple, savoy) 1 carrot, peeled and grated or spiralled 2 sticks celery, finely chopped 1/2 cup chopped fresh herbs – […]
Chicken, cranberry & Brie pizzas As far as homemade pizzas go, this one is the business. It’s seriously good. The secret’s in my epic homemade pizza sauce, which I’ve blinged out with scrumptious cranberries. It’s tart, it’s tangy, it’s sweet, it’s ultra-tasty – and it’s the perfect partner to all […]
Crispy fish sandwich with lemony dill mayo This is not just a regular sandwich; I’ve Chelseafied it a bit. The best thing about it is the gorgeous lemony dill mayo – it’s creamy, zingy and positively sings with flavour. After all, a sandwich without mayo, might not actually be a […]
Cheesy chicken & corn bites Serves 4 Prep time – 1 hour Cooking time – 20 minutes Ingredients 2 cups chicken stock (reduced salt) 1 x size 14 or 16 whole pre-cooked chicken (preferably free-range!) 75g butter ¼ cup flour 1 cup milk 1 cup grated cheddar cheese ½ cup […]
Moroccan chicken hotpot Serves 4-5 Prep time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour 45 minutes Ingredients Grape seed or rice bran oil, for frying Olive oil, for cooking 700g – 1kg chicken thighs, boneless & skinless 2 onions, chopped 6 large cloves garlic, roughly chopped 1 tbsp fresh ginger, finely […]
Mean green vegetable soup There are 12 different types of vegetables in this delicious recipe from Scrumptious, – and it tastes absolutely sensational. So creamy and delicious that even fussy eaters won’t realise the extent of the goodness lurking within. To make this soup dairy-free, leave out the Parmesan, swap […]
Crunchy maple baked kumara chips I can honestly say that vegetables don’t come much more delicious than this. These oven-baked kumara chips are sticky, sweet, salty, crunchy and soft all that the same time, and everybody goes ga-ga over them. Kumara (a NZ variety of sweet potato which I consider […]
Creamy coconut & apple porridge (vegan) This is one hell of a delish breakfast. It’s vegan and packed with goodies like bran and apple for fibre, LSA for good oils, and chia seeds. You might be wondering why I’ve used coconut cream as well as coconut milk – the coconut […]
Sweet and sour chicken stir fry You really don’t need a packet sauce to make a deliciously tasty stir fry. This recipes is so scrumptious – part stir-fry, part chow-mein, part sweet & sour chicken – it’s fresh, tasty and simple to prepare using ingredients you probably have lying around […]