Simple Dinners 04 / Crab & Chilli Spaghetti

Hi everyone! I’m currently in Los Angeles, with one week and two cities left on this amazing holiday. It has been incredible so far and I can’t wait to sift through hundreds of photos and tell you all about it! In the meantime, follow along on Instagram for all the fun! But today I want to talk quick and easy … Read More

Mac and Cheese, plus 13 ways with Gruyere

It’s no secret that I loooove cheese. I could spend an hour in front of the epic wall of cheese at Harris Farm. You may have noticed that I don’t often do savoury recipes here, but be sure that when I do they are really something special. I hope you enjoy this round up of cheesy recipes from some of … Read More

Spaghetti con Polpette

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From Scratch

One of my favourite things is inviting my Nanna over for a long weekend lunch. She was one of my first influences when it came to cooking when I was very young and it seems only fitting to return the favour now. It just so happened I had her pasta maker on an extended loan. I have made fresh pasta … Read More

Very Excited

I was very excited to learn about the Daring Cooks, a new group added to the Daring Kitchen family. Based on the same guidelines as the Daring Bakers, but diving headfirst into the wonderful and amazingly varied area of cooking. I signed up right away and couldn’t wait for the first challenge to be announced. However, when I found out … Read More

Daring Bakers: March

March was a very big month in Daring Bakers land. The highly anticipated new website finally went live, and it’s a beauty. Even if you’re not a Daring Baker, there is still lots that will take your fancy, so go and check it out. There is also a brand new set of icons, you can see the sassy ‘Miss Measure’ … Read More

Expert Borrowers

As much as I like to share brand new, shiny, exciting things here in my little corner of the web, I think its time today to share a family recipe that is quite special to me. It occurred to me that I haven’t done this much at all, save for my Dad’s BBQ potatoes. To be honest, I kind of … Read More

Lunch Order

When I was a kid, the list of foods I didn’t like was almost longer than the list of foods I did like! Eating is about looks as much as taste, so some of my food prejudices were based purely on how things looked. Other foods had bad experiences attached. This lasagne is a combination of three things that I … Read More