recipes – dinner

  • massaged kale salad w avocado, fig + seedsmassaged kale salad w avocado, fig + seeds
    Up until now I have never been a fan of the thought of a massaged kale salad. I mean really…massaged kale! Why would I deviate from it’s traditional rustic roots of slow pan cooking with olive oil and garlic, it just ticks all the right boxes. The thing is, the hot weather got the better ...
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  • mouthwatering salmon & grilled eggplant burgersmouthwatering salmon & grilled eggplant burgers
    I think these Mouthwatering Salmon & Grilled Eggplant Burgers really speak for themselves. I mean seriously, just look at them! The day we shot these burgers I purposely made them just before we took a break for lunch. The boys were quite famished by this stage, so it’s very safe to say these burgers did ...
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  • creamy polenta w crispy parsley leavescreamy polenta w crispy parsley leaves
    This dish (like many of my dishes) is inspired by Italy. I love the simplicity of polenta, how a grain (or a vegetable meal in this case) can come together with some hot stock and generate such a wondrous creation. A good polenta (like a lot of paired back recipes) really does require decent quality ingredients. ...
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  • toastie w braised balsamic blueberries, goats cheese, prosciutto & rocket.toastie w braised balsamic blueberries, goats cheese,  prosciutto & rocket.
    These toasties with braised balsamic blueberries, goat’s cheese, prosciutto and rocket where one of those crazy brain wave ideas I sometimes (often) get. I was pondering how I would like to use the surplus of blueberries I had, and I started going off in all sorts of weird and wonderful directions until this one came ...
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  • pan fried tamari & sesame broccolinipan fried tamari & sesame broccolini
    Its easy to get swayed by filling the blog with scrumptious baked goods and enticing goodies, after all, who doesn’t like a little somethin’ sweet? Sometimes you have to rein it back in though and think about the mid-week dishes that also deserve their time in the spot light. Realistically it’s these mid-week meals that ...
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