recipes – dinner

Besides my tahini addiction, I have another addiction that needs a good fix at least once to twice a week. Sweet potato wedges. To get more specific, these sesame seed & turmeric sweet potato wedges. Dear god they are amazing. I love them baked until they start to turn a dark brown on the edges. ...

I first feel in love with risottos when my love for Jamie Oliver bloomed. Jamies cookbooks were some of my first. Devouring each page of his books exposed me to the world of risottos and all that they could encompass. I swooned over his recipes of oozy risottos filled with earthy mushrooms and goats ...

This roast vegetable pesto salad with hot smoked salmon was created from one of those ‘what’s left in the fridge that I can throw together’ moments. Ironically, often I find this is when some of the tastiest dishes end up being created in my kitchen. I am definitely a fan of roasting vegetables, or anything ...

I never much cared for brussel sprouts until I created the recipe for these Candy Brussel Sprouts. Boiled or steamed to a soggy mess. Hardly appealing. My fiancé was the same. ‘Yuck’, was I think the response when I suggested them. So I can understand why I am met with displeasing glances and ‘not ...

Personally, nothing warms me to the core more than a bowl of hearty soup at this time of the year. This pumpkin & lentil soup is a warming vibrant soup that can be prepared with the ease of a slow cooker. Simply leave all the ingredients to merge into one flavourful soup while you ...