Crispy salt and pepper smashed potatoes is the perfect mix of creamy mashed potatoes and crisp roast potatoes and makes an easy, delicious side dish. Is there anything more glorious than a crispy, crunchy roast potato? No wait, what about the creamiest, dreamiest, fluffy mashed potatoes? Can’t choose? Well, now you don’t have to. Because…
Bacon corn bread
A quick to mix and easy to bake bacon corn bread perfect to serve as a side dish at a barbecue or with warming soups and stews in the winter. When I first posted this recipe back in 2011, I never knew it would be such a hit. I mean, I knew people would like…
Easy side salad with lemon dressing
This easy salad with avocado, cucumber, radishes and fennel is the ultimate side salad and the lemon dressing is simple and delicious. This side salad has become my go-to pretty much every day of the week. It’s featured alongside juicy lemon herb roast chicken, as part of a help-yourself dinner party with charcuterie and cheese platters…
Brown sugar cinnamon banana bread
Classic banana bread spiced up with cinnamon and soft brown sugar delivers a loaf so good, you won’t be able to stop at just one slice. Guaranteed! Baking banana bread is one of my ultimate things to do. I absolutely love every moment of making banana bread. From the moment I spot the browning bananas…
Easy Tuscan roast chicken
This Tuscan roast chicken cooked in white wine is homey perfection. Flavored with rosemary, garlic and onions, it’s the perfect comfort family dinner. Now listen, right now this post is very hard for me to write because I haven’t had breakfast yet and it’s almost 12pm and writing about food and editing photos about food…
Creamy baked spaghetti
Creamy baked spaghetti is an easy, fuss-free dinner recipe and is perfect for weeknight dinners and will become a family favorite in no time. Pasta is a regular in most households, right? I mean, most weeks we have it more than once because it’s just so easy to make a recipe the whole family…
Crispy chicken thighs on cheesy broccoli rice
Crispy chicken thighs on top of easy peasy cheesy broccoli rice is a great, quick weeknight meal that takes very little effort but delivers big on taste and texture. Say hello to the crispy chicken thighs of your dreams. All golden, crackly skin and succulent meat. On top of creamy, cheesy, broccoli rice. Is this the…
Steak sandwich with whipped goat’s cheese butter
This steak sandwich is the most delicious way to use grilled steak. Served on crusty bread with whipped goat’s cheese butter and Balsamic mushrooms, it’s the perfect easy lunch or dinner recipe. There’s just something about a steak sandwich, isn’t there? All that grilled, beefy goodness on good bread? Who could resist. And even though…
Easy peanut butter chocolate sheet cake
This one-bowl, easy peanut butter chocolate sheet cake is just dreamy and would you just look at those swirls of fudgy frosting? I mean. I have come to the conclusion that the most intense craving, is a craving for chocolate cake. I thought it was only me who needed chocolate cake Right now when the craving struck…
Crispy bacon brie grilled cheese sandwich with caramelised onions
The perfect crispy melty brie grilled cheese sandwich with melty crispy bacon and sweet caramelised onions. This is fall comfort food at its best. Halllooooo melty brie grilled cheese goodness! A while ago while watching Saturday morning cartoons with my kids, I saw an Elmer Fudd ‘music video’ where he serenades a grilled cheese. At…
Mushroom arancini with roasted tomato sauce
Crispy mushroom arancini stuffed with melty mozzarella and deep fried to a crisp, golden brown served with roasted tomato sauce is a great appetizer. Isn’t risotto just the best? I can’t get over how every single bowl I eat, I fall deeper and deeper in love with it. If you’ve been reading my blog for…
Easy sticky ginger chicken
Juicy chicken cooked in a sticky ginger sauce is a delicious, easy dinner recipe. Serve with steamed rice and greens for the perfect weeknight meal. This is the kind of 30-minute dinner recipe everyone will love. The punchy, aromatic chicken in its sticky sauce has all the same delicious flavor you’d expect from an Asian…
Cheese and corn samosas
Crispy golden fried samosas filled with a cheesy corn filling are the ultimate delicious vegetarian appetizer or snack, perfect for feeding a crowd. My husband and I have this thing for cheesy corn samosas (or samoosas as they are called in South Africa). Whenever we see corn samosas sold, we’ll buy a few without hesitation….
Creamy Spinach Garlic Parmesan chicken
Creamy spinach garlic Parmesan chicken is a delicious, fast and easy dinner recipe. Perfect served over pasta or with a simple side salad. It’s the season of easy dinners. Well, let’s be honest, it’s pretty much the season of easy dinners all year round in my house. It’s the type of recipe I’ve specialized in…
Hash brown cheeseburgers with pickled jalapeños
Juicy cheeseburgers with pickled jalapeños topped with a crispy hash brown are a crowd favorite and perfect to serve at your next cookout. Yes please! Listen up! Today we are discussing why everything is made better when topped with a crispy hash brown. Because would you just look at that golden crunchiness? I mean. Now I know…
Creamy lemon garlic shrimp pasta
Creamy lemon garlic shrimp pasta is so easy but such a showstopper recipe. The sauce and pasta cooks at the same time for minimum effort. Just delicious! Juicy, plump shrimp (or prawns as we call them in South Africa) in a creamy lemon garlic sauce is always a good idea. Now add all of that…
One pot tomato basil chicken rice
Easy one pot tomato basil chicken rice is the kind of weeknight recipe your dreams are made of. So easy, so delicious and clean plates are guaranteed. This is how I know if a recipe has been received well by my kids lately: Aidan will proclaim loud and proud “there is not a single thing…
Curried baked chicken thighs with potatoes
Juicy chicken thighs and potatoes marinated in curry spices and baked until crisp is a delicious and easy weeknight dinner served with a simple side dish. I love a good sheet pan dinner. Not only are the options endless, you’re also guaranteed a delicious meal with almost no effort. My idea of perfection on a…
Spinach artichoke pasta bake
Pasta bake recipes are perfect to make ahead and this creamy spinach artichoke pasta bake is delicious as a vegetarian dinner. How to make spinach artichoke pasta bake Saute onions and garlic in butter over medium high heat until soft and translucent. Add chopped spinach then cook until wilted. Pour in the cream (heavy or…
Roasted Caprese Tomatoes with Basil dressing
Roasted Caprese tomatoes with creamy mozzarella and fresh basil is a delicious and easy side dish recipe and perfect as a Summer appetizer served with crusty bread. The idea for these luscious Caprese tomatoes came to me when I was left with an abundance of beautiful, ripe tomatoes after a shoot. I didn’t want to…
The Ultimate BLT Sandwich
Crispy bacon, juicy roasted tomatoes and crunchy lettuce all makes this BLT sandwich with smoky garlic mayonnaise the ultimate summer sandwich. The key to making a really great BLT sandwich (bacon, lettuce and tomato) is to make sure that the ingredients you use are of the best quality you can find. Using average bacon, bland…