I’ve been making risotto a fair bit recently, and my partner has been taking the leftovers in to work. This has corresponded in an increased request rate for the recipe (or slightly less tasty-smelling lunches, I imagine!). To satisfy the requirement, I went looking for this recipe on the old slowfoodadventures blog but couldn’t find …

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Hey, I’m back! The new kitchen is unpacked and fully functional (finally!), and so I would like to present a brand new recipe for you. Not all pasta sauces need to be very liquid. This one is a roasted sauce, with the focus on the cherry tomatoes. I used a few different varieties here, but …

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Nothing can beat a pot pie on a cold winter’s night, and these are fabulously warming. Easy to make too, as long as you have a little time up your sleeve. I’m a big fan of putting these on in the late afternoon, and letting them simmer while you run around like a mad thing, …

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Happy Bastille Day! In honour of this auspicious occasion, I was planning a boeuf bourgignon, but I’ve cooked so many heavy meals this week that I was begged to do something different. So, keeping in theme, I present for you … Chicken Chasseur. ‘Chasseur’ is a French sauce, the chief ingredient of which is mushrooms. …

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Osso Bucco is an Italian dish that is currently quite popular, although the modern versions vary quite a bit from the traditional. Even within the current vogue, though, there is a huge amount of variation from recipe to recipe. I rarely make it the same way twice. This is probably as close to a ‘traditional’ …

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Lamb Roast – is there anything much more Australian than this on a Sunday night? Served with roast potatoes (‘crunchy taters’, if you live in our house), kent pumpkin, sweet potato, baby carrots, and lashings of gravy. Awesome. It took me many years to get the timings right on my roasts. I was constantly serving …

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My partner adores banana bread, but it’s horribly expensive to buy (out here, anyway – perhaps it’s different elsewhere), so for the past few months I’ve been working on a recipe for it. This was originally based on a Delicious magazine recipe. But, like always, it didn’t stay that way for long. In fact, I’m …

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This one is a wonderful weeknight meal. Easy and fast to prepare, filling, it makes heaps, and everyone eats it (in our house, anyway!). This is a creamy version. Although I normally make it sans cream, if I have some cream in the fridge left over from other things (sour cream works well, but pure …

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I have my friend Julie to thank for this recipe – at least in its initial form. It, like all my favourites, has morphed over time. The flavour in this recipe comes primarily from the rosemary, garlic, and the white wine, so be careful not to scrimp on them. I believe that this recipe could …

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This is a recipe that I’ve been slowly changing over the years. It started out as a basic chicken and leek pie from a long-lost recipe book, and gradually changed – with bacon, cheese, and white wine being added. It transformed from a large pie to individual pot pies somewhere along its journey through the …

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