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Creamy Jerk Pasta
Wanted to use up some leftover jerk paste and found this recipe. It's nice and creamy with a mild but not punch you in the face kick. Next time I'd knock 100g off the pasta for 2 people. Ingredients 350g pasta 350g chicken, diced 2 tbsp jerk seasoning, divided 2 tbsp olive oil, divided 1 tbsp butter 1 red pepper, chopped 1 green pepper, chopped 1 yellow pepper, chopped 3 garlic cloves, minced 250ml chicken stock 1 cup double cream 1 cup parmesan, grated  Method Place the c
Oct 28, 2025


French Onion & Camembert Pasta Bake
Oo la la! Like all of the best French starters in one. Ingredients  Oil for frying 400g onions, finely sliced 1 tbsp honey 1 tsp ground...
Aug 27, 2025


Creamy Chimichurri Pasta
Did I invent this? I Googled for a chimichurri pasta recipe to compliment some lamb steaks and couldn't find much. That said I really just added cream to pasta. Sometimes it's the inspiration more that the recipe. Great thing is I used the chimichurri on the lamb too and saved some for the rest of the week, a little goes a long way. This was a lovely alternative to rice as a staple side for Mexican flavours and I will make again. Added burrata to balance the spice and be
Aug 27, 2025


Sunday Roast Parmo
The concept parmos continue with a Sunday Roast Parmo. Saw the idea in a pub and wanted to recreate but with different ingredients. You...
Aug 7, 2025


Creamy nduja pasta
A lovely midly spicy pasta (you can make it more so if you like a kick) which is super easy to make. The original recipe didn't use...
Aug 5, 2025


Thai Turmeric Chicken
A quick and easy marinade for chicken you can just stick in the oven. Ingredients  Bone in chicken – e.g. 6 large skin on thighs or 10 drumsticks  Marinade 4 garlic cloves , finely minced 2 tbsp fish sauce 2 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce 1 tsp black pepper 1 tbsp ground turmeric 1/4 cup brown sugar (tightly packed cup)  Instructions Mix Marinade ingredients in a large bowl, add the chicken and toss to coat. Marinade for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight. Preheat oven to 160°C
Jul 1, 2025


Dijonnaise Grilled Chicken
This is a super simple way to prep chicken that leaves it super moist on the inside and nice and crispy on the outside. Ingredients ½ cup...
Jun 18, 2025


White Chicken Lasagne
I thought this might be good, but it was better. It is very rich and we didn't have salad in but it definitely needs it to balance the...
Jun 18, 2025


Thai-inspired coconut chicken soup
Very spicy, for a basic pallette like mine I'd maybe reduce the chillies but AT loved it. I served with Gyoza which we dipped....
Jun 11, 2025


Pasta alla Cenere (Gorgonzola and Black Olive Pasta)
This is so quick to pull together. I threw some chicken from the BBQ into this but that's not part of the original recipe. Ingredients  ...
Jun 11, 2025


Spicy Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta
This is really tasty, mildly spicy pasta where the cajun seasoning really shines. Ingredients  1 tbsp olive oil to marinate the chicken,...
May 29, 2025


Gochujang Carbonara
Well this is delicious. That is all. Ingredients 3 large egg yolks, at room temperature ¾ cup Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving...
May 20, 2025


Aji Amarillo Risotto
I made this recipe because I buy Aji Amarillo paste for my favourite rice dish Arroz con pollo verde and I wanted to make use of a full...
May 14, 2025


Butter Chicken Pasta
Butter chicken + pasta = winner. I could have done with thickening the sauce a bit more and cashew butter doesn't melt well at all and is...
May 13, 2025


Honey Mustard Pork Chops
This has a lovely sweet, sticky coating, a bit like the ones you'd do for ribs. We added a bit too much paprika but I think that helped!...
May 8, 2025


Chicken Gnocchi Soup
This recipe originates from The Olive Garden in America which I really want to go to one day. Now even more so. This is creamy and...
Apr 30, 2025


Oven Baked, Marinated Pork Chops
Now I find pork chops a bit dry, no matter how careful you are with the cooking. These were so juicy. Definitely worth taking the extra...
Mar 26, 2025


Swedish Meatball Pasta Bake
This uses the supermarket 'from frozen' Swedish meatballs which are not only fast, but tasty. You can make them instead but I actually...
Mar 20, 2025
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