Buttermilk Oatmeal Muffins

These healthy muffins are superb for breakfast or morning tea. I made a double portion of this recipe and used different toppings including crumble, sesame seeds and oats.

Pumpkin and Ginger Beer Scones

These are enjoyable sweet pumpkin scones with a hint of ginger and are superb with cream or butter.

Tonkatsu Sauce

Experience the sweet and tangy flavor in this popular Japanese condiment which is the key sauce on a fried pork tonkatsu sandwich.

Panko Crusted Chicken Breast

Katsu is Japanese chicken schnitzel coated in panko usually served with sticky rice and boiled or steamed edamame, which are immature soybeans in their pod. Panko is Japanese dry coarse breadcrumbs made from yeast raised wheat bread and grounded into slivery shaped crumbs. White panko is made without crusts and tan panko is made from the whole loaf contents. The flakiness delivers crispier, crunchier and lighter products.

Chicken Goujons

Goujons are normally deep fried chicken strips, you can call them chicken strips, chicken fingers or chicken nuggets. In the culinary world they are traditionally known as chicken Goujons and are instantaneous favourites with the whole family.

Pineapple Dream Cocktail

This is a fantastic chilly and refreshing drink for the warm summer days.

Potato and Carrot Rosti

If you enjoy pan fried potatoes, rosti or hash browns you will possibly like this delightful sweet and savoury combination of potato and carrot.

Tiger Bread

This bread is named for the unique mottled crust resembling the pattern of tiger’s skin and is also known as Dutch crust bread. The bread is generally plain white bread containing sesame oil with a rice paste brushed on the breads surface prior to baking. The rice paste dries and cracks during the proving and baking process. This process produces bread with soft crumbs and a crispy crust.

 

Banana and Carrot Scones

These fine healthy wholesome scones are superb anytime of day.

Black Poppy Seed Tin Bread

Black poppy seeds are by products of opium production which have various culinary uses such as a spice, a condiment, a garnish, a thickener or a main ingredient.

Tartare Sauce

Tartare sauce is a sauce made from mayonnaise and finely chopped pickled cucumber, capers, onions or chives, and fresh parsley. Chopped hard-boiled eggs, olives, horseradish and Dijon mustard are sometimes added. It is frequently used as a condiment to fried seafood dishes and vinegar can be added for a sharper flavor. The sauce is typically of a rough consistency. Tartare sauce in Britain is mayonnaise made with egg yolks, white wine vinegar and oil plus chopped capers, chopped gherkins, a squeeze of lemon juice and some chopped parsley. Tartar sauce was originally invented by the French as a condiment for steak tartare.

Barramundi Goujons with Chips Salad and Tartare Sauce

Make your own fish and chips for dinner with this straightforward recipe.

Piña Colada Cocktail

This sweet Cocktail is the official beverage of Puerto Rico since 1978 containing rum, cream of coconut, pineapple juice and served either blended or shaken with ice. It is garnished with a pineapple wedge, a maraschino cherry or both. The legends tells the original recipe was created by Monchito and is as follows: Pour 1 ounce of coconut cream, 1 ounce cream 6 ounces of pineapple juice and 2 ounces of white rum into a blender or shaker with ½ cup crushed ice, and blend or shake very well until smooth. Pour into chilled glass, garnish with pineapple wedge and/or a maraschino cherry.

Pasta with Tomato and Vodka Sauce

This Italian dish is called Penne al Pomodoro e Vodka and the vodka is added near the end of cooking to give the flavour a little punch.

Brandy and Pink Peppercorn Sauce

Red wine and pink peppercorns are a perfect combination in a sauce served with beef roast and this sauce has the addition of Brandy.

Bacon Tomato and Feta Cheese Scones

This is an excellent recipe for breakfast or lunch savoury scones.

Sautéed Chicken

Correctly sautéed chicken breasts are excellent with only a simple sauce and pasta.

Tortellini with Creamy Mushroom and Bacon Sauce

Tortellini is small Italian ring shaped pasta and is typically stuffed with a mix of meat or cheese. Tortellini pasta ingredients are basically made with durum wheat semolina and eggs. The filling is a mixture of bread crumbs, ricotta cheese, oil, salt, nutmeg and pepper. The pasta is available fresh, frozen or dried and is usually served in beef or chicken broth.

Honey and Ginger Chicken

Chicken thighs cooked in the slow cooker with a sweet honey, ginger, soy and coconut cream is a simple way to make dinner.

Kamikaze Cocktail

This cocktail is made of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice. Served straight up in a cocktail glass and garnish is typically a wedge or twist of lime. This is the long version of the drink and very stimulating.

Tomato Salsa

Salsa is the Spanish term for sauce and generally refers to tomato based hot sauces typical from the Mexican cuisine. This is an excellent mild tomato salsa and superior as a compliment to hot food or as a healthy dip with chips.

Water Crackers



Water biscuits are usually baked using only flour and water without fats and are thin, hard and brittle typically served with cheese, dips or wine. The biscuits were started in 1801 by Josiah Bent when he began a baking operation in Milton, Massachusetts, selling water biscuits made of flour and water that would not deteriorate during long sea voyages from the port of Boston. The term crackers derived from the crackling sound happen during baking.

Black Tea Sesame and Pecan Scones

Using Tea as the liquid adds extra flavour to these healthy scones.

Baked Eggs with Smoked Ham and Mushrooms

Triple smoked ham and eggs make excellent allies mixed with passata and mushrooms in this tasty baked concoction for brunch. The triple smoked ham delivers superior flavours to this wonderful dish. Some hams are smoked three times giving them a unique aroma and flavour with great depth which only need simple cooking and they’re ready to eat.

White Chocolate and Macadamia Slice

This cake slice is wonderfully moist with the combined flavours of white chocolate and macadamia nuts.

Barramundi Goujons

Whether named Goujons, strips, finger or nuggets it really doesn’t matter once they are a part of a good meal. Goujons are usually deep fried but can be baked or pan fried. The crunch of the breadcrumb casing and the tender softness of the white fish within makes it delightful eating with the traditional tartar sauce. Prepared Goujons can be frozen and used for a marvelously quick starter when required.

Electric Popsicle Cocktail

This is a cool and very sweet cocktail perfect for the sizzling summer afternoons.

Grant Loaf Bread

A Grant loaf is a no knead wholemeal bread, invented by Doris Grant to encourage people to eat healthy bread. It is unusual to produce yeast bread without any kneading and to produce three of these loaves required 3 lb of stone ground whole wheat flour, 2 pints of water, 2 teaspoons of salt, 3 teaspoons of Barbados sugar and 3 teaspoon dried yeast. This is unquestionably the easiest bread I have ever made.

Apple Ginger Beer and Black Currant Scones

These are tasty fruit scones with a lovely ginger flavour.

Spanish Baked Eggs

A good hearty breakfast and an explosion of flavours reminiscing Spain is delivered in this wonderful baked egg dish spiced with chorizo, pepper, passata and olives.