Broccoli Puttanesca
One of my favourite Low Carb tricks is to take classic Italian pasta dishes and switch the pasta for cooked veggies.
One of my favourite Low Carb tricks is to take classic Italian pasta dishes and switch the pasta for cooked veggies.
It’s asparagus season here! And while my baby asparagus patch has some shoots showing, I’m waiting until next year to start harvesting.
Egg fried rice is one of my favourite go-to meals for small boys (and big Irishmen)! So I’m always looking for ways to tweak it and make it more exciting.
We have the marvelous Mark – long term and prolific Simple Meal Plans member to thank for this idea.
Full disclosure: The inspiration for this delicious one pot wonder didn’t come from my brain alone. It was a creation I made with my students in our 21-Day Confident Cook Adventure live cook-a-long session. Of course I had an inkling that this Broccoli Tuna Recipe would be good.
My air fryer spent a good few years banished in the shed. But the reason it now has a place in my kitchen is this salmon with crispy skin.
I love eating fish. But it can be a challenge to get my Irishman to enjoy it as much as I do.
Fish and chips was my favourite favourite meal when I was growing up.
Every time I bake fish in the oven like this, I am so happy I did.
For years and years this tuna sauce was my favourite-go to for a quick weeknight pasta. And then I stopped eating pasta. Which meant I forgot about the sauce.
OMG these walnut crumbs are the bomb! And you know the secret ingredient? Yes our friend the anchovy. Love how they add a deep salty complexity to the walnuts without being overtly fishy.
So full confession, I stole the name of my recipe from my friend Alexx’s brilliant book Low Tox Life. However this actual recipe is all my own doing.
Growing up, tuna pasta bake was my favourite favourite thing to eat. This comforting bake using tuna, spinach and onions is just as warming and delicious, without the pesky carbs. It also happens to be much quicker and easier to make. Win!
When I was growing up my favourite favourite meal was my Mum’s Tuna Mornay which we called ‘Tuna Dish’.
Imagine this. It’s a rainy Wednesday. You’ve had a long day. You’re tempted to grab a pizza to ‘reward’ yourself. But then you remember you have salmon and broccoli in the freezer.
Now that I have a 2.5 year old in the house, I find I'm turning more and more to meals I can just pop in the oven to cook while we're doing other important things. Like reading books, playing with Lego and drinking milk.
At the risk of giving away all my secrets, the idea for the Miso Mayonnaise actually came from the packet of my miso paste. As soon as i saw it, I just had to try it.
Red bell peppers, or capsicum as we call them here in Australia are such an underrated vegetable. They seem so common place, boring almost but when you roast them quickly like in this dish, they transform into a complex sauce. It's almost a bit of kitchen magic!
I’ve completely changed my tune about cauliflower rice.
I’m calling these ‘tacos’ because I’ve used lettuce leaves instead of tortillas. But don’t let that put you off.
Ever since I realised that you don’t need to make them in advance, I’ve been getting more and more into flavoured butters.
How good is a hot pot pie on a Winter night?
Meet your new best friend.
One of the things I adore about this soup is the intense lime-ness from letting the whole limes simmer in the soup and release all their zingy juices. Perfect for when you have limes that are a bit on the hard side.