One pot meals are the THE BEST! Simple, easy and oh yes - less washing up! This chicken and couscous one pot has everything: Tender chickenCreamy fetaSweet and juicy pomegranateCouscous packed with loads of flavourExtra veg! We’re talking onion, peppers, spring onions, and tomatoes Chicken thighs - I’m using bone-in, skin on chicken thighs. You can replace like-for-like with chicken drumsticks, boneless and/or skinless chicken thighs.You could also use chicken breast, but I would recommend using 1 chicken breast per serving....

My family will rib me for sharing yet another Middle Eastern recipe. And yet another one skillet recipe! I love that they have no control over what I post. Unlike deciding the menu for our regular family dinners. The number of emails that fly back and forth as we argue over what the menu will be and who is making what….. Oh boy. It’s ridiculous. Absolute undeniable evidence that I was born into a foodie family!...

This recipe came about because I was at the store and the salmon steaks were just too beautiful to pass up (and at a really good price). I squeezed my orange juice straight from some oranges, but you could always use bottled if it is easier for you. Orange and ginger are a great pairing and both offer so many health benefits. I add a little brown sugar for a little bit of sweetness, and some soy sauce for that Asian salty flair....

These bars are an adaptation of the classic pecan pie but in a handheld package: imagine a thick layer of luscious pecan pie filling on top of a sturdy shortbread crust, and the whole thing holds its shape when you cut it. How to Make Pecan Pie Bars The filling is very similar as a pecan pie, except I use brown sugar instead of white because it brings some molasses for more depth of flavor....

As you may know, I’m not usually a fan of icy smoothies (like my Rainbow Smoothie) in the winter. They make me feel cold, miserable and in need of a large latte with a bacon butty. I’d usually go for one of my hot smoothies instead (Oaty hot chocolate smoothie is my favourite). However, I was kind of forced into it because of my mini ‘ridiculous’ diet that I did a couple of weeks ago (which I’ll tell you all about on Wednesday) and I have to say, it was delicious!...

When we do find a good one, we declare it a “winner” and often make it again so I can get a good photo. This is one of those recipes. Not a big one for casseroles, I was surprised at how tasty this Potato and Sausage Casserole was. It comes from the charter issue of a magazine put out by the folks at Cook’s Illustrated, called Cook’s Country, a magazine devoted to home cooking....

Pumpkin Pie For a recipe that’s actually incredibly simple to make, perfecting The Pumpkin Pie was irritatingly difficult – hence why it’s taken me until 5 years to share it. Not enough spicing, weird blend of spicing, too sweet, not sweet enough, unpleasant “curdled” filling, severe cracks, overcooked, undercooked. I feel like I’ve battled every possible variation of pumpkin pie to confirm that this is The One. It’s based on the filling recipe from Smitten Kitchen albeit I tweaked the spices (I found them too subtle) and reduced the oven temperature because I discovered by trial and error that this is the easiest path to avoid cracks on the surface of my Pumpkin Pie....

Culinary trends took an odd turn in the 70s when quiche gained the reputation of being a Ladies-who-lunch type of dish. Must have been because they took the bacon out and started putting everything else in (asparagus, goat cheese, mushrooms, heck, they even took out the crust). But the classic quiche Lorraine has endured, I’m guessing mostly because of the bacon! In this version of quiche Lorraine we’ve included some chopped chives because as of this writing it is springtime, and the chives are flourishing in the garden....

They are every bit as fluffy and tender as rolls that take all afternoon to make—so much so that I may never go back to making anything else! How to Make Quick Dinner Rolls To make these quick rolls, I’ve taken the usual bread-making process and condensed each step down to the shortest possible amount of time: By using a little more yeast than is usual, we can make this schedule work!...

Of course, I wasn’t always like this. I grew up in the southern-adjacent Midwest town of St. Louis. Or rather, a suburb of St. Louis, one that was predominantly white. I was one of two Asian kids in my grade school. I ate funny food and dressed in odd hand-me-down clothes from my brother who was six years older than me. And I dealt with micro-aggressions my entire childhood through college....

Full Disclosure, apart from the receiving the products, I’ve not bee compensated for this post. Any opinions I’ve expressed are completely my own. Check out Jess’s other products - including the coconut oil here. I’ve eaten my original coconut macaroon granola pretty much every day for the last few months. I’m so addicted that I was starting to worry I might never eat anything else for breakfast again. So I started thinking about variations of my original recipe (baby steps people - you can’t expect me to wean myself off, straight onto egg-white omelettes)....

How To Buy and Store Rhubarb Rhubarb is in season primarily from April to June in the U.S., but you can sometimes find it a little earlier or later than that. Look for stalks that are less than two inches in diameter and that are blemish-free and firm. You don’t have to peel them. Their color can range from green to pink to deep red. If the stalks have leaves, they should look fresh, not wilted....

We can never have too many beef mince recipes! Rissoles are a classic we’ll love forever, along with Spaghetti Bolognese, Tacos, Meatloaf, Beef Hamburgers and cosy Cottage Pie. Rissoles I know many Aussies grew up with rissoles as a weekly meal, but that doesn’t include my family. My first experience with rissoles was when I moved out of home at the tender age of 18 and shared a flat with a real true-blue Aussie lass....

So I was quite pleasantly surprised when my goddaughter and her sisters not only raved about roasted broccoli, but insisted on making a batch for me during a recent visit. If this were how broccoli was always served, I would beg for it too. Tender florets, tossed with olive oil, lemon juice, and salt, roasted at high heat until nicely browned around the edges and stems (with some crispy bits), and then sprinkled generously with freshly grated Parmesan cheese—yes, this is broccoli that anyone could love!...

It’s delicious! And like other members of the brassica family, broccolini is loaded with iron and vitamins. How to you cook broccolini? You can steam it, sauté it, or do what we’ve done here, roast it in the oven. More tender than broccoli, it cooks faster, so it’s better to roast it at a higher temp (in our case under the broiler) for a short amount of time. This recipe couldn’t be easier!...

Typically tri-tip is rubbed first with a mixture of salt, black pepper, and garlic salt, and then whatever other seasonings you want, and then barbecued over red oak wood. How To Cook Tri-Tip I love the cut because it’s just a fat, juicy steak that cooks up beautifully on the grill, as detailed in the method below. You can marinate it, or use a classic Santa Maria rub. In this recipe, we are starting with the basic rub and added some herbs and a little cayenne....

A slurpy, splash-orange-coloured-sauce-down-your-white-top-in-enthusiastic-eagerness kind of soup, that makes you look at your husband’s bowl to see if he has any left that you could steal. That’s how good this soup is. It’s also on the table in less than half an hour. I first had laksa soup in a Thai restaurant, and I adored all the flavours and textures. I may have mentioned before that Thai is my favourite kind of food, and seafood laksa is such a great way to get a fabulous meal on the table quickly, using only one pan....

While Shepherd’s Pie is traditionally made with lamb, beef is just as tasty in this recipe. This is a timeless classic – make this once and you’ll make it over and over again! Shepherd’s Pie When I shared my Cottage Pie on Facebook, there was almost an all out cyber-war about whether it was in fact Cottage Pie or Shepherd’s Pie. 😂 So let me just answer the burning question first, to get that out of the way:...

So, I ideally don’t want to celebrate this holiday by giving myself extra work (by making cocktails all day long). Pitcher drinks provide an easy, casual way of entertaining, so everyone wins. With pitcher drinks, pre-made cocktails are readily available the moment your guests fancy one. With big, batched cocktails, measuring out ingredients is also simpler, using big measuring cups instead of small jiggers, and mixing in bulk rather than dealing with individually shaken drinks....

If your family is anything like mine, there are still some remnants of the big meal lingering about in the fridge. So to kick things off, I’ve started with a recipe to try to use up the last of those leftovers. Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, it’s time to get ready for the December holidays. Though as a kid I used to be most excited about the gifts, now I anticipate the gatherings of family and friends....