tiger prawns, chips & kaleslaw

When I'm on holidays, and we visit historical sites, I tend to imagine what life was like when the city we're in was hustling, bustling and lively. Melbourne, for example, has beautiful buildings which spell heritage and stories from centuries ago. During our holiday there this summer, I would imagine Victorians in their prime - …

baked tandoori fish

I have a huge confession to make. I love foods that have a slight redness to them. Like pasta mixed into marinara, or a taco spice mix, or a juicy piece of tandoori chicken. On that note, usually a tablespoon of paprika does the job when marinating meats, but with a bubba under 1 who …

burnt butter & pumpkin macaroni cheese

Oh yes you read that right. Burnt butter + pumpkin sauce + cheesy mac. Ooohhh yeeaahh. Please, go on and have a second serving of this better-for-you mac n cheese.. hahaha because it has a serving of vege in it 😉 What started out as a pumpkin sauce pasta, turned into this mac n cheese pasta …

haloumi hand pies

I'm making party pies to share around - to celebrate moving blogs and re-theming what was once 'fati's recipes' 😉 It's taken a really long time and there are still a few corners to clean up, but why not start celebrating a little early with these delicious haloumi pies? What I love about these is …

‘grape and greens’ summer salad

Time's flying by so quickly, and with less than a month until February is finished, summer still feels far from leaving us here Down Under. The weather here is funny: it's like the patchwork of a crooked sewer, where we experience all four seasons in just one day! From blazing hot rays through our burnt ozone, to …

‘one pot’ chicken pad thai

There was a Thai restaurant near my uni which I used to enjoy eating at from time to time. Their Pad Thai in particular was the dish I enjoyed most, with requested peanut sauce on top (unconventional, but delicious!) I recreated the dish once before with a store-bought sauce. A few years have passed before …

polenta fish n chips with tartare sauce

Being jet lagged was a classic. Waking up at 2am and sleeping from lunch time til the stars shine. It took a good week to readjust to the climate Down Under after visiting the two Holy Mosques in Saudi for my first pilgrimage ever 🙂 I had some preconceptions of what the place will be …

honey teriyaki drummies & roast potatoes

Days and days do go by so quickly. Time and time does fly by so swiftly. Minutes turn to hours to days to weeks to months. I last posted 8 months ago. So much passed since then - your recipes filled my inbox, my blog remained in a subtle hibernation, with the scarce WordPress notification …

☆ my 2013 resolution | recipe roundup from my blogroll ☆

Since it's year's end and blog posts are trending around the topic, I thought I'd join the party and post: a warm welcome to all my new subscribers - I hope to dish up delicacies that'll tickle your taste buds this coming year; a tribute to my blogging friends... a roundup of some of the …

food[ident]ity crisis – a celebration of pescetarism & garlic prawns

Since chatting with a class mate a couple of weeks ago about food and all the -ians that come with it, I've been trying to put together a post in my head, but I'm finding it incredibly difficult to get my creative juices flowing. I do sincerely hope I say everything the way I intend …