crispy roast chicken with carmaelised onions

I have a thing for making a crispy roast chook. Juicy meat, golden crisp skin, seasoned, and timeless. Fat drippings on onion quarters and potato wedges. Roasting, caramelising, sizzling. I've added in bold text to the method below all my secret cooking tips to ensure you have the ultimate crisp outside and juicy inside every. …

the ultimate mini éclairs

Light, airy, crispy and custardy. What more could you want from a choux pastry? I absolutely love profiteroles, cream puffs, and éclairs and I think just about everyone else does, too! 🙌 But when it comes to making choux pastry, it's polarising - some people find it therapeutic and others find it insanely hard! Actually …

honey roasted strawberry oat muffins

I don't often get the chance to see the search terms people use to make it onto my blog, but when I do get a sneak peek, I usually find some interesting queries. Today's recipe is honey roasted strawberry muffins, and these were inspired by a search which made me giggle. The Google search term? …

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 …

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 …

no-cream, no-egg baked cheesecake

Lately, I've noticed my shopping habits have changed. Since a young child, I maintained the idea of "more value for money" means you're a better shopper. I remember seeing this in my mum, too. And I remember when she also started changing her ideas on this. When everyone was living at home, our family was …

orange poppyseed cake & caramel sauce

I first tried this cake when my sister made it for the family a few years back. We'd only ever really baked vanilla cakes with a brush of orange rind and a sprinkle of coconut for added flavour. This was a fresh take on the usual and we instantly fell in love with it. Fast …

coconut lemon cheesecake

Who could ever forget that pesky tune? ...Is life in plastic truly fantastic? Sometimes I stop and ponder why when we cook and bake we demand perfection. How often do you do that? I baked a cheesecake last week. Not any cheesecake… a superbly cracked all the way down cheesecake! It wasn’t a case of ‘bad beginner’s …

beehive stuffed bread rolls

[repost with revised recipe] Aahh... the golden beehive in a tray. This heart-warming carby goodness is all the craze in the middle east, especially among my Saudi (and Algerian) friends. Whenever a lady comes to a potluck party with a tray of these, the entire room turns to her and takes a big sniff in... …