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Tandoori Chicken, Pilau Rice and Fresh Tomato and Coriander Chutney

Serves 6 (or 4 lunch leftovers) 1 hour minus marinading This is a family favourite in our house. It looks like a long list of...

Mexican Black Beans

Black bean Serves 4 – 30 mins These Black Beans are great to have with Mexican food. They use much of what will be in your store...

Courgette & Green Pepper Szabi

Courgette This is a great very quick vegetable curry option that I often serve with meat curries, again my trusty Madhur Jaffrey Curry Bible pointed me...

Kristy’s Zucchini Slice

Zucchini Slice This is a great slice that my friend and colleague makes for morning teas at our work and her children’s lunch boxes. I love it!!...

Meatballs & Burger mixture

Meatballs Serves 4 – 45 mins This recipe can be used to make meatballs and/or burgers – I have doubled the amounts as find that I...

Versatile Tomato Sauce

Tomato Sauce 90 mins This sauce is made once a fortnight in our house, I make a big batch and use when needed. My kids will eat...

Hungarian Lescos

Serves 4 – 45 mins Ingredients 1.4 kg green peppers/capsicum600 gm fresh tomatoes150gms of onions6tbs of shortening/oil2 slices smoked bacon1-2 tsp of Hungarian paprikasalt and...

Potato & Pea Curry

Potato & Pea Curry Serves 4 – 30 mins Ingredients 3tbs of flavourless Oil1/2 tsp of brown mustard seeds1/2 tsp of whole cumin seed1 whole dried chilli broken into...

Chicken & Coriander Curry

chicken and coriander Serves 4 – 30 mins INGREDIENTS – SERVES 4 2 tbs of flavourless oil4 small or 3 large chicken breasts1 heaped tablespoon of minced ginger(I...

Chicken Fajitas

fajitas Serves 4- 30 mins So….. hands up who doesn’t like FAJITAS!!!!!! OMG this recipe with homemade tortillas(weekend only too much hassle during the week), guacamole,...

Patatas Bravas

patatas bravas Serves 4 – 30 mins This is a very versatile dish working with many different types of meat and cuisines. We like it with BBQ...

Guacamole

Guacomole Serves 4 – 30 mins Mexican night is a highly anticipated night in our home. It does however take some preparation to get all the...

Salsa

Serves 4 – 30 mins Is there anything nicer with a Mexican than a freshly made tomato salsa? The jars are no comparison. This recipe...

Cabbage Salad

Cabbage Salad Serves 4 – 30 mins In our family I have a teenager who is averse to most green vegetables. They are looked at with disdain...

Chille con Carne

Chilli con Carne Serves 4 – 45 mins Chilli Con Carne is a great thing to make and just leave bubbling slowly on the stove as you go...

Chipotle Chicken

chipotle chicken Serves 4 – 45mins This dish always amazes my husband that so little goes into making a really tasty dish. This is one of theses...

Chicken Schnitzel

Chicken Schnitzel Serves 4 – 30mins The promise of Chicken Schnitzel can work as a bargaining tool with my kids(more often than not chips are also included)....

Beef Goulash

Hungarian Goulash Serves 4 – 45 mins This Beef Goulash is adapted from one of Delia Smith’s recipes, it is probably not the most authentic Goulash but...