Hearty Mushroom, Spinach & Squash Wellington

What is a Wellington, you may ask? In this context, it’s neither a Duke nor a boot, but a delicious savoury pie type dish, where you essentially wrap your filling in beautiful butter puff pastry. Although traditionally a Wellington is made with beef,  I was able to make a vegetarian version by following my ever reliable and…

Crispy Outside Soft Inside Roast Potato Recipe

There seem to be a million different suggestions for how to make good roast potatoes. These worked out really well for Christmas, and I reckon will make an excellent side dish for any dinner party or event or a cold night that needs some carb crayness. Ingredients peeled potatoes (I used yellow flesh; one potato…

Fancy but Easy Roasted Eggplant & Shallot Parmesan Galette

Impress your friends! Satisfy your tastebuds! Wow the in-laws! With just one easy recipe! 🙂 For Christmas, I adapted a recipe for a butternut sage galette (galette = essentially a “rustic” pie) and made a different filling using roast eggplant and tomato, with shallots. Because that’s how I roll. It was my first proper time…

Amazeballs Zucchini Cornbread Recipe

With the bounty from our garden, I had to come up with ways to use up all the zukes before they died. Here’s an excellent, easy zucchini cornbread recipe (works well as plain cornbread, too). Ingredients: 1 x large zuke (grated) 1½ cups flour (I like to do a mix of wholewheat and all-purpose) ¾ cup…

Dad’s Sinfully Delicious Raspberry Lemon Tart Recipe

One of the best things about some recipes is how you end up with maximum bang for your buck. This is a recipe that is sinfully delicious but incredibly easy to make, doesn’t require any baking, and has very few ingredients.  Perfect for holiday entertaining for sure. Note: The base of this as well as…