Recipes
My cooking is built on good, simple, seasonal ingredients. Ingredients that taste of themselves. When you start with great ingredients, you don’t have to do much to them. Its uncomplicated, approachable, homestyle cooking; after all, this is the food I find myself craving. I don’t set out to cook with a lot of ingredients, techniques, or equipment. I don’t like to follow trends. Cooking should always be without pretension. Taste. Season well. Consider balance and texture in a dish. And taste again. I want to cook food that is inherently delicious and doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Other Recipes
A mid-week smoked fish pillow pie
A fish pie is a labour of love—the filling, the cooling, the pastry—it’s a lot and not something I’d tackle midweek. I once heard Nigel Slater on his Christmas chronical...
A mid-week smoked fish pillow pie
A fish pie is a labour of love—the filling, the cooling, the pastry—it’s a lot and not something I’d tackle midweek. I once heard Nigel Slater on his Christmas chronical...
Salsa Verde Lamb Patties
We go through a lot of mince in this house—it’s affordable, versatile, and always a crowd-pleaser, so I’m constantly working up new ways to use it. For this one, I’ve...
Salsa Verde Lamb Patties
We go through a lot of mince in this house—it’s affordable, versatile, and always a crowd-pleaser, so I’m constantly working up new ways to use it. For this one, I’ve...
Puttanesca x Amatriciana, the baby
RECIPE: Puttanesca x Amatriciana. After countless messages about this one, I finally got around to filming my lifeline—my all-time favourite mid-week pasta. This is what would happen if Puttanesca and...
Puttanesca x Amatriciana, the baby
RECIPE: Puttanesca x Amatriciana. After countless messages about this one, I finally got around to filming my lifeline—my all-time favourite mid-week pasta. This is what would happen if Puttanesca and...
One tray, Greek-style chicken and rice
In this season of life—tired, exhausted, just scraping by—I’m leaning hard into my one-tray bake era, and this Greek-style chicken and rice is on high rotation. I like to marinate...
One tray, Greek-style chicken and rice
In this season of life—tired, exhausted, just scraping by—I’m leaning hard into my one-tray bake era, and this Greek-style chicken and rice is on high rotation. I like to marinate...
Pork and milk ragu
This is one of my favourite ragus—ideal for those mid-season days when you crave comfort without the heaviness of red wine and tomato-based ragu. Cooking pork in milk is a...
Pork and milk ragu
This is one of my favourite ragus—ideal for those mid-season days when you crave comfort without the heaviness of red wine and tomato-based ragu. Cooking pork in milk is a...
Classic pikelets
Making pikelets after school with my grandmother was always one of my favourite activities. Inspired by those memories, a copy of Louis’s great-grandmother’s CWA cookbook, and the incredible dairy from...
Classic pikelets
Making pikelets after school with my grandmother was always one of my favourite activities. Inspired by those memories, a copy of Louis’s great-grandmother’s CWA cookbook, and the incredible dairy from...
My savoury bread and butter pudding starring Little Big Dairy
I’ve combined two great loves of my life in this recipe: bread and butter pudding and croque monsieur. Here they come together with a helping hand from Little Big Dairy....
My savoury bread and butter pudding starring Little Big Dairy
I’ve combined two great loves of my life in this recipe: bread and butter pudding and croque monsieur. Here they come together with a helping hand from Little Big Dairy....
Happy Soup (sweet potato and carrot)
Having kids, I’ve had to use my marketing hat for dinner time. “Hulk-smash pasta” “Monster soup” and in this case “happy soup”. Because sometimes it’s all about how you position...
Happy Soup (sweet potato and carrot)
Having kids, I’ve had to use my marketing hat for dinner time. “Hulk-smash pasta” “Monster soup” and in this case “happy soup”. Because sometimes it’s all about how you position...
My creamy lemon, chicken, pasta and greens soup
This is a midweek staple that we all enjoy—from baby to hungry Dad (though I do omit the greens for the kids). It's silky, velvety, filling, and nourishing, coming together...
My creamy lemon, chicken, pasta and greens soup
This is a midweek staple that we all enjoy—from baby to hungry Dad (though I do omit the greens for the kids). It's silky, velvety, filling, and nourishing, coming together...
A super veg packed bol fit for the whole family
This is my super veg-packed Bolognese. The kids love it (Remi can out-eat Tom on a bowl), and with one clever pantry addition, it makes a delicious ragu for us...
A super veg packed bol fit for the whole family
This is my super veg-packed Bolognese. The kids love it (Remi can out-eat Tom on a bowl), and with one clever pantry addition, it makes a delicious ragu for us...
Canned apricot, ricotta and thyme cake
So, here's a touch of summer in the form of a cake to brighten your winter day! With fresh apricots obviously out of season, I turned to a good old...
Canned apricot, ricotta and thyme cake
So, here's a touch of summer in the form of a cake to brighten your winter day! With fresh apricots obviously out of season, I turned to a good old...
One pot chicken, brown rice and greens with a ginger and spring onion sauce
Winner winner, chicken dinner. Finally hit the all important trifecta on this one pot dish - fluffy rice, tender chicken and vibrant greens.
One pot chicken, brown rice and greens with a ginger and spring onion sauce
Winner winner, chicken dinner. Finally hit the all important trifecta on this one pot dish - fluffy rice, tender chicken and vibrant greens.
Umami-packed pantry pesto
This is everything a traditional pesto Genovese (basil pesto) is not. It’s robust, umami packed and rich. It packs a lot of punch for a little ‘pesto’. If I’m ever...
Umami-packed pantry pesto
This is everything a traditional pesto Genovese (basil pesto) is not. It’s robust, umami packed and rich. It packs a lot of punch for a little ‘pesto’. If I’m ever...
Clams, fermented chilli, lemon, toasted garlic
This is what everyone came for right? Surely there is no better combination than the brininess of clams, the zestiness of lemon and the fire of chilli. While this dish...
Clams, fermented chilli, lemon, toasted garlic
This is what everyone came for right? Surely there is no better combination than the brininess of clams, the zestiness of lemon and the fire of chilli. While this dish...
Slow-cooked pepper beef ragù
Few sights lift the spirit quite like a big pot of slowly cooked ragù. This is the sort of pasta dish you want to crowd around and eat on a...
Slow-cooked pepper beef ragù
Few sights lift the spirit quite like a big pot of slowly cooked ragù. This is the sort of pasta dish you want to crowd around and eat on a...
Bitter greens, chilli, pork crackling pasta
The best part of a pork roast is the crackling, so it’s only right that there is a pasta dish to celebrate this. Of course, the Italians have already created...
Bitter greens, chilli, pork crackling pasta
The best part of a pork roast is the crackling, so it’s only right that there is a pasta dish to celebrate this. Of course, the Italians have already created...
Salty, sticky chicken mince
Shared this salty, sweet, sticky chicken mince recipe during the week and got a flood of messages asking for it. This dish has been a regular mid-weeker here for years,...
Salty, sticky chicken mince
Shared this salty, sweet, sticky chicken mince recipe during the week and got a flood of messages asking for it. This dish has been a regular mid-weeker here for years,...