Dairy-Free

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.
BYO yellow curry sauce and chicken
BYO yellow curry sauce and chicken
This is a BYO (Build Your Own) grilled chicken with a mellow, yellow curry sauce for each to dip, drizzle or drench.  Read more...
An even better spaghetti vongole
An even better spaghetti vongole
Think you can’t beat a spaghetti vongole? Enter bottarga — a salted, cured fish roe that brings a rich, savoury depth and quietly lifts the whole dish. I love Salumi... Read more...
Pasta, chickpeas and salami
Pasta, chickpeas and salami
Pasta e ceci, a love story. Pasta and beans are a classic, and one of my favourites. It’s born from the pantry, costs next to nothing, and food for the tired... Read more...
One tray sausage, potato, tomato and caramelised onion bake
One tray sausage, potato, tomato and caramelised onion bake
This might just be my all-time favourite one-tray sausage bake—and that’s saying something because I make a lot of them. It’s sticky, sweet, jammy, and everything cooks down together in... Read more...
One tray jammy tomatoes, crispy mince, yellow rice
One tray jammy tomatoes, crispy mince, yellow rice
I’ll be the first to admit, this dish isn’t about appearances. But then again, home cooking rarely should be. The idea started as spiced meatballs in a sweet tomato sauce... Read more...
Puttanesca x Amatriciana, the baby
Puttanesca x Amatriciana, the baby
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 Amatriciana came together and... Read more...
Happy soup (sweet potato and carrot)
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... Read more...
A super veg packed bol fit for the whole family
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... Read more...
One pot chicken, brown rice and greens with a ginger and spring onion sauce
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. Read more...
Umami-packed pantry pesto
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... Read more...
Slow-cooked pepper beef ragù
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... Read more...
Bitter greens, chilli, pork crackling pasta
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... Read more...
Salty, sticky chicken mince
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,... Read more...