Healthy-ish Chicken Nachos with Chipotle Cheese Sauce

There’s a lot of things about these nachos that make them a healthier choice than the regular variety. Baked wholemeal tortilla chips (or corn if gf) rather than fried chips, the added green veggies and wholesome chicken thigh topping. There’s also a cheese sauce that’s the ish part because it makes the cheese go a long way and adds that gooey stretchiness you want in nachos, with about 1/2 the actual cheese. But still some cheese because, oh god, cheese will be the last animal product I give up if I ever actually go vegan.

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Meal Plans Week 69

Well hello Winter, you’ve really made your arrival felt haven’t you?! With 3 degree mornings in Melbourne I’m leaning even further into warm soups, and things to roast in the oven. This weeks meal plans reflect my efforts to keep warm!

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Roasted Brussell Sprouts with Pomegranate Dressing and Almond Gremolata

These brussell sprouts are an ideal balance of flavours and textures. The tender centres and crispy outer leaves along with the crunch of the roasted almonds add texture and the dressing and gremolata add a balance of flavours and freshness in turn. Served over hummus it’s the perfect side, light meal or vegetarian mezze addition.

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Roasted Snapper and Fennel with with Chilli Lemon and a Cashew Tartar

Thanks so much for your feedback on my last post! I’m listening to all your recipe wants and creating quite a list of things to make so yay for everyone! Today’s recipe is so easy to make, full of flavour and it looks so impressive when you bring it to the table. The whole baked fish stays juicy and fragrant thanks to the generous stuffing and the golden roasted fennel becomes so sweet and delicate as it cooks. Get ready to impress EVERYONE.

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Creamy Pesto Noodles with Roast Tomatoes and Chickpeas (Vegan)

This is an idea I got from my friend Alice that is staying with us at the moment – my housemate and her are doing a Gut Makeover and needed to keep it dairy free and gluten free and you miss neither with this recipe!

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Meal Plans Week 68

I always try to keep these posts super positive and full of the joy and sutff but man am I drained at the moment. Being emotionally drained makes me feel creatively drained thus the slightly less posting. Bit I am still creating it’s just taking a little longer than usual! Mostly due to recipes not turning out as wonderful as thye were going to be in my head!

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Mini Chicken Burritos with Tomato Rice and Avocado Crema

These lightened up burritos can be made as pictured, a smaller wrap, or as a bigger more traditionally sized burrito – depending on how hungry you are. The mini burritos are also ideal for little hands if you’re cooking for kids!

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Rainbow Chard and Ricotta Tart

This tart is such a delight, you can make it with regular chard or silverbeet but it just won’t look as pretty. And it sure is pretty thanks to the contrast with the white ricotta and colourful rainbow chard stems.

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Meal Plans Week 67

I have been a very slack blogger this week – I didn’t have any more recipes ready that I’d tested enough times to be ready to share so I just decided to only share the one I was happy with (that one was excellent) thus I’ve been a little quiet on the blogging front. But next week I’ll have 3 delicious new recipes for you and I can’t wait. For now, here’s a couple of meal plan ideas to keep you inspired in the kitchen for the next week.

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Salmon and Mushroom Ramen with a Ponzu Broth

This is my kind of winter comfort food. Noodles and broth to slurp with plenty of vegetables and protein. The salmon is gently cooked in a fragrant broth that’s seasoned with ponzu, so many levels of yum.

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