I’d love to share with you this simple and delicious Mexican recipe for Chicken Tinga. This recipe has often been taught and enjoyed in our Mexican fiesta cooking classes, and it is also appreciated often in our home. I poach a whole free-range chicken at least once a week. It means that dishes like […]
Spiced chickpeas with halloumi – an easy and quick dinner recipe for you Spiced chickpeas with halloumi – an easy and quick dinner recipe for you Hello & welcome, Thanks for being here with me. It may not be surprising, but I have been cooking a lot lately. Cooking is something that I find […]
How to make the best homemade pizza Hello lovely friends, It’s been a while. I really hope you are happy and well. But … if you are not … that’s okay too. You are here. Hold on. Slow down. Breathe it in. Breathe it out. Be kind to yourself. I want to […]
Bibimbap recipe for you to enjoy – suits both meat-eaters and vegetarians alike Bibimbap recipe for you to enjoy. A meat-eater, a pescatarian and a vegetarian walked into a house. No, this isn’t a bad joke. These three legends just happen to be my daughters. We have three beautiful daughters, all with different dietary needs. […]
Green omelette Serves 4 Don’t skimp on the greens here; they shrink down to nothing and you will only wish you had more. 1 bunch (approx. 500 g) cavolo nero or kale, spines removed 60 ml olive oil, plus additional 1 onion, diced Sea salt 2 cloves garlic, crushed or finely diced 2 sprigs […]
These Chickpea and vegetable fritters are just delicious, and they are an easy and quick snack to prepare. They make a lovely light lunch or serve with poached eggs for brunch. Enjoy warm or at room temperature. I love these on standby for school lunches or healthy snacks for us and our girls. You can […]
I haven’t been in this space as much as I like to be, of late. There haven’t been many spare moments to do much else outside of making sure our girls are okay and doing our best to keep this business going through these really challenging times. All of you are experiencing the […]
How to make the best falafels I had the pleasure of recently teaching my Moroccan and Middle Eastern class to the lovely guests who joined us. One of the recipes that I particularly love to teach in this class are these falafels. One of the main worries and complaints about homemade falafel is the problem […]
You might remember back in January, we were running some speciality classes to assist in raising money for the Bushfire appeals. They have all been incredible. Today is our last of these, and I want to share how incredibly grateful I am to all who pledged and all who attended. I want to thank […]
Middle eastern lamb and harissa pizza Wondering how to whip up something delicious for dinner with minimal time and get high fived as if you had just stepped into Nigella’s body for a minute? Well……allow me. I cooked and shared this cheats pizza with my beautiful family earlier this week. It’s a new […]
Cauliflower transforms itself into something quite glorious with heat. Heat softens and caramelizes the cauliflower until it becomes tender and sweet. It is one of my favourite vegetables of all. Broccoli is one of other ‘favourites’. I guess the main image gives you the right to now provide me with a little ‘a-duh’. These vegetable […]
> This is one of my favourite photos & it holds very tender memories of when I had my first cookbook in my hands. I shed some happy tears and hugged my beautiful friend, Annie, who was eagerly awaiting the delivery with me at the time. This is the cover shot, which features […]
This very Christmasy looking fish was a recipe I shared in our special Relish Mama Christmas classes last week. Whole salmon with a healthy & nourishing green tahini dressing and pomegranate arils. You can bake the fish ahead of time and then dress with the green tahini sauce when serving. It is superb warm or cold. […]
Pumpkin sweet potato green bean and spinach curry I love this dish. Meat-Free spinach & pumpkin curry. I busted my chops to make this guy before I started a class here recently. I sent it home with lovely Catherine who dropped it to my fam on her way home (a double gold of love). High […]
These Mexican beans are on relatively quick rotation in our home, and the whole really loves them. They are super nourishing, super healthy, and suit the vegetarians and non-vegetarians in our home very well indeed. Sometimes we enjoy a big bowl of these just as they are or with a perfectly poached egg on […]
A few days ago we made wonderfully fragrant curry powders and curry pastes from scratch before cooking with these wonderful and delicious creations. This Sri Lankan Cashew Nut Curry was then made with lots of love & with a fragrant & game-changing Sri Lankan curry powder (recipe below). Our gorgeous Ava has fallen in love […]
It is no secret that the humble cauliflower is right up there as one of my all-time favourite vegetables. I love that it has made a come back in recent years and that it has been the hipster vegetable of choice for some time now. I cooked this whole baked cauliflower over the weekend and […]
This meal is one of those ‘meal memories’ that I will remember always. I had very much enjoyed Pasta alla Norma previously but finding myself in Taormina, Sicily and a couple of years ago, enjoying Sicily’s best-known dish was magical.
Vegetarian parmigiana pasta bake The words ‘pasta bake’ screams comfort food. With cheese and pasta as the two main ingredients and there’s a whole lot to love right there. I have added some vegetable balls to this winning dish. I used what we had on hand, which was some broccoli and cauliflower but you […]
I announce myself as a Meatless Monday geek. I get a little over-excited about sharing new (and older) recipes that I think tick all of the boxes for both vegetarian and non-vegetarians alike. Our own beautiful home and family is a mix of both these eating preferences, and so it is always a fist […]
I hope all in Australia have survived and perhaps (hopefully) thrived these past school holidays. I hope all not in Australia are happy and thriving too. Our family took a sneaky few days to chase some sunshine up North but instead we were grounded due to torrential rain and winds and no visibility for the […]
Chana Masala is the perfect mid-week dinner. It is super healthy and flavour packed. An added bonus? It’s a vegetarian dish that my whole family loves.
Craving a warm and nourishing dinner? Here’s a hearty vegetarian one, mixed with seasonal, beloved veggies broccoli and mushrooms.
Italian sugo in a Thai curry? Trust me, this works.
It’s that time of year again. The kids have headed back to school and what can feel like a crazy rush each morning begins once more. In our house, there can be five of us in or around our kitchen bench at once in the mornings and it’s a busy time. Mostly, two […]
My best take on Summer cooking combines simple techniques with loads of flavour. More time for play & less time in a hot kitchen. At home and at Relish Mama, we have been making lots of homemade tortillas and filling them with all sorts of tasty & nutritious delights. Perfect Summer food and everyone […]
One-pan chicken with pearl couscous. One-pan chicken with pearl couscous. It’s December. It’s the most wonderful yet hectic time of our calendar year it seems. The general feel and word on the street is that everyone is just a little ‘stretched’, feeling a little harried and hurried and needing a friendly hand on the […]
Today it is a gorgeous and sunny day here in Melbourne and I wanted to share this really lovely raw salad with you all. This week, I taught a nourishing salads cooking class at Relish Mama (if you missed it, some new dates have just been added here) This particular recipe was not on the […]
Moroccan food is one of the most cleverly balanced cuisines on earth; spices are used to enhance the flavour of dishes and there is nothing like the warm waft of beautiful spices that seduce you when you open the lid of a tagine. I returned home from Morocco myself just last week. It is the […]
Combine seasonal vegetables like tomatoes, capsicums, eggplant and zucchini and then stuff ’em with rice and herbs.
A few years ago, I was introduced to Pissaladiere (or French pizza as we now call it at home). Its real name was getting thrashed about followed by fits of laughter as our girls, back then, got creative with how one really should pronounce Pissaladiere. This savoury tart originates from Nice. It almost always has olives […]
Lamb shanks in ras el hanout I love entertaining in Winter which is quite the opposite for many, I know. Summer seems to be the time most people love to open up their doors and homes. I love the full flavours of winter food, the fantastic seasonal produce and slowing down both of the […]
Teriyaki chicken Sometimes the best-laid plans can go askew, and often this happens mid-week. You had your Martha-Stewart-like menu laid out, but now the juggle is peaking, and the workload is increasing. Amidst all of this, you want to eat well too. It’s not too much to ask. May I offer you quick & easy […]
In September 2016, I travelled all the way to Paris for falafel. We may have ticked off a few touristy things too whilst there but we did also have a game-changing falafel. This particular falafel day was so special. In my first cookbook, I wrote a dedication page to our three daughters. In one of the […]
Baked gnocchi sugo finto I won our parent of the house award again this week (okay….so not really). Michael doesn’t know that we that I have this award and come to think of it….I’m not so sure that I have told our kids about it either. Hmmm….perhaps it’s the reason that I have now […]
My new cookbook was officially released yesterday and I would have loved to have posted about it then and celebrated with you all here but alas………..my blog had been hacked and I have spent much of the last two weeks becoming my very own I.T expert in an attempt to get it back up. Hours […]
THANK YOU & MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL With a full heart, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support this year. Relish Mama would not exist if it were not for the many wonderful people who walk through our doors. Thank you for arriving with open minds, enthusiastic […]
This simple tomato pasta sauce is rich, velvety and incredibly comforting, made with just tomatoes, butter and onion. Inspired by Marcella Hazan’s iconic recipe, it’s the kind of back-pocket dinner that transforms pantry staples into something deeply satisfying. Perfect tossed through hot pasta with parmesan and black pepper.
Family & a cracking Sunday roast lamb recipe for all Hello to you! I hope you are happy & well. I know that haven’t been present in this lovely blog space of late. Not as much as I would like to have been. Perhaps I used to have more time? More time to […]
Lemongrass seems to create a little magic everywhere it goes and to everything it touches. I am rather obsessed with it myself and enjoy adding it also to soups, teas and curries, to name a few. I enjoy it very much in my stir-fries too. Lemongrass freezes well too (it can do no wrong, you […]
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