Cheesecake and Lemon Meringue pie/tart are two of my favourite desserts. This dessert combines the two for an amazing result. The lemon citrus flavour of the cheesecake blends beautifully with the lemon curd layer, topped by a pillowy meringue.
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This is a simple, basic recipe to combine beef & potatoes to create a meal that is a great base for dinner when combined with a salad or your favourite vegetables.
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If you are looking for an impressive dessert to serve when you have friends over for dinner, then look no further, this is it!!.
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Butter Chicken (or Murgh Makhani) is one of the most popular and best known Indian dishes around the world. You can easily find many different recipe versions and variations to Butter Chicken.
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Using raspberries and white chocolate is one of my favourite combinations in any dessert. The tartness of the raspberries is a perfect match for the sweetness of the chocolate.
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Lasagne is a favourite pasta for many people. It’s a very versatile dinner. You can load it up with vegetables or keep it simple and serve separately with your favourite vegetables or salad.
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If you are a fan of maltesers and the malt flavour that bursts from each bite, then you will love this vanilla malt buttercream cake.
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The pork sausage is nice and juicy. The mushroom sauce is lovely and creamy. The penne provides a filling addition. The mozzarella gives a beautiful baked cheesy finish.
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This recipe draws it’s inspiration from the Spanish Patatas Bravas dish. This is a dish that is often served with a spicy sauce as part of a tapas menu.
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Lemon in desserts is a favourite for many people. The sweetened citrus flavour is just so special. So lemon lovers –
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Risottos are great meals during the colder months. They provide hearty, tasty meals to lift your spirits during these times. However, I like Risottos all year round, and they are a fairly regular dish for us at home.
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I love cinnamon doughnuts, whether warm or cold, though it is hard to get warm cinnamon doughnuts nowadays. I also like doughnuts decorated with a range of other sweets or beautifully iced.
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Gnocchi is one of my favourite forms of pasta. Mixed with a light sauce usually creates a wonderfully tasty meal. Most of the time, we boil our gnocchi in preparation for dinner.
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Sticky date desserts are a favourite of just about everyone. We love it in both the pudding and cake form. It is usually the caramel sauce that makes it extra special and such a rich treat.
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Pasta based dishes are a regular on our home meal schedule. We tend to have cream based sauces more often than tomato based.
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This is really nice variation to the more traditional Spaghetti Bolognaise by using gnocchi as the added pasta. The mince is simmered with the added vegetables to release their flavour and combine beautifully.
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3 layers of chocolate fudge cake, surrounded by rich, sweet caramel spread buttercream with Caramello Chocolate swirled through. Topped with a coating of chocolate sauce and drizzled with caramel sauce.
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Casseroles & stews are a fantastic way to turn a ‘relatively’ cheap cut of beef into a beautiful melt in your mouth dinner full of taste and flavour.
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Pasta bakes are one of my favourite categories of food. We usually have the more traditional Italian inspired sauces and the result is usually a beautiful dish that feeds the family and keeps everyone satisfied.
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Pasta served with a tomato, mince based sauce always provide a welcome dinner in our house. You can serve it with salad or vegetables and get a lovely tasty meal.
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This is definitely a change from the standard baked or non-baked cheesecake. This dish encases the cheesecake mixture in pastry and creates a tart-like dessert.
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This dish takes it’s inspiration from the Tortilla Espanola which is a traditional and signature dish of Spanish cuisine. An egg &
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Scones are such a versatile treat. They are great for breakfast, or a Sunday brunch or a nice treat for morning or afternoon tea.
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This is a wonderful variation to the more traditional oven baked lasagne. Soft, well cooked lasagne sheets are a beautiful pasta to serve with a bolognaise style sauce.
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A nice variation to the more traditional beef stroganoff. This dish uses chicken meatballs pan fried before being mixed with the wonderful creamy mushroom sauce.
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This is a fabulous cake to cook for a special occasion. Not only does it look impressive, it tastes amazing too!!
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Risotto dishes are a welcome item on our home menu. They are such a comforting meal and can be mixed with a variety of ingredients.
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This is a dish we have made countless times at our house. It is a real favourite when we have our family get-together dinners.
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This dessert is inspired by the classic French Lemon Tart. A rich sweet dessert with a lovely burst of citrus flavour, in each mouthful, from the beautiful lemony custard.
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I really enjoy recipes that make use of cajun seasoning. For me, this is a perfect blend of both spice and flavour.
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This fun mash-up of chicken Parmesan and lasagne is an easy and delicious dish to prepare for your weeknight dinner. For those who love both chicken parmigiana and lasagne, this dish is a merging of both.
Pork and Cajun seasoning mix so well together. The wonderful pork flavour is simply enhanced by the seasoning. Add in vegetables and penne you have a fantastic pasta meal that the whole family can enjoy.
Chicken Tikka Masala is relatively easy to make. There are not a lot of complicated steps and the result for your efforts, I think is far superior to the store bought sauce.
Carrot cake is a classic time honoured cake with many families having a recipe handed down through the family. This 2 layer carrot cake is a beautiful moist cake, light in texture and lightly spiced with cinnamon and a hint of nutmeg.
This is a great side dish or salad to serve with any BBQ or weeknight dinner. It’s very versatile. The quinoa provides a substantial base when combined with a sweet roasted butternut pumpkin.
A really good Bolognese sauce takes time, so this is a good recipe to make over a weekend where you have some extra time to devote to cooking.
Thai Beef with Basil is a popular menu item at our local Thai restaurants. The mixture of beef, basil and vegetables served on a bed of Jasmine rice provide a very satisfying meal that will be make you skip buying take-way.
I’ve always loved the version of the Snickerdoodle Cookie that you can buy at Mrs Fields Cookies. This is a version you can make at home that comes very close.
This is chicken breast fillets stuffed with mozzarella cheese, basil leaves and cherry tomatoes. Baked in the oven where the mozzarella cheese melts beautifully over the chicken fillet.
This is a really nice fusion of mexican style ingredients mixed with rice. The beef is well seasoned and spiced, mixed with salsa and capsicum to provide a wonderful base to the meal.
