Meals & dinners

This Lebanese-inspired dish of poached chicken with lamb mince is a popular dish at home. It is great served with a simple salad of mixed greens, or you can add some steamed veg in winter.  [Read more…] about Poached chicken with lamb rice

We just cannot get enough soup in the colder months, and this chicken and corn soup ticks all the right boxes. A simple combination of ginger, corn and spring onions/scallions with poached chicken, and it also freezes beautifully for additional serves in later weeks or lunches.  [Read more…] about Chicken and corn soup

Jen loves to eat polenta. Osso buco and polenta are a match made in heaven, or you can use mashed potato. It literally translates to bone with a hole, and refers to the lovely marrow in the bone. You can get veal or beef osso buco, but veal can be hard to come by.  [Read more…] about Osso buco

The key to these great Italian meatballs is the combination of the veal and pork mince. The mustard gives them a little zing too. Double this great recipe to make sure you have more for another meal. The meatballs without the sauce are also perfect for lunch boxes. [Read more…] about Italian meatballs

Silverbeet is one of those vegetables you spy in the shop and wonder what to make with it. Wonder no longer. This super-tasty risotto is easy to make and a great quick vegetarian meal. The sour cream finishes it off nicely.  [Read more…] about Silverbeet risotto

Warm up with minestrone. A hearty minestrone is a meal in itself. It is the perfect soup for any vegetables in your crisper – cauliflower, cabbage, spinach can easily find a home along with any winter root vegetables. We pre-cook the pasta so that it doesn’t soak up all the liquid from the soup. [Read more…] about Minestrone