For the top: 6 potatoes, peeled and diced 50g butter 1 cup milk a pinch of salt a glug of olive oil optional: grated cheddar ...

This simple Asian meal is an easy mid-week option if you\’re not vego and can find free-range, antibiotic-free pork. The mince is tasty (read \’a ...

This works best if you buy the tenderest cut of meat you can afford (eye fillet being the best). Aside from being delicious, it also ...

We call this our \’vegetarian Bolognese\’. I\’m sure that\’s an oxymoron in Italian but it makes perfect sense in Australiana! Heaven forbid if an Italian ...

The pumpkin or sweet potato helps stop this dhal from drying out, especially in the leftover stage. 1.5 cup red lentils (sifted if necessary for ...

Leftovers of this freeze well and then it is handy as its own ice cube in an esky for camping. It goes well with pearled ...

This recipe sometimes falls out of favour with me but then re-emerges in the Winter. I like pearled barley in stews but it\’s fine without. ...

This recipe doesn\’t warrant any lists; it\’s really simple. It can be just one vegetable (like choy sam) or a medley (like beef and broccoli ...

My Chinese grandmother taught this recipe to my English mother, who cooked it often. The first version below is for a saucy stovetop pot. The ...

The oven changes food in pleasant ways, somewhere between smoking and caramelising. Take for example onion, eggplant and red capsicum. They taste so different fried ...

I\’m too lazy to clean the oven very often so I try to avoid putting meat into it. How to cook a \’roast\’ then? Answer: ...

Foods go through phases with us. Once upon a time, D and I cooked risotto fairly often. As I got older, I started feeling heavier ...

Leftover rice is fairly common in our house and this is a good way to use it up. (The other way is just with a ...

This dish is handy as it can use a variety of needing-to-be-eaten veggies plus leftover coconut milk (e.g. from Lemongrass Beef & Buk Choi). And ...

I won\’t stock instant noodles so this is my alternative (or should that be original?) It\’s easy if you can find sweet soy sauce (kecap ...

There are a few ways to do this. Personally, I prefer to have my zucchinis as zoodles (spiralised), thereby omitting heavy pasta carbs. Of course ...