Custard Bundt Cake. A moist, colourful and beautifully textured cake with the added flavour boost of Bird’s custard powder in the mix.

Warm Grilled Potato Salad with Lemon and Oregano. A tasty, warm grilled potato salad with plenty of bright fresh flavours in the dressing and finished with some crumbled feta cheese. Originally published June 2013. As regular readers will know, our family practically lives off the backyard grill in the summer months. With the season so …

Dry Rubbed Barbecue Chicken. No sauce is necessary to achieve great barbecue flavour.  A perfect blend of spices and herbs which complements the chicken beautifully is all that’s needed.

Chocolate Orange Date Crumbles. A reinvented version of a popular old fashioned favourite cookie bar, date crumbles or matrimonial squares. 

Chorizo Rotisserie Chicken Noodle Soup. A terrific recipe if you have lots of leftover chicken or a good reason to buy a rotisserie chicken to use just for this tasty soup.

Herb and Garlic Rolled Steak Medallions. An economical way to serve grilled steak which includes a delicious method for infusing herb and garlic flavours into the meat.

Cinnamon Palmiers with Raspberry Compote. Frozen store-bought puff pastry makes these simple, elegant, little pastry treats so easy to make. Originally published March 2011 Today’s recipe is a simple to make last minute dessert idea using ready made frozen puff pastry. These Palmiers, or Palm Leaves are also known casually as Elephant ears. or French hearts. …

Barbecue Spice Burgers. Start with a simple mix of salt and spices to perfectly season the ground chuck beef. The grilled beef patty then gets served on a toasted bun with a bacon blanket, tempura onions, lettuce, tomato and a roasted garlic sriracha mayo.

Orange Creamsicle Pie. A very easy to make pie with a no churn ice-cream-like filling on a cookie crumb crust. A perfect, refreshing, summer barbecue dessert.

This Mango Chicken Curry has a wonderfully delicious mix of sweet & spicy flavours. The enticing aroma coming from the kitchen will bring all to the table.