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Comfort Food

When it comes to bringing people together and making memorable food, comfort food is where it's at. Fill the family up with this Shepherd's Pie with Potato and Sweet Potato Mash, this Slow Cooker Rogan Josh Curry or even this St Patrick's Day Homemade Cheesy Sausage Pasta.

Christmas Pork Belly with Crackling

December 5, 2021 by Nicolas 8 Comments

A photo of pork belly with crackling, rocket and a lemon wedge on a black plate.

No fancy gimmicks, just a beautiful, slow-roasted, perfectly cooked piece of pork belly with the most amazing crispy crackling on top. Not to mention that this recipe is unbelievably easy and straight forward to prepare! I am super happy and excited to bring you this recipe because pork belly is such an easy cut to…

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Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas Meal Prep

June 6, 2021 by Nicolas Leave a Comment

An overhead shot of cheesy enchiladas in a tray.

If you want to open your fridge and find food that is already made. I think you would be pretty happy to see chicken enchiladas waiting for you. These enchiladas are full of flavour, they are easy to take to work and they are freezable. Not a meal prep dish you want to skip. Whether…

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Easy Smoky and Spicy Pulled Pork Recipe

May 16, 2020 by Nicolas 17 Comments

Cooked pork shoulder on baking paper that has been pulled beside 2 forks.

In this post, I am going to show you how to prepare the most amazing smoky and spicy pulled pork. Super tasty, tender, melt in your mouth, you know the deal. We’ll go over how to prepare this pork in the oven and in a slow cooker, and we’ll go over which cuts of meat…

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Prawn Rougaille

September 22, 2019 by Nicolas 4 Comments

Prawn Rougaille served in a wok, garnished with parsley.

A beautiful gluten free and keto friendly Mauritian inspired recipe. And if you think this is a big comfort food dish that will take ages to make, think again. Not only should this dish take you no longer than 30 minutes to prepare, but it’s also a one pot wonder! Just a truly amazing dish…

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Irish Stew Pie

March 6, 2019 by Nicolas 8 Comments

A photo of a Irish stew pie for St Patricks Day with herbs scattered around it.

Hey friends!! So, St Patrick’s Day is coming up, and how cool would it be to celebrate that day by having an Irish stew….in a pie!? It would be pretty awesome right? Read on to learn how to make this bad boy. Yes, that’s right, all of the Irish stew ingredients and flavours bubbling away…

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Filed Under: Comfort Food Tagged With: baking, Comfort food, cook, delicious, foodie, foodporn, Pastry, pie, St Patrick's Day

Red lentil Dhal Recipe

July 25, 2018 by Nicolas 41 Comments

A bowl of red lentil dhal garnished with coriander and served with chapatis.

This 30 minute red lentil dhal recipe is so dang tasty, when you make it once, you will make it again, and again and again. This lentil dhal is fantastic for breakfast, lunch, dinner and even meal prep. So give it a go! You won’t regret it. Oh and this recipe is vegan! Dhal is…

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Easy Potato Curry with Green Beans

April 4, 2018 by Nicolas 4 Comments

A photo of potato and green bean curry serve in a white bowl.

A delicious potato curry that is simple to make and that will easily fill you up. This is a vegetarian recipe but feel free to add whatever you like to it. I absolutely love potatoes, you just can’t go wrong with them, especially if you use them in a curry. As I mentioned, they are…

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Filed Under: Comfort Food Tagged With: cook, delicious, food, foodie, foodphotography, foodporn, healthy, vegetarian, yummy

St Patrick’s Day Cheesy Sausage Green Pasta

March 11, 2018 by Nicolas 9 Comments

Cheesy fresh green pasta served with grilled sausages on a plate with a fork on the side.

Honestly, I never really celebrate St Patricks Day. I don’t even know how often we Aussies celebrate it overall. However, I will do my best at showing it some love in this post. Today, we are making green pasta, and in case you haven’t noticed, this is a fresh pasta recipe. What makes it green you ask? Don’t…

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Filed Under: Comfort Food Tagged With: cook, delicious, food, foodie, foodphotography, foodporn, pasta, sauce, sausages, St Patrick's Day, yummy

Slow Cooker Shredded Beef Bolognese

January 29, 2018 by Nicolas 13 Comments

A dark contrast photo of spaghetti with shredded beef.

Hey everyone! How are we all? Today, I am bringing you shredded beef bolognese. A wicked, super tasty and exciting dish. Now, I am sure most people would love and appreciate a well-cooked spaghetti bolognese. But at the same time, everyone is so familiar with it and I find that it can be tough to really…

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Filed Under: Comfort Food Tagged With: beef, cook, delicious, food, foodie, foodphotography, foodporn, meat, pasta, steak, yummy

Brined Roasted Turkey Roll

December 18, 2017 by Nicolas 4 Comments

A photo of a cooked brined turkey roll that has been sliced.

I was praying that this brined roasted turkey roll would work out well. So why a turkey roll and not a whole turkey? Well, now that I have had the experience of making a whole turkey and a turkey roll for Christmas. It’s clear to me that a turkey roll is definitely a lot more stress-free. Easy…

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Filed Under: Comfort Food Tagged With: Christmas, cook, delicious, festive, food, foodie, foodphotography, foodporn, meat, yummy

Slow Cooker Curry Lamb Rogan Josh

July 15, 2017 by Nicolas 10 Comments

A bowl of Lamb curry with rice and spices in the background.

Well, I am certainly happy today because this is my first slow cooker recipe! And I have made a wicked slow cooker curry. You don’t have to be a genius to realize that I like to cook, that is very obvious, right? But what’s funny is that I have to constantly remind myself of this….

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Chicken & Leek Pie

June 17, 2017 by Nicolas 6 Comments

This chicken & leek pie is a warming, filling and comforting pie recipe for a cold day or any gathering. A great way to feed the family!

Hey everyone! This Chicken & Leek pie is a fantastic comfort food dish for the family. Now I know I know, it has been a while and I do apologise about that. I have been very busy finishing 5 assessments at school, and eventually I came to the conclusion that it is probably not the…

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Shepherd’s pie with potato and sweet potato mash

January 1, 2017 by Nicolas 15 Comments

A photo of potato and sweet potato shepherds pie served in a pie dish.

Hey everyone! So I thought I would kick-start 2017 with a wonderful comfort food dish, shepherd’s pie. This dish is actually inspired by my mother, she always loves to cook shepherd’s pie on a cold evening. And she loves making mash potato, but she would always add sweet potato without telling me because I used…

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Roast Quail with Polenta

August 29, 2016 by Nicolas 12 Comments

Roasted quail on polenta and rocked with parsley being sprinkled over the top.

If you ever want to try something different or cook something that will get people super curious. Roast quail is a great way to go. It was very nice to cook a meat other than the usual chicken, lamb, beef and pork. I have tried cooking and eating a fair few different game birds now….

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