Recipes

Warm bread fresh from the oven, hearty stews with deliciously herbed dumplings, slow-roasted meat and puddings that stick to your ribs – Autumn is the time for comfort food recipes, and in this blog post we share five of our favourites. Comfort food recipes I don’t know about you, but this time of year, especially once the clocks have changed back, I start craving all the comfort foods. Green salads are set aside in preference to hearty cabbage side dishes loaded with bacon, slow-cooked local lamb with creamy mashed potatoes and oh, all the carbohydrates. Pasta, I tell you –...

These Smashed Potatoes with Spicy Lamb, Cheese, Tomatoes, Onions, Guacamole and cilantro are the BEST smashed potatoes recipe you’ll ever make! I’ve included a full recipe video below too, so no excuses to miss out 🙂 Today’s mouthwatering cheese potato and lamb recipe is in partnership with the American Lamb Board. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I’m so excited to share this recipe, first of all yes obviously because it’s utterly delicious! But also, because it’s part of a Sunday Funday Personality contest which is happening on Instagram and involves LOTS of prizes! More on that below! SMASHED...

By Taylor Dowd Few foods make for a better autumn meal than this vegetable soup. Its low cost, great flavor and versatility make it a staple in my home. The assortment of veggies allows for a nutrient-dense meal suitable for a variety of diets. With fresh veggies, a good knife and some aromatic spices, a delicious comfort meal is just a couple hours away! Tips: This recipe includes homemade broth, the base of the soup, made by saving the scraps and peels from preparing onions, celery and carrots. On a time crunch? Substitute store-bought broth for homemade. Using a food...

One of my all-time favourite dishes growing up was pasta piselli – pasta with peas cooked with pancetta and onions. Cooked slowly, the sweetness of the onions combined with the salty pancetta was just a great combination and we would always fight for the biggest plate. It was also one of the first dishes I made when I decided to pick up cooking at University. In fact, the day we made and shot this dish, the [terrible] photo I took of my attempt came up on my Facebook memories and surprisingly we used very similar pasta this time around too....

Filled with brussels sprouts, butternut squash, cheese and bacon, this Butternut Squash Ravioli Bake is an indulgent yet easy recipe perfect for cozy nights on the couch.  Jump to Recipe Ingredients in butternut squash ravioli bake Butternut squash sauce. You forever have my heart through all the dark evenings of late fall. Here's everything you need to make this ravioli bake: turkey bacon or pork bacon olive oil brussels sprouts onion and garlic fresh or dried sage 2 (600g) packages ravioli mozzarella cheese butternut squash milk parmesan cheese How to make butternut squash ravioli bake If you're looking for an...