chicken and mixed veg carbonara

Prep time: 15 min         Cook time: 20 min          Makes: 6 servings   I live for cream of mushroom soup.  It makes for the fastest weeknight dinners without just having a bowl of soup.  My husband loves this variation and I think my last time making it I…

cream of mushroom soup

Prep time: 15 min         Cook time: 40 min          Makes: 6 servings   Over the last couple of years I have grown to absolutely love mushrooms.  I had my first ever shiitake mushrooms last year and since then I can’t get enough!  Mostly I use cremini or white…

spaghetti & meatballs

Prep time: 20 min         Cook time: 45 min          Makes: 6 servings   It’s been a minute, but I’m back! Not much happened while I’m been MIA – just getting married, going on our mini-moon and preparing for Christmas 😉  Now we’re settled in as husband and wife…

afternoon tea

When my sister and I were little we would have tea parties with Grandma Simpson.  She had the teeniest little china cups, one with a chick on the side that I loved.  She’d serve it with sugar cubes – the cups were so small 1 cube filled half the cup.  But it was great, it…

honey soy chicken

Prep time: 10 min         Cook time: 45 min          Makes: 2-3 servings My Mum has been making this for as long as I can remember and it’s always been in my top 3 favourite dinners.  Tonight I made it but added a little extra special ingredients to make…