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Trying to decide what to serve alongside your delicious mains this Easter? Nothing complements an Easter lunch or dinner quite like a fresh salad. I’ve put together ten effortlessly impressive salads that are made from everyday ingredients and complement anything. These salads are nutritious, packed full of flavour and most importantly - delicious! Whether you’ve only been assigned salad duty or you’re putting together the entire meal, I hope you’ve found the perfect side salad (or two) to pop on the table this Easter....

Making homemade potato wedges in your air fryer is quick and easy. Let me show you how! These wedges are crisp on the outside and soft and pillowy on the inside, just like a good potato wedge should be. A lot of recipes will tell you that you need to soak your potatoes first to achieve this signature crisp but I must admit the results I’ve seen after soaking my potatoes is negligible at best....

Some suggest carrot cupcakes are strictly for Easter but I’d argue they’re the perfect dessert year round! These cupcakes are easy to prepare, and are soft, fluffy and perfectly moist every time. The cream cheese frosting is rich and creamy with just the right amount of tang to balance out the sweetness. I generally just slather on the frosting with a knife because I’m an animal who doesn’t have time or patience for pretty icing....

This versatile Garlic Yogurt Sauce is about to become a staple in your house! You’ll never want to buy a store-bought sauce again once you realise how quick and easy this is to make. I like to think of this sauce as a simpler version of my beloved Greek Tzatziki. The truth is I don’t always have dill on hand to make up a batch, but this Garlic Yogurt Sauce is made with just 6 everyday ingredients I almost always have....

Halloumi lovers unite! This halloumi pizza is bound to become your new favourite! This pizza is topped with plenty of yummy vegetables and lashings of salty, tangy halloumi cheese. If you’re new to halloumi cheese you might want to check out this how to cook halloumi post. It has all the ins and outs of what the cheese is and how to use it. You should be able to find halloumi cheese in your local chain supermarket in the refrigerated cheese section....

This healthy date loaf was first published exactly a year ago, and since then has become one of the most popular recipes on the blog! Every day a steady stream of googlers find their way to this recipe, so I thought it was about time I gave it a facelift. New photos. Recipe tips. And a pre-amble that was more fitting to this delicious loaf. Dates are natures candy, and I won’t fool you into thinking this loaf is “sugar free”....

Beef Pasties are a quick and easy dinner that this whole family will love. Using my delicious savoury mince recipe and some light, golden and flaky puff pastry, you’ll have irresistible pasties on the table in no time. This isn’t your grandmother’s pastie recipe. For starters, my pasties have flavour. Yep - I’m going there! Traditional pasties are notoriously flavourless. What would you expect from putting plain raw mince and chopped vegetables in some pastry?...

Try something a little different this Anzac Day and a make a batch of these Chocolate Anzac Biscuits. These crunchy golden biscuits are dipped in your choice of milk or dark chocolate for a delicious new spin on the much loved Aussie treat. For fans of my Chewy Anzac Biscuits - you can feel free to use that recipe and just dip those biscuits in chocolate. But I find I like this crunchier version when I’m dipping the biscuits in chocolate....

Whilst our Northern Hemisphere friends are freezing through the silly season, Australia is sweltering. So naturally we want every ice cold drink there is. And bulk ice-cream and icypoles. And we preferably like to enjoy these in the comfort of a pool and / or air conditioning. Summer - it gets us every time! We also seem to be incapable of talking about anything else but how damn hot it is!...

Air Fryer Scones are an easy and delicious treat to serve for morning or afternoon tea. I love to make lemonade scones which only need 4 basic ingredients and come together so quickly. I find most scone recipes make at least 10, but that’s not very practical when you’re making them in the air fryer. To ensure you can cook all your scones at once in the air fryer, I’ve turned the classic lemonade scone recipe into a small batch....

You know those dishes that just bring you straight back to your childhood? Curried Sausages is one of mine. They are one of my Nan’s specialties and you well and truly hit the jackpot if you went to her house for dinner on Curried Sausages night! It has since become a favourite dish in my household, although I must admit I’ve varied ever so slightly from Nan’s original recipe. She boils her sausages, I fry mine....

Friends, meet my favourite pumpkin soup recipe - my Pumpkin and Sweet Potato Soup. Or Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup, as it’s known to my American friends. This soup is creamy without any cream (magic). It’s filled with good-for-you ingredients. And thanks to the roasted vegetables, it’s full of flavour. Sure, one-pot recipes are nice and all, but taking the extra step to throw the veggies in the oven for 30 minutes before pulling this soup together gives it more depth and flavour....

Fans of Crunchy Anzac Biscuits will love this quick and easy recipe! These classic Aussie biscuits will be fresh out of the oven in under 30 minutes. For my readers who aren’t from Australia or New Zealand, you may be wondering what on earth an Anzac biscuit is. The best way to describe it is a sweet oat cookie. An “Anzac” refers to a soldier who was in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, particularly in the years of World War 1....

It’s funny that one of my most loved salads is this Crunchy Kale Salad with Lemon Tamari Dressing when I used to HATE kale. Well actually, that’s a lie. I tolerated kale in soups and smoothies, but I absolutely despised it in salads. Eventually I realised the problem wasn’t the kale but how it was prepared! You see, you can’t just throw some kale in a bowl and hope for the best....

Looking for a healthy smoothie that tastes delicious? You’ve come to the right place! This Mixed Fruit Smoothie is perfect for breakfast on-the-go or a 3pm pick-me-up. You’d never guess from the colour, but this mixed berry smoothie has hidden greens packed inside and is great way to ease into the world of green smoothies! Smoothies are a great way to pack in more fruit and vegetables into your daily diet, and this mixed fruit smoothie will have you well on your way to reaching your daily serves....

It’s a universal fact that anything pizza related is a winner, so it’s no wonder these Puff Pastry Pizza Pinwheels are a crowd favourite whenever they are on offer. These fully loaded cheesy puff pastry pizza scrolls are full of flavour and truly effortless to prepare. Pinwheels are fun to make and fun to eat. Plus we all love bite sized food! Feel free to play around with your favourite pizza toppings!...

WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS RECIPE… Quick and easy. Budget-friendly. Creamy and delicious. STRAWBERRY PINEAPPLE POPSICLES INGREDIENTS LIST These popsicles are made with just 4 simple everyday ingredients. Here’s what you’ll need (full measurements listed in the printable recipe card below)… Frozen Strawberries Frozen Pineapple Greek Yoghurt Honey You can freeze the fruit yourself or buy pre-frozen packs from the supermarket. HOW TO MAKE STRAWBERRY PINEAPPLE POPSICLES - STEP BY STEP HOW DO YOU UNSTICK POPSICLES?...

This One Pot Greek Chicken and Rice recipe comes from my YiaYia (my Greek grandmother). It’s ridiculously simple, but the flavours are unreal and your house will smell amazing as it cooks away in the oven. I love a good one pot dinner as much as the next person and this one couldn’t be easier. There’s no pre-browning the meat or fussing over the dish constantly. You do need to marinate the chicken first, but this can be done in a freezer bag for ease if you’d wish....

Spinach and feta are one of the greatest food combinations. So naturally I had to throw them on top of a pizza to see what would happen. The result? Destination delicious. This Spinach and Feta Pizza is topped with good-for-you veggies and if you’re anything like me you’ll be left wanting to eat all your vegetables in pizza form forever. Feel free to either make your own pizza dough (I love using two ingredient dough) or buy a base from the store - it all works here....

I don’t throw around the word “life-changing” too often (ok, yes I do) but this two ingredient dough is ACTUALLY life-changing. It’s your gateway to so many delicious recipes and all are ready in less than 30 minutes. If you’re anything like me you’re a little hesitant to play around with yeast. It’s daunting and sounds like a lot of work - using correct temperature water, kneading, proofing, proofing again....