Notes about Recipes in this book

• Toasted muesli

  • RosieB on May 04, 2015

    This is now my go to recipe for muesli. Lots of different textures and great taste. Makes a good quatity.

• Corn & cheddar fritters with avocado, coriander & cumin salt

  • treay on April 22, 2026

    Another delicious recipe for a midweek dinner. Loved the fritters and the cumin salt worked well for an extra bit of flavour. I decided to make the avocado salad from another cookbook even though it was very similar to the original recipe, adding some spring onions, lemon juice and a splash of Cholula, made it a little bit more tasty.

• Focaccia with red onion, rosemary, olives & chilli

  • KarinaFrancis on April 05, 2020

    I haven’t had a lot of success with focaccia, but this one turned out brilliantly. With flour being scarce I was very happy indeed. I made a few changes, I omitted the olives, and added the chilli flakes to the onion mix so they sat in the oil for a while. Will make again soon.

• Roast duck, mushroom & coriander rice paper rolls

  • RosieB on May 04, 2015

    These are an easy and tasty and good when you have to take a plate as they can be prepared ahead of time without spoiling.

• Gazpacho Rodriguez

  • hewlettn on December 29, 2024

    Our fave, go-to gazpacho. We love it!

• Vinaigrette potato salad with shredded cabbage, caraway & lemon

  • kworrad on December 29, 2025

    Just OK. Too acidic for me.

• Broccolini with bacon, shallots, garlic & chilli

  • RosieB on June 07, 2016

    This was an easy tasty dish quickly put together when I was late home. Served with a juicy scotch fillet.

• Barley 'risotto' with pine mushrooms & pancetta

  • treay on April 29, 2026

    This was a healthy and delicious recipe. I couldn't find pine mushrooms so I used Swiss brown mushrooms instead. I also topped the risotto with some Oyster and King oyster mushrooms fried separately with some garlic, parsley and sherry. I love to do that when I make normal mushrooms risotto. The slightly chewy nutty texture of the barley is very different than that of a normal risotto, but I didn't mind it at all, especially after reading about the incredibly good health properties of the grain. However, hubby wasn't that impressed and prefers it in a soup, so I might not cook this recipe again, unless I cook it only for myself...

• Spaghetti with spinach, currants, pine nuts, chilli & mint

  • debkellie on April 08, 2015

    I substituted a gewurtztraminer verdehlo for the chicken stock (transitioning vegetarian), and kale for baby spinach (fridge leftovers), went a bit lighter on teh chili than she suggest (1 long red is plenty heat enough for me!) - very tasty & definitely worthy of a repeat.

• Golden baked pasta with cauliflower & cheese

  • treay on June 03, 2025

    This is unfortunately one of the recipes that I expected to be very tasty but in fact was quite boring to eat. A pity because I made enough to last us a couple of days. Yesterday I decided to add some fried chorizo and speck to bring in more flavour and it improved but not enough to make me feel like making it again. Oh well, this things happen sometimes.......

• Orecchiette with tuna, spinach, mascarpone & lemon

  • hewlettn on November 02, 2024

    Delicious, quick and easy, a favourite recipe from Karen Martini. We like to double quantity of tuna and tomato, and halve the chilli.

• Orzo with prawns & fennel

  • CarltonCaz on April 26, 2016

    My mix was a little "wetter" than the picture in the book, but it was absolutely delicious. Very easy to make as well.

  • RosieB on September 05, 2016

    Delicious! I put less stock in than the recipe suggested so it was not as wet as CarltonCaz commented. So tasty. I adore fennel. It was a relatively quick meal which I made after work.

  • aargle on October 10, 2020

    This was delicious and easy. It is a very simple one pot meal. Used slightly more risoni and about 800 grams of slightly smaller prawns. I also seasoned it with some chilli salt. Will make it again.

• Pennette with smoked trout, crème fraîche, spinach & pancetta

  • CarltonCaz on April 26, 2016

    Great recipe. Easy and super tasty.

  • treay on November 14, 2024

    This is my first recipe from this cookbook. It was easy and fast to prepare, and the result was amazingly good. I can see that it also could work out using hot smoked salmon instead of the trout. Will make it again for sure!

• Grilled calamari & prawns with tomato, chilli, parsley, mint & Moghrabieh

  • treay on December 06, 2024

    This recipe is amazingly delicious. It takes a bit of preparation, getting all the elements ready, but nothing is complicated. I have changed a couple of things. I used small cuttlefish cut into thin slices and then cooked in a grill pan. I was told that if you put some salt on the pan, the fish doesn't get stuck, and it really works. I didn't add any salt to the seafood for that reason. I cooked the fish separately, but at the end, I put everything back to the pan and gave it a big stir and deglazed it, and it was delicious. Also, I cut the onion very thinly with a mandoline and put it in a large bowl with some salt and a splash of white wine vinegar and massaged it and let it macerate for about 30 minutes. We now always do this when we eat raw onion, especially at night. And finally, I halved the chilli flakes because we don't like it very hot. It was just perfect for us, being able to taste everything with a bit of a bite. This is a recipe that I'm going to repeat for sure.

• Curried rice with egg, seared salmon, peas & spring onion

  • lou_weez on May 15, 2018

    This dish needs you to be generous when seasoning it. An easy mid-week meal but I would double the salmon to properly serve 4 people and add some steamed veges to up the vegetable count.

• Pan-fried salmon with zucchini flowers, fried zucchini, chilli & mint

  • lou_weez on July 11, 2021

    Nice, easy dinner. Didn't use zucchini flowers so just increased the amount of zucchini and served it with a potato gratin to bulk it out a bit.

• The Mr. Wolf chicken schnitzel & slaw

  • RosieB on August 17, 2016

    Really nice simple schnitzel and great coleslaw. Easy mid week dinner.

• Beef maltagliata with rocket, radichhio & ricotta

  • KarinaFrancis on January 12, 2018

    Delicious! A substantial salad perfect for dinner on a summer night. We added some roasted sweet potato to bulk it up (and because my beloved asked for some carbs), which was a good addition. The second time I made it I subbed fetta for the ricotta, also worked well. This is officially in high rotation in our household and I'll probably keep tinkering with it, its a great base.

• Carrot, pineapple & walnut muffins with cream cheese icing

  • Carmel on December 11, 2020

    Very nice

• Red velvet cupcakes with marshmallow icing

  • RosieB on January 07, 2017

    These were easy to make and not too sweet. The meringue frosting was a nice change from a butter frosting.

• Pecan, parsnip, apple & maple syrup cake

  • semaphoredm on February 12, 2017

    A bit sweet. Maybe reduce the amount of sugar by about 20%. Particularly in the icing. I used mascarpone for the cream cheese. I also used fresh apple rather than tinned. Not sure why you would want to use tinned apples.

• Pear, almond & chocolate cake

  • lou_weez on November 25, 2018

    A quick cake to make and so delicious . I forgot to peel the pears but it didn't seem to make a great deal of difference.

  • aargle on February 14, 2022

    A very nice cake that is very easy to prepare. No need for electric beaters which I’m always happy about. It is also gluten free which is a bonus. I used a 100 gram block of Lindt dark chocolate broken into chunks. It’s great as an easy dessert as well. Will make again!