Notes about Recipes in this book

• Paprika-crusted t-bone steak with cheddar-roasted potatoes

  • jacalyntapp on October 02, 2016

    Delicious. Loved the potatoes and have done them again. Steaks tasted great with paprika.

• Tray-baked sumac chicken with cauliflower, feta and olives

  • debkellie on August 29, 2017

    Quick, easy & tasty.

• Tray-roasted pumpkin and lentil korma curry

  • debkellie on August 07, 2024

    Easy. Cut pumpkin small pieces (1.5cm). Innocuous, but relatively tasty way to use up pumpkin. I'd have preferred a spicier curry paste base.

  • GKcooks on May 02, 2026

    This recipe didn’t work for me. The pumpkin and onion don’t cook and I had to then remove them to cook separately, meaning dinner was very late. So not a fast and easy recipe at all. The flavours were great though so next time I will simply roast the pumpkin, onion and curry paste for 10 mins before continuing with the recipe.

• Chicken, pumpkin and sumac fritters

  • raybun on November 22, 2016

    These were 'ok'. I spiralized the squash to give the fritters a bit more texture. I couldn't really taste the sumac, either mine was past its prime or it was overwhelmed by the other flavours. I probably won't make these again...

• Maple and walnut brioche French toast

  • debkellie on August 14, 2016

    Not much to write home about, but a different take on French toast...

• Crispy bacon, mushroom and pesto French toast

  • jacalyntapp on October 02, 2016

    Made this, Was yummy. Maia liked too.

• Haloumi-crumbed lamb cutlets with caramelised onion hummus and za'atar

  • debkellie on August 11, 2016

    Pretty sure the Donna Hay test kitchen didn't do a test of this recipe.. how can crumbs stick to lamb without anything to bind them...? I ended up transferring to a grill pan and finishing under the grill. Most of the haloumi crumb mixture remained in the pan.. not impressive for a magazine of this calibre!

  • gjnmc on January 17, 2023

    Brilliant. The crumb mixture could easily be halved

• Roasted rack of lamb with braised white beans

  • debkellie on August 14, 2016

    I thought this was going to be boring - it wasn't .. quick, easy, tasty .. what more can you want for a simple Sunday dinner.. served it with Braised artichoke hearts with lemon and mint from Delicious Sept 2012..https://www.eatyourbooks.com/library/recipes/892769/braised-artichoke-hearts-with-lemon .. YUMMY!!

• Asian-style spicy prawn omelette

  • debkellie on February 02, 2017

    Simple, tasty, and seems quite "light".

• Porcini chicken and potato pie

  • Astrid5555 on October 10, 2017

    Really lovely combination! Next time - and there will be a next time because both kids actually liked it - I would let the leeks get a little softer. The recipe tells you to add the leeks and cook them for a further minute or until just softened. I went with the further minute and they were quite crunchy even after baking in the oven for another 25 minutes.

• Chocolate and maple banana cake

  • lou_weez on October 25, 2018

    A little more luscious than your average banana cake, this is now my favorite way to use up overripe bananas.