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Some dinners feel like a deep breath. You walk in the door, kick off your shoes and within thirty minutes the house smells of onions, garlic and something cosy bubbling away. That’s this savoury mince recipe. It’s the exact kind of weeknight lifesaver many of us grew up with in Australia simple to make, endlessly…
Some recipes don’t whisper for your attention they sprint into the room, waving chocolate and caramel and shouting your name. That’s how I feel about a good mars bar slice recipe. It’s everything we love about a school-fete tray bake: no oven, five-ish pantry ingredients, and a dramatic chocolate top that cracks beautifully when you…
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Open the pantry in just about any Australian home and you’ll find the makings of a comforting classic: a couple of tins of tuna, pasta, milk and cheese. Turn those humble staples into something everyone actually cheers for and you’ve got this tuna mornay recipe creamy, golden and full of cosy weeknight energy. I’ve cooked…
If you grew up in Australia, chances are your first taste of kitchen independence was pouring little puddles of batter onto a hot pan and watching them puff. This pikelets recipe is the exact kind I learned at my Nan’s bench: quick to mix, foolproof to cook, and perfectly sized for little hands and tea…
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There’s a special kind of hush that falls over the table when a hot pan of prawns hits the surface, still snapping and sighing in garlic butter. Someone leans in with a wedge of lemon. Someone else tears a piece of bread. And then the chatter starts again happy, bright, a little greedy. If you’re…
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If I had to pick the one dinner that rescues my week more than any other, it’s this chicken mince recipe. In the time it takes to cook rice and chop a few veg, juicy chicken mince caramelises in a gingery garlic glaze, the kitchen smells like your favourite noodle shop, and bowls hit the…
I’m Ella, an Aussie home cook sharing my favourite Australian recipes , family-friendly meals and treats made simple, with fresh garden produce whenever I can.
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