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…
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If you’ve ever walked past a weekend market and been pulled along by the smell of smoky charcoal, coconut and spice, you’ve met the magic of satay. It’s the kind of food that makes people drift toward the grill as if in a trance, waiting for a skewer to land in their hand. This satay…
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If there’s a single dinner that never fails me on a weeknight, it’s this pork mince recipe. In twenty minutes, a pan of savoury caramelised mince hits the table with crisp lettuce cups, a honey-garlic sauce and plenty of crunch. It’s fast, family-friendly and flexible exactly what I want from a weeknight meal using Australian…
Open any Aussie school-fête cookbook and you’ll find a sticky, sugar-smudged page with one beloved title: honey joys recipe. Butter, honey and sugar bubble into a butterscotch syrup, then hug a bowl of Corn Flakes until every flake glows. Spoonfuls land in little paper cups and a short bake locks in the crunch. They’re simple,…
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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