Favourite Recipes

Find my current favourite recipes here and add them to your weekly staples.

Aubergine deliciousness

I have slowly learnt how to make the most delicious aubergine recipes, and here are some of them.

On a white textured background, on a blue plate, aubergine bites in a pile, sprinkled with cut up spring onions.
Aubergine bites on a plate
A close up of an aubergine, a glass of red ale and a pot of salt and a green napkin, resting on a cork cutting board
Irish Red Ale Aubergine ingredients
Roasted aubergine mix ready to bake in the oven with diced aubergine, diced potatoes, cut up green beans and crumbled feta cheese on a red silicone baking sheet.
Sheet pan roasted aubergine mix

My favourite no waste cooking recipes

It is important for me to not waste any food and these recipes are great to make, using leftovers or vegetables that have seen their best. See more inspiration on my No Waste Cooking pinterest board.

Cooked stir fry in a bowl, next to a ceramic spoon laying on top of a green table cloth
Everything stir fry in a bowl ready to eat
Everything omelet plated on a black plate on top of a green cloth, the omelet is folded in quarters and sprinkled with feta cheese. There is also a green salad with some tomatoes on the same plate.
Everything omelet plated folded in quarters and sprinkled with feta cheese.
Creamy tuna bake plated on a black plate, topped with cut green onions.
Tuna bake plated and ready to eat

Summer Salads

Start with a basic pasta salad and then adjust to your taste for the day. Perfect to add in the picnic basket and bring on your hike, or to the beach, all summer long.

On a pink plate, a close up of a basic pasta salad
Pasta salad on a picnic plate
A close up of a large blue bowl with creamy salmon pasta salad. Visible are fusili pasta, spinach, cucumber, tomatoes cut in half and spring onions.
Creamy pasta salad bowl
A blue patterned bowl with lemon salmon pasta salad, underneath the bowl a pink, textured cloth and a fork
Lemon salmon pasta bowl

Pizza night recipes

Start with the pizza dough, then decide which sauce you prefer and finish with a whole bunch of delicious toppings. With these recipes, pizza night will be your favourite night!

In a white bowl a roundel of pizza dough lays to rest with a beige tea towel covering half the bowl
Pizza dough resting
A quarter wedge of pizza with marinara sauce, mushroom and cheese on a black plate. Sitting on a silver metal table with a pink flowery table cloth.
Marinara pizza wedge ready to eat
A pizza bianca sitting on a black plate on a beige, textured table cloth and a folded red checkered napkin to the left, with a knife and fork on it.
Pizza bianca ready to eat

Recipes to keep on repeat

Some of my all time favourite recipes that I always keep nearby for a quick dinner or the ultimate comfort food.

Finished Moroccan meatballs plated in a blue bowl on top of couscous and next to sliced red and yellow bell peppers.
Fragrant Moroccan meatballs on a bed of couscous
On a beige textured background,a white cloth napkin, a green bowl with spaghetti bolognese, topped with fresh basil
Spaghetti bolognese in a bowl
Mac n Cheese placed on a blue plate and sprinkled with some green onions. The plate is placed on a green table cloth.
Mac n’ Cheese ready to eat

Winter Warmers

A braided basket with a green cloth, on top there is a blue bowl with black bean soup topped with nachos, corn, a wedge of lime, a dollop of creme fraiche and some green onions
Black bean soup, look at those colours.
Shakshuka which is Moroccan meatballs in a red sauce and a poached egg is plated in a green bowl on top of couscous.
Shakshuka laid on top of couscous
On a green table cloth, a blue bowl with tagliatelle and creamy sun dried tomato and spinach pasta sauce, topped with freshly grated Parmesan.
Creamy sun dried tomato and spinach pasta sauce, topped with freshly grated Parmesan.

Christmas Favourites

Puff pastry apple cups straight from the oven, plated on a black plate and dusted with powdered sugar. In the background, a red apple, a red cup with coffee, a pink gingham cloth and a wooden cutting board
Puff pastry apple cups straight from the oven
Four baked meatballs piled up on a blue plate with a pot of lingonberry jam next to it.
Plated Swedish meatballs
Three saffron candied orange slices are laid out on a blue plate with a decorative star anise. In the background is a red striped Christmas bauble and a red gingham cloth.
Saffron candied orange slices