Recipes For Main Dishes – Good Food To Eat in 2023

Grilled Rib

This simple yet flavourful recipe will result in a delicious and tender grilled rib that’s sure to have your taste buds singing. Using just a few ingredients and this method of bbqing ribs, you can have this meal ready in no time. For a meal you won’t forget, try out this delicious grilled rib and… Continue reading Grilled Rib

Chicken Adobo

Chicken adobo is an easy Filipino recipe that takes less than 30 minutes to create. These chicken thighs are so juicy and tender because they are seared and simmered in a delicious brown sauce over low heat. The soy and vinegar sauce with black peppercorns, bay leaves and garlic give this dish its signature savoury… Continue reading Chicken Adobo

Recipe For Chop Suey

This recipe for chop suey creates an excellent light meal. It’s full of flavour, is healthy and I’m sure your family will love you for it. It is a variation on the classic Chinese Chop Suey recipe. The recipe uses beef, but chicken or any other meat, or no meat at all also works just… Continue reading Recipe For Chop Suey

Pesto With Salmon

This recipe for pesto with salmon creates a dish that is moist, healthy, and so flavourful and done in around 30 minutes. Your salmon fillets can be oven-baked, pan fried or cooked on your barbecue hotplate. This is an easy and delicious lunch or a weeknight dinner. The combination of salmon and pesto is surprisingly… Continue reading Pesto With Salmon

Braised Pork Belly

This braised pork belly recipe fits neatly into the family of melt-in-your-mouth slow braised pork belly dishes. All the succulent, lusciousness of pork belly, with the stewy richness of doenjang. This dish is a good source of essential amino acids, minerals, and vitamins. Doenjang is a fermented soybean paste made of soybean and brine. This… Continue reading Braised Pork Belly

Tofu Steak

This is the best recipe for tofu steak ever! Seared tofu steak simmered and glazed in a fabulous teriyaki sesame soy sauce that locks in flavour. Crispy on the bite, yet delicately soft, this pan-fried Teriyaki Tofu is incredibly flavourful! Enjoy this Japanese style dish as an appetizer, or even as the main dish accompanied… Continue reading Tofu Steak

Butter Chicken

An Indian Classic dish that is loved by many. This butter chicken is spiced, creamy and absolutely mouthwatering. Butter chicken is a classic Indian curry dish similar to tikka masala. See here how to make butter chicken with that buttery gravy sauce with cream and spices that make it silky smooth and rich in flavour.… Continue reading Butter Chicken

Chinese Cabbage Stir Fry

This easy and flavourful Chinese cabbage stir fry recipe takes only 10 minutes to prepare. Cabbage in Chinese stir fry is perfect for a quick dinner meal, but still a healthy dish loaded with nutrients. This cabbage stir-fry is savoury, tangy, and very quick to prepare. Plus, it’s CHEAP. The cabbage in Chinese stir fry… Continue reading Chinese Cabbage Stir Fry

Sausage Meat Patties

This home made sausage meat patties recipe can be made using beef, pork or chicken sausage meat, let’s show you how. Check out the sausage patty recipe ideas, there’s a good list of easy variations to play with the flavours of your sausage meat burgers. See the recipes with sausage patties section for serving suggestions… Continue reading Sausage Meat Patties

Pumpkin Soup

Simple pumpkin soup

Some recipes should be kept simple as nature intended them to be. Pumpkin Soup is one of those dishes. The natural flavour of pumpkin is already good enough, so you need very little to make a beautiful, full flavoured easy pumpkin soup. This pumpkin soup without cream is a comfort food that will satisfy your… Continue reading Pumpkin Soup

Salmon Salpicao

salmon salpicao

Here’s a salmon belly strips recipe that makes the most out of this luscious cut. This salmon salpicao recipe creates tender chunks of salmon belly cooked to perfection and flavoured with delicious seasonings and sauces. Salmon Belly a great cut to seek out next time you fancy seafood! It’s cheap as chips and loaded with… Continue reading Salmon Salpicao

Vegetable Thai Green Curry

This is a vegetable Thai green curry recipe that is bursting with the traditional Thai flavours of coconut milk and green curry paste with Thai basil. Enjoy Thai cuisine at home with this delicious vegetable Thai green curry! Curry paste is used to achieve that fragrant flavour, and its unique taste helps to make the… Continue reading Vegetable Thai Green Curry

Curried Tofu Scramble

This curried tofu scramble is a game-changer for your breakfast line-up. At first glance, this dish resembles a pile of scrambled eggs — but it’s actually tofu! Give this meal a go for a healthy breakfast treat. You would never know that it is ideal for the ketogenic diet.

Chicken Taco Soup

Looking for a Mexican-inspired soup to add some spice and variety to your dinner table? This tasty Chicken Taco Soup recipe is an easy yet flavourful dish that can be on the table in no time! Enjoy this simple meal and discover all the delicious goodness that is taco soup. Do you have those cold… Continue reading Chicken Taco Soup

Florentine Chicken

Are you craving for a meal that is rich in flavour and easy to cook? Then this Florentine Chicken will definitely satisfy you! This Creamy Chicken Florentine is pure comfort food for days when you crave a good, warm meal. It takes 30 minutes, has less than eight ingredients and the creamy Florentine sauce mixed… Continue reading Florentine Chicken

Broccoli Frittata

Frittatas are always great for brunch, but they’re also an easy weeknight dinner option. This recipe for broccoli frittata is delicious and easy, and is sure to satisfy your comfort-food cravings. What finishes this frittata off is the cheddar cheese. Who doesn’t love cheese? Mixing the cheese in this recipe makes this simple meal a… Continue reading Broccoli Frittata

Tuna with Avocado Salad

This tuna with avocado salad recipe is perfect for brunch or a quick, light dinner. It’s very healthy and this simple meal is a scrumptious one. Anyone can easily make this 5 minute tuna salad, and there are no complex procedures required! It is so tasty that you’d never think that it is gluten free… Continue reading Tuna with Avocado Salad

Recipe for Meatloaf

Not only is this recipe for meatloaf easy but you will never need another meatloaf recipe again! Juicy and flavourful on the inside, with a caramelised shiny glaze on the outside is what makes this the best recipe for meatloaf for creating an all time family favourite. Our meatloaf recipe with egg goes well with… Continue reading Recipe for Meatloaf

Cold Rice Salad

If you’re looking for a delicious cold rice salad recipe, try out this tasty Asian style rice salad! This dish makes an excellent dinner, a perfect side dish and is a great for picnics, a buffet or a cold rice lunch idea. See the variations to make your own Asian brown rice salad with bacon.

Spanakopita

Looking for a savoury, satisfying meal that comes together in no time at all? Look no further than this savoury and simple Spanakopita spinach pie. Here we have a delicious spinach, feta and ricotta pie that tastes just as yummy as the ones you can buy everywhere in Greece. With step-by-step instructions, plus expert tips… Continue reading Spanakopita

Caesar Salad with Garlic Croutons

Grab your tastebuds, and let me show you how to make a killer Caesar salad with garlic croutons. This Caesar salad recipe with garlic croutons and a homemade Caesar dressing makes an excellent meal or side salad for a crowd.

Chicken Salad Wraps Recipe

This chicken salad wraps recipe is simple, they are incredibly easy to make and would be perfect for party food, game days, lunches and so on. You can make these ahead, either entirely, or just make up the filling and refrigerate until you’re ready for serving. They don’t take long at all to assemble.

Arancini Balls

These Arancini balls are delicious, crispy, deep fried Italian balls of rice with a meat sauce and two cheese cheese filling and crunchy breadcrumb coating. With a soft interior and crunchy outer, these balls are so tasty it is worth your time to make them. These easy-to-make arancini balls are so versatile and great for… Continue reading Arancini Balls

Lancashire Hotpot

Imagine tender pieces of lamb, onion and sliced potatoes with a browned and crispy top that have all been braised together in the oven. Lancashire Hot Pot is the quintessential meat and potatoes dish. This dish can also known as lamb hotpot or lamb casserole and even called a lamb stew by some. Either way… Continue reading Lancashire Hotpot

Turkey Stuffing Recipe

This is an all-time favourite turkey stuffing recipe that creates the best stuffing ever. It never fails to get rave reviews and goes great alongside both chicken and pork as well. This recipe for turkey stuffing is sort of a “kitchen sink” recipe because it has just about everything in it except the kitchen sink!… Continue reading Turkey Stuffing Recipe

Ki Si Min Recipe

Whatever you want to call it Ki Si Min or Ki Si Ming or Kai Si Ming is an Asian-inspired one-pot mince, cabbage and rice dinner. Its like a savoury mince, come curry, come Chinesey looking stew type dish. The good thing about this budget friendly Ki Si Min recipe is that their are some… Continue reading Ki Si Min Recipe

Boil up

Boil Up Recipe

Easy as traditional boil up recipe NZ style, with pork bones, dumplings and lashings of both root and leafy vegetables. Create a hearty and warming meal that is healthy, easy to make and delicious to eat. Dumplings, also known as “doughboys”, usually accompany the boil up to soak up the soupy goodness of what some… Continue reading Boil up

Recipe For Spaghetti Bolognese

spaghetti bolognese

Today I am sharing with you one of our family favourites. This recipe for spaghetti bolognese is our variation on the classic recipe. It is certainly a go-to for a rich and satisfying weeknight dinner. This one pot spag bol has simple ingredients, without skimping on taste, here you get your meat and veg plus… Continue reading Recipe For Spaghetti Bolognese

Ultimate BLT Sandwich Recipe

If you looking for for The Ultimate BLT Sandwich recipe you are at the right place. We’ve take one of the most popular sandwiches in the world, the classic BLT, and shifted it up a gear. We will show you how to make this easy, simple, and very delicious sandwich!

Pita Bread Pizza Recipe

This meatlovers version of the pita bread pizza recipe is a winner in our house. Pita bread is the perfect thickness and size for an individual pizza. Create your own pita pizzas using our variations including; meat lovers, classic, bbq chicken or greek pita bread pizza recipes.

Macaroni With Cheese

Macaroni with Cheese is easy to make and delicious to eat. It has to the ultimate comfort food, and both adults and children will gobble it all up every time. Are you looking for a simple macaroni with cheese sauce, or perhaps mac cheese and bacon, or maybe with tomato? We’ve got it all covered.… Continue reading Macaroni With Cheese

Lamb and Feta Meatballs Recipe

Healthy Lamb & Feta Meatballs recipe With Hidden Vegies. Try our easy to follow feta stuffed Greek meatballs recipe. This Greek meatballs recipe serves six people and is an easy dish for the whole family.

Chicken Tikka Masala

This restaurant style chicken tikka masala sauce is rich and creamy, just like Indian takeaway. Chicken tikka masala is a dish consisting of roasted marinated chicken chunks (chicken tikka) in a spiced sauce. Tikka masala sauce has a tomato base and many different spices giving it a gentle earthiness and a mild heat. The sauce… Continue reading Chicken Tikka Masala

Chicken Tikka

Make from scratch authentic chicken tikka kebabs. Create a traditional Indian cuisine in which the meat is marinated with yoghurt and spices, put on skewers and then grilled. You will be making your own homemade marinade for chicken tikka. It’s not at all difficult to make tandoori chicken tikka at home. You don’t even need… Continue reading Chicken Tikka

Cashew Chicken

Create your own cashew chicken tenders. This protein-packed healthy cashew chicken recipe is great served as a healthy lunch with a salad, as a quick and easy weeknight dinner, or as a finger food at your next gathering. There are lots of recipes for cashew chicken, but my family thinks this one really stands out.… Continue reading Cashew Chicken

Recipe for Scrambled Egg

Create a quick healthy meal with loads of flavour and packed with protein using this recipe for scrambled egg. This is one of the most popular ways to serve eggs for any meal. Who doesn’t love perfect fluffy, moist, flavourful and evenly cooked egg scramble. Take this this basic recipe and take it to the… Continue reading Recipe for Scrambled Egg

Recipe For Omelette

This recipe for omelette will create your basic fluffy breakfast treat, then we transform it and show you how to make an omelette with fillings. OK, this omelette begs to be eaten! For a decadent weekend breakfast use this basic recipe and transform it into something special. It can be filled with cheese, mushroom, bacon,… Continue reading Recipe For Omelette

English Breakfast Recipe

How to make a full English breakfast of bacon, eggs, sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms and baked beans together with toast. This English breakfast recipe is for making a slightly healthier version of an English breakfast, with the emphasis on grilling/broiling and poaching rather than frying.

Eggs Benedict Recipe

There’s nothing more classic for breakfast or brunch than Eggs Benedict. This Eggs Benedict recipe includes the Hollondaise sauce which is so easy to make. Our list of 15 exciting eggs benedict variations will have you trying all sorts of flavours.

Boneless Rib Roast Recipe

The best roast beef recipe ever. This boneless rib roast is so simple to make and has amazing flavours. Create the perfect beef rib eye roast, your family will love you for it.

Easy Meatballs

How To Make Meatballs with our easy meatballs recipe. You’ve got to try these homemade meat balls! They’re savoury in flavour, moist, delicious and easy to make. These meatballs can be used for just about anything, including, Swedish meatballs, savoury meatballs, spaghetti and meatballs or even used as dippers or appetisers! This recipe is very… Continue reading Easy Meatballs

Corned Beef Fritters

This simple corned beef fritters recipe from an old friend of mine from NZ is a clever way to use up leftover corned beef, or any other leftover meat for that matter. These corn meat fritters are tasty as. The leftover silverside recipe makes an excellent light meal or send them cold in the kids… Continue reading Corned Beef Fritters

Corned Beef Recipe

Corned Beef has been a family staple since I was little growing up in NZ. Try our easy to follow 4 ingredients corned beef recipe. Absolutely delicious simple & tasty. Cooking corned beef has never been easier with our recipe using only 4 ingredients including the meat. This is a super easy version of corned… Continue reading Corned Beef Recipe

Beef Stew Recipe

This classic stick-to-your-ribs beef stew with potatoes is the ideal dish for a chilly weekend. All the flavours of this old fashioned beef stew recipe come together in cosy harmony.

Beef Casserole Recipe

A traditional braised beef casserole recipe with thick, rich gravy – an ideal recipe for cheap cuts as this beef casserole is a slow cook recipe guaranteeing a tender dish. When it’s done the beef will fall-apart easily with a fork and should be rich in flavour and slightly thickened.