Recipes

This starter is ridiculously easy and ridiculously good.

For a classic, all-American pumpkin pie to serve this Thanksgiving, look no further than Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George’s classic recipe.

There are very few things, in my book, which aren’t improved by a drizzle of creamy tahini sauce.

I think this is my most filling baked oats recipe!

This recipe by Jamie Oliver brings together chicken, chorizo and seafood onto the barbecue grill to make an amazing medley of flavours.

Some of life’s most wonderful things are formed in rolls.

This is a family favourite.

This is my favourite meal in this book.

Singing of summer, this is one of those beautiful dishes that’s at its best when made with bang-in-season zucchinis and tomatoes. An utter joy.

This fancy way of presenting vegetables has the advantage that the initial cooking can be done several hours ahead.

This recipe by Jamie Oliver is a celebration of Mediterranean flavours and ingredients, featuring tender salmon rubbed with anchovies, harissa couscous, chickpeas and vegetables. It comes out of the roasting tray ready to serve with harissa yoghurt and lemon.

Jamie Oliver’s flavour-packed prawn curry takes just 10 minutes to prepare with no compromise on taste – think juicy prawns, chickpea and mango in a creamy coconut curry sauce, all finished with a crunchy Bombay mix topping.

Filo is such a versatile pastry. No matter how you put this together, the results are always fun.

I once supervised and helped to cook this tart for 150 people in a woolshed in country Victoria, where it was served with the most sensational farm cream.

This is the dish Patrick Dempsey’s character tells Renée Zellweger’s Bridget Jones that he would have brought her on their imaginary second date in Bridget Jones’s Baby.

This colourful rice noodle salad with tender steak and sticky gochujang aubergine makes a quick and tasty dinner.

A healthy and fuss-free take on a meatball bake, this orzo dish makes a comforting dinner perfectly paired with a fresh salad.

When I go to a certain restaurant, I have to order the katsu curry, with a number of small plates of course. I like serving this with some cucumber, pickled onions and a bit of soy sauce. Divine.

Everyone loves tacos, but they aren’t the most natural weight-loss food. By pairing white fish with a juicy mango salsa, this recipe gives us the best of both worlds – it’s filling and tastes superb!

These muffins are edible poetry. The earthy elegance of matcha meets the sweet tang of raspberries and the creamy allure of white chocolate in a muffin that’s as sophisticated as a first date at a five-star teahouse.

They say bananas are nature’s perfect snack, so clearly this is the perfect bread.

Pavlovas disguised as mini vintage cakes!?

Here we’re jazzing up a handy grain packet, meaning you get big flavour, fast.

Growing up in Germany, Verena remembers two camps when it came to potato salad: camp mayo and camp oil/broth.