Foraged Foods
Miso-Kabocha Risotto with Maitake Mushrooms
This fusion of Italian and Japanese elements work as a perfect backdrop to show off the prized Maitake or Hen of the Woods wild mushroom.
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Foraged Foods
Vietnamese Bún with Puffball Mushroom
Bún is a traditional Vietnamese dish of rice vermicelli noodles topped with meat, veggies, and sometimes chopped spring rolls. It is served with nước chấm, a bracing sauce made primarily of fish sauce.
Domestic
Braised Red Cabbage with Apple
This braised red cabbage and apple dish is known as rodekool met appel in Dutch and is traditionally served with stewed meats, and is simultaneously sweet and tart.
Cooking skills
How to Can Diced Tomatoes for the Freezer
This easy instructional will show you how to preserve your summer bounty of tomatoes into a useful product you can use later. You’ll be thanking your past-self for the work done when you pop open a jar in February and feel the summer sunshine cascading out!
Baking
Garlic and Rosemary Baguette
The addition of garlic and rosemary makes this bread extra delicious! Serve with charcuterie, as a sandwich, or on its own slathered with some good quality butter.
Domestic
Dutch-Style Stamppot
Stamppot is the blanket term for mashed vegetables in the Netherlands. It is also their national dish! This stamppot is made with green curly kale, or boerenkool, and is served with a Dutch smoked sausage (rookworst or metworst).
Foraged Foods
Seared Wild Goose and Duck Hearts with Hazelnut-Sage Oil
These seared wild goose and duck hearts are unbelievably tasty, especially with a hazelnut-sage oil drizzled over them!
Foraged Foods
Smoked Za’atar Puffball Mushroom
Manakish is a Levantine dish consisting of pita bread, slathered in za’atar, cheese, or minced meat and baked, almost like an Arabic pizza. Giving puffball mushrooms a similar treatment makes for seasoned crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside deliciousness!
Domestic
Greek Avgolemono Soup (The Quick and Easy Version)
This soup relies on easy, store-bought ingredients and/or leftovers to make your life easier! Greek avgolemono soup uses a tempered egg and lemon mixture to flavour chicken, rice, and broth, to create a silky, creamy and uniquely flavoured broth.
Domestic
Chana and Moong Dal with Dill – Lentil Stew
Chana dal (or Bengal gram as it is also known) consists of brown or black chickpeas that have been hulled and split. It is one of the earliest legume crops in human record!
Beef
Mapo ‘Mushroom’ with Giant Puffball
With it’s likeness to soft tofu, giant puffball mushroom works wonderfully in its place in this classic spicy Sichuan dish.
Domestic
Pollo Asado – Mexican Style Chicken on the Grill
Although this recipe is by no means authentically Mexican, it was inspired by the roadside stands and shops selling rotisserie chicken slathered in chiles and spices.
Domestic
Thai Basil Chicken – Pad Krapow Gai
Make this classic Thai dish when you find yourself with too much basil and no desire to make any more pesto! Make sure you add a fried egg on top like they would in Thailand!
Domestic
Crispy Baked Chicken Wings in Smoky Buffalo Sauce
Using America’s Test Kitchen’s method for baking chicken wings will ensure super crispy and delicious pub-style wings every time.
Breakfast
Quinoa and Oat Porridge with Stewed Plums
This healthy, fibre-packed breakfast is exactly what you need in the morning! The addition of stewed plums makes for a delightful sweet and sour experience and adding granola, nuts, or seeds on top gives it the perfect textural contrast!