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Spiced Cauliflower Salad

This Cauliflower Salad has been a recent favourite of mine, especially for those times when you simply can't look at another lettuce leaf. It is fragrant and warm with beguiling freshness.

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Spiced pork meatballs in tomato curry sauce

These spiced pork meatballs are filled with gorgeous aromatics and spices, the smell will fill your home. Lemongrass, coriander and ginger are all through out and these big, lovely flavours are perfect for the whole family.

Serves 6

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Prawn Cocktail Sliders

As we head into summer, meals like these prawn cocktail sliders, become less about cooking and more about assembly. Prawn cocktails have spent most of its life traversing from the height of fashion to the laughably passé.

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Panfried John Dory with Orange Saffron Sauce

Nothing beats fresh fish and this john dory dish is an absolute gem. Borne out of lockdown and the inability to head to the fish markets, we ordered a box from Sanford and Sons .

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Dramatically Flavoured Olive Oil Poached Fish

This a beautiful way to cook fish, softly poached in a dramatically flavoured olive oil. The colour is something reminiscent of the Incredible Hulk, but only when the herbs have fully relinquished all of their flavour.

Serves 4

Small Bites

Sesame Kingfish Tataki

Recently, we ordered a box from the wonderful Sanford and Sons and Kingfish Tataki was first on the list! Kingfish are an absolutely delicious fish.

Serves 2

Main Dishes

Beef Ginger Noodle Soup

Every autumn I start craving soups and this beef ginger noodle soup is a cinch to make. The foundation is a rich broth peppered with fragrant herbs and spices that gently warms your soul. There is a gentle heat to this soup.

Serves 2

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