Real food recipes
made easy for you

Janie’s super simple chocolate truffles are very easy to make, and it’s hard to believe they can be considered a fairly healthy treat!

This year some beautiful organic kumquats sent me looking for inspiration, and I chose Indian flavours for a kumquat cumin pickle.

Wonderfully easy to make in your Thermomix, magnificent mincemeat is perfect for mince pies, tarts, cakes, desserts and ice creams.

Ground mixed spice is traditionally used in Christmas baking, and it’s wonderful in chutneys and marinades too.

As with all spices, home ground cinnamon, fresh from your Thermomix, will give you a far superior flavour compared to buying it pre-ground.

For years I bought an occasional (rarely available) fresh horseradish root just to make this delicious horseradish cream sauce.

Brilliant burgers! These homemade beef burgers beat store-bought pre-formed burgers hands down and they are quick and easy to make.

John’s pink grapefruit orange slushy is truly delicious and with its lovely frothy top you feel like you’re drinking a very special cocktail!

Whatever vegetables you use, bug beater soup seems to warm and nourish, especially if you are feeling ‘under the weather’ or a cold/flu is threatening to take hold.