Learning, wanting and choosing to cook are not the same things!

Welcome to Your Magical Kitchen

Your Magical Kitchen is my contribution to helping home-cooks - newcomers and seasoned both - serving up healthy, tasty and flavoursome meals, based on my nine steps for making cooking easier to do, how to expand your repertoire and introducing a bit of magic along the way.

Latest recipes

Recipes
Jacket Scallops
Jacket Scallops
Vegan mushroom bolognese
Vegan mushroom bolognese
Banana, Chocolate, Rum-soaked Raisins and Hazelnuts Bread Loaf
Banana, Chocolate, Rum-soaked Raisins and Hazelnuts Bread Loaf
Norwegian Cream Pudding
Norwegian Cream Pudding
Aussie Sweetcorn and Pea Fritters
Aussie Sweetcorn and Pea Fritters
Bourbon-Glazed Drumsticks with Greens
Bourbon-Glazed Drumsticks with Greens
Mezze Sharing Plate
Mezze Sharing Plate
Milk Chocolate Mousse with Macadamia Nuts and Bananas
Milk Chocolate Mousse with Macadamia Nuts and Bananas
Toffee Blackberry Pavlova
Toffee Blackberry Pavlova
Mezze Sharing Plate
Mezze Sharing Plate

Latest blogs

Blog
Is eating foods in season out of date?
Is eating foods in season out of date?
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Your Magical Pantry
Your Magical Pantry
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Eating seasonally - silver linings
Eating seasonally - silver linings

Week 12 in (partial) lockdown. Some restrictions are easing, but we remain cautious, taking it one day at a time, with occasional trips to the local supermarket.

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Every cook can pair, combine and bounce flavours!
Every cook can pair, combine and bounce flavours!

Every home cook can pair and ‘bounce’ flavours! Understanding which foods go well together and matching flavours has long been the preserve of top chefs. Given that many of us are still in lockdown, this might be the moment to get your head around Flavour Combos.

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“Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers.”

— Illusions, Richard Bach