QPAC Little Chefs Workshop

Earlier this year, I had the incredible opportunity to be part of QPAC’s Out of the Box Festival — a celebration of creativity, learning, and play for children under 8. As part of the festival, I ran interactive cooking workshops that introduced young minds to the food rainbow, hands-on learning, and the fun of rolling […]

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Rainbow Fruit Salad

A colourful and fun way to introduce fruit Ingredients: Instructions: Little Chef Tip: Fruit salad is a fun and easy way to incorporate fruits into your kids lunchbox. It is easily customisable to the fruits they enjoy and hopefully a chance to include one or two they are not so sure about! How to prepare […]

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Easy Lentil and Vegetable Soup

When learning new techniques, keeping it simple can help you master what to do. This easy Lentil soup is a great way to learn how to simmer to produce a beatiful spicy soup This would be great served with some crusty bread. Double the recipe to create enough to freeze for another night Ingredients: Instructions:

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How to: Boiling an Egg

Ingredients: Instructions: Now the fun part – how do you like your eggs? Set your timer from when the water comes to a boil Boiling Time: Soft-Boiled: Boil for 4-5 minutes. Medium-Boiled: Boil for 7-8 minutes. Hard-Boiled: Boil for 10-12 minutes Remove the eggs from the boiling water. For hard-boiled eggs, transfer them to an […]

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Basic Cooking Techniques 101 – Your Guide to Kitchen Confidence – Simmer and Boil

Ever wondered why some recipes call for boiling while others suggest simmering? Let\’s demystify these techniques! Let’s start with breaking down the two To boil is to bring a liquid up to a temperature where it bubbles and changes to a gas. Think of a kettle when it bubbles and steams So a simmer? That […]

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Easy Sauted Mushrooms

This recipe is a great beginner recipe for mastering delicious garlic mushrooms. These are great with scrambled eggs for breakfast, mix with gravy for a beautiful steak sauce or just enjoy as is! Want to learn more about sautéing? Check out of my blog post here that gives you the low down for success Ingredients […]

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Basic Cooking Techniques 101 – Your Guide to Kitchen Confidence – Saute

Ever wondered why your sauteed vegetables are a soggy mess instead of being a crisp and colourful rainbow? Let’s fix that! So what is sauteing, when do you do it and what recipes can your practice with? To saute is to cook over a high heat with a little fat in your pan. You commonly […]

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Kitchen Safety 101: Safety Tips Every Beginner Should Know

Learning to cook can be an exciting and rewarding experience and we want to make sure you get the most out of the journey by keeping safe to prevent injuries and accidents. We prefer that you cut the vegetables not your fingers! Whether you\’re a novice or just looking to brush up on some key […]

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Welcome to the Kitchen: Essential Tools and Gadgets for Beginners

Moving out of home? Renovating? Learning to cook? What do all these things have in common? They may find you wondering what exactly you need to stock your kitchen with, what is essential and what you can leave on the shelf So let me walk you through my favourite kitchen utensils, what they do and […]

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Cooking Glossary

Reading a recipe and have no idea what the instructions mean? Wish there was a quick guide to give you the insight you need? You\’re in luck! Read on below for my glossary of cooking terms and how they apply in your favourite recipe Al Dente – Italian meaning \”to the tooth\” . Pasta readiness […]

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Spice It Up – Cinnamon

Ever bought a spice for one dish and had it sit in your cupboard until it expires as you have no idea what to do with it? Fear not, this series is about introducing to either new spices to add flavour to old favourites, or show you new ways to use those spices in your […]

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Apple and Sour Cream Slice

Apple and Sour Cream Slice – recipe and image courtesy of Womens Weekly Ingredients Method

Easy butter chicken

Easy Butter Chicken Serves 4-5 without vegetables – with vegetables will easily serve 6 Ingredients Method NB suggested vegetables include green beans, broccoli, snow peas, zucchini If you have found this recipe from your mummyrepublic sample please note the sample given is 1/5 of the original spice mix recipe making it great for a single […]

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Undercover Chef Tip – Bread

The end of a loaf of bread in our house is always a bit stale as we tend to forget about it. So what to do with these sad kitchen remnants? Bread crumbs! To make into bread crumbs fully dry out the bread ends or loaf offcuts in a low oven – 150 degrees until […]