Cooking is what I do, what I think about and largely what I dream about… If you do not count beer of course, which as far as I am concerned is a food group! Most of my recipes here are complete meals.
I subscribe to no particular ideology when it comes to eating other than it should taste great and whatever needs to happen to make great food happens!
Some of my recipes are simple, some of my recipes are complicated, likewise, some of my meals are light and ‘healthy’ and others are downright naughty. All of them, however, get my wifes seal of approval and are extremely tasty!
Latest Recipes
Poached Chicken Breast With Carrot and Fennel
I'm just as guilty as most when it comes to my love of roast chicken but a perfect poached chicken breast is a thing of great beauty. This recipe is all about the flavours of mid-summer, our first carrots and kohlrabi are good to harvest. Our fennel is not quite ready yet but it is not far off but local markets have it in stock.
Thai Chicken Salad
Main meal salads are definitely a theme on my website this year and this Thai chicken salad is an extension of that. A simply roasted chicken breast forms the heart of this satisfyingly hearty but light and zingy salad.
Summer Minestrone Soup
My love affair with soup is well documented here on Krumpli and this summer minestrone soup is an ode to my garden. For some strange reason soups are often associated with winter warmers, and sure they are great at that. But they can also be the most wonderful light and vibrant summer meals.
Beef With Oyster Sauce and White Asparagus
Beef with oyster sauce is an ever-present recipe on your average Chinese Takeaway menu... Super simple, extremely tasty and goes from your cupboard to your dinner table in just 20 minutes. Way quicker than the delivery dude or dudette can get to you.
Venison Burger With Peaches And Blue Cheese
My latest BBQ recipe is a burger, you cannot go wrong with a good burger and this venison burger is superb! You could be forgiven for thinking that I don't necessarily think less is more when it comes to cooking. But for all of my recipes with dozens of ingredients I have many with just a few.
Traditional Paella Recipe Cooked On The BBQ
My latest recipe is a traditional paella recipe cooked outside on the barbecue. In many ways cooking a paella this way is not all that different to cooking one over a traditional gas flame.
BBQ Tandoori Fish
Like my BBQ Tandoori Chicken recipe, this tandoori fish recipe uses a BBQ in lieu of a tandoor oven. The great thing about cooking on a BBQ is the extreme temperatures you can reach.
Squid Ink Pasta with Bacon, Spinach and Capers
This squid ink pasta recipe with bacon, spinach and capers is not the first time the very dramatic black pasta has appeared here on Krumpli. I love the stuff, it adds so much drama to a dish but also a subtle but great flavour.
Pan Fried Pork Chops With Balsamic Cherries And Potato Rosti
These pan fried pork chops are almost a throwback to the sort British food I grew up with. Meat and two veg, and of course one of those veg were always potatoes. As with most of my recipes here, this pork chop recipe has international leanings.
Confit Duck Leg Bonbons with Carrot Puree and Asparagus
These confit duck leg bonbons are another recipe heavily inspired by my trip to a food festival in Budapest. The last dish featured Tasmanian Black pepper this, however, is all sorts of fancy.
BBQ Pineapple Chicken Kebabs
Kebab recipes are pretty common fodder when it comes to BBQ food. My BBQ pineapple chicken kebabs take a pretty common theme and puts a slant on them.
Roast Pork Tenderloin with Apricots and Fennel
This roast pork tenderloin recipe is another in my favourite series of meals, seriously impressive flavours a real head turner. Most importantly it takes a great deal less effort than it looks!
Bacon Wrapped Grilled Stuffed Onions
Do I have a treat for you with these bacon-wrapped grilled stuffed onions! Where on earth do I start, grilled onions are amazing, smokey, sweet and glorious. But then wrap them in bacon and yowsers. Hold your horses though these are stuffed onions, stuffed with a fennel and Worcestershire sauce meatball... Then to blow your mind just a little bit more glazed with a BBQ sauce.
Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup
My love of soup is well documented here on Krumpli and this gloriously fiery Hot and Sour Asian Shrimp Soup is another homage to food I love.
Chicken Jalfrezi
A chicken Jelfrezi is an ever-present recipe on the British Indian Curry scene and has been as long as I remember. Like many British Indian curries, the Jalfrezi is heavily influenced by Bengali cuisine.
Zaatar Halloumi Cheese With Couscous
This zaatar marinated halloumi cheese recipe is served with a great spring influenced couscous salad. It is unashamedly influenced by the flavours of North Africa and the Middle East.
Grilled Spatchcock Chicken With A Marmalade Glaze
Here we go with another grilling recipe folks, a spatchcock chicken is the perfect fodder for the grill. The orange marmalade glaze is the perfect sweet and sticky glaze for the bird too!
Asparagus and Pea Casarecce Pasta
It feels like an eternity since I have shared a pasta recipe, this spring inspired Asparagus and Pea Casarecce Pasta recipe fixes that. For me peas and asparagus really do signify spring.