Meathead Goldwyn and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt are two chefs we regularly turn to for inspiration, ideas and techniques. Here I combine Kenji’s oven-fried chicken wings with Meathead’s Memphis Dust

If you aren’t eating potato for whatever reason or you’re looking for a change but still want to enjoy a creamy mayonnaise salad, cauliflower is a great alternative. I used my regular potato salad dressing recipe and added it to some steamed cauliflower and it was delicious.

A roast chicken with crispy skin is a family favourite. This time around I pitted my beloved Weber Q up against the kitchen oven, cooking one in each. Read on to see the results.

I love a breakfast smoothie and a green smoothie is even better! By adding protein powder, spinach and baby kale to my smoothie there is no need for snacks.

One of my favourite salads to make in the Thermomix is a broccoli salad from the recipe community. Broccoli, apple and capsicum with a honey, mustard and vinegar dressing. It is the easiest thing to pop all the ingredients into the TM bowl and let the machine do the work. Over the years I have added to the recipe and made a few changes.

Now this is a sandwich! Sure, it may take a bit of work but it’s well worth it. If you ask your butcher to leave the shank on the shoulder you’ll find this cooks in under half the time as the rest of the shoulder. This just happens to match up with lunchtime which is perfect for satisfying the craving you get sitting around all day waiting for the lamb to cook.

There’s nothing quite like getting your hands into a slow cooked lamb shoulder and pulling out the pockets of meaty goodness. I am a big fan of lamb and it often makes an appearance at our dinner table.

After seeing the rave reviews this recipe got on twitter I thought you beauty… simple, easy to make, tastes great and the kids will love it. Well, I got the first 3 right.

CADA coconut, apple, dates and almonds) plus pineapple If you like piña coladas… And CADA (Coconut, Apple, Dates and Almonds) you will love this! I had some left over pineapple in the fridge and decided to substitute the dates for the pineapple. The result was …

Carrot soup adapted from Gourmet Traveller served with hazelnut dukkah and yogurt. Sweet and easy to make in the Thermomix.

red velvet smoothie from Nespresso The Red Velvet Smoothie from the Nespresso Facebook page is a great tasting breakfast smoothie. Coffee, beetroot, frozen banana, pitted Medjool dates, coconut milk and cacao. It tasted like a sweet iced mocha. https://www.facebook.com/Nespresso.AU/videos/945343562255559/ directions It doesn’t get any simpler than …

This is a lovely salad for a warm summer evening. Well actually it’s good for anytime of the year really. Sweet mangos, spicy chilli, crunchy noodles and succulent beef.

carrot, apple, dates, almonds and rice salad CADA rise salad is a simple and tasty side dish to a main meal. ingredients  carrot apple dates almonds cooked, warm rice baby spinach tbsp sweet chilli sauce or relish tbsp cream cheese (optional) directions  Pulse in a …