Two bowls of potato leek soup garnished with cream and chives.

potato leek soup

Potato leek soup. So good. So easy. Something wonderful from the simplest of ingredients.

Potato leek soup is one of my favourite soups of all time. There is something magic about taking such basic ingredients and creating a dinner party worthy dish.

Perfectly medium rare roast beef with demi-glace sauce with fleur de sea garnish.

perfect roast beef with demi-glace sauce

Perfect roast beef with demi-glace sauce is a dinner party worthy dish. A serious dinner party dish.  For when you really want to impress. When you want to pull out all the stops.

Curried carrot soup for when you want a little bit of exotic at your dinner party.

curried carrot soup

Curried carrot soup is a simple, yet elegant and absolutely delicious. It’s carrot with a hint of curry so will work nicely with just about any entree you pair it with.

Salmon salad nicoise makes a great lunch or light dinner. And it's healthy!

salmon salad nicoise

Salmon salad nicoise makes a great fancy lunch or light dinner. Salmon, potatoes, green beans, tomatoes and olives. Perfectly cooked hardboiled eggs. Tied together with a simple mustard vinaigrette. Perfect.

Chickpea salad with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette is the perfect summer side dish.

chickpea salad with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette

Chickpea salad with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette is the perfect side dish for those summer dinners on the deck. Serve it with a nice rotisserie chicken and some tzatziki and a glass of chilled white wine. With anything grilled really. The perfect summer meal.

Moroccan chicken and chickpeas is a delicious, one skillet meal that comes together in an hour.

moroccan chicken and chickpeas

Moroccan chicken and chickpeas. That’s a pretty broad description. This version is a warm dish of onion, garlic, spices and peanut butter. The chicken stays crispy and the chickpeas get meltingly delicious. It just works. And it works well.

Roast chicken with lemon, white wine, rosemary and thyme sauce.

french roast chicken with lemon

In France they serve roast chicken with this unbelievable brown sauce. It’s one of the great roast chicken recipes.

French roast chicken is up there with Zuni Cafe roast chicken with bread salad and Marcella’s chicken with lemons.