I think the reason tray bake recipes are such popular dinner ideas on taste.com.au is that they make light work of an impressive-looking (and impressive-tasting) meal – which is why we had to include chicken tray bake in our Savvy Dinner Plan. I love that tray bakes require minimal prep, you really can let the oven do the heavy lifting, and, hey presto, you have a dinner-party-worthy dish you can whip up on a weeknight. That’s why I’ve created this creamy French chicken tray bake. This recipe transforms chicken and potatoes with a simple, rich and creamy sauce that celebrates retro classic flavours. Plus, by browning chicken with a little butter and oil, you can add a richness and extra depth of flavour to your chicken. My pro tip? Take care not to overheat your pan, to avoid burning your butter. Then, serve your tray bake with green beans and you have one well-rounded meal for less. How to make my budget-friendly creamy French chicken tray bake: key ingredient swaps To start, using smaller chicken breasts is not only a budget-friendly choice, but it also cuts down on cooking time because they cook faster. I’ve also bulked up this tray bake using plenty of roast potatoes to stretch the dish further. Then, browning my chicken in butter and a little oil takes the flavour of this seemingly simple (yet oh-so flavourful) meal to the next level! I chose Coles Simply Unsalted Butter as a savvy way to add richness without adding lots of extra ingredients. And I’ve ‘cheated’ by using another secret ingredient that adds loads of flavour while also making your shopping list that little bit shorter. My secret ingredient? I used French onion soup mix to enhance the traditional French onion flavour of this dish, while also cutting down on the amount of ingredients required to achieve it. Two birds, one product, zero complaints. Save even more across the month with the Savvy Dinner Plan The taste + Coles Savvy Dinner plan is full of clever ways to use ingredients across multiple meals. You can use the Coles Simply Unsalted Butter in the couscous from our French onion curried sausage recipe from week 1. What’s the Savvy Dinner Plan? The taste.com.au food team has redesigned our most searched-for family dinner recipes to help you stretch your grocery budget further. By making savvy ingredient swaps and switching up how you plan and cook, the Savvy Dinner Plan can help shave dollars off your favourite dinners, without compromising on flavour. The Savvy Dinner Plan offers you four weeks of budget-friendly recipes, plus use-it-up hacks and cost-saving tips. This recipe features in week 2. Not a planner? You can still save. Check out all our Savvy Dinner Plan recipes and pick the perfect dish for you.
20+ of the best Frozen activities, recipes, crafts and printables inspired by Disney's smash-hit movie. Anna and Elsa fans will love this collection!
These classic Greek treats are perfect for the festive season, indeed for us it wouldn’t be Christmas without them. They are buttery and sweet and quite simply, delicious! These will keep in an airtight container for up to one week.
Stasty Bakewell Squares
A rich Hungarian layered cake with hazelnut and chocolate pastry cream and hazelnut dacquoise. A gorgeous celebration cake!
Everyone's favourite no-bake Chocolate Crunchie Slice takes just 10 minutes to make and tastes AMAZING! Chunks of crunchy honeycomb in a biscuit base, then topped with a layer of creamy milk chocolate.
Milkybar fans will love this white chocolate cheesecake version... and you won't believe what we use to make it!
Light, airy and tasting delicately of chocolate hazelnut, these meringues are a Nutella dream come true. They’re great by themselves or a cup of coffee or tea, and also wonderful with fresh strawberries.
This delicious cherry ripe slice takes all the flavours of the original Cherry Ripe chocolate bar and combines them in an addictive slice you can make at home. This slice has a chocolate biscuit base, a sweet cherry and coconut filling, and a dark chocolate topping.
Soft in the center and slightly crisp on the outside, Bird Bread Rolls are slightly sweet. These make a lovely accompaniment to hot soup. Kids love to eat the little bread birds just plain or with some butter. Winter has been pretty severe in our latitude so far. It hasn’t snowed yet but the low temperature has caused the lotus pond to freeze and the adjoining birdbath looks like a massive piece of misshapen glass. Simple things in life keep us going and give much more happiness than the grander affairs. And happiness never comes in large doses. Small flecks of happiness are all around us. It needs a receptive soul to savour these. A rose finch peeping through a glass window is happiness. A Black Lored Tit flitting on the branches of the Cherry tree and letting out sonorous notes is happiness. We are the happiest people in the world when the Sun magically appears on a cold winter day, lifting spirits and letting rid of top layers of heavy clothing. For a moment, it feels that we are in Spring. It was a warm day yesterday and we baked bird-shaped bread rolls for dinner. Happiness is also the squeals of excitement let out by the kids as they shaped the birds with balls of dough. It became an interesting family project and in no time we had a tray of bird rolls ready in the oven. I kept the dough on the sweeter side. You may reduce the sugar. Use any bread dough that works for you. We got so excited with the shaping that we made the rolls twice. The first time, we made two birds and the next day, one bird. You may use whole wheat flour as well. In that case, you will have to increase the liquids. Bird rolls were enjoyed with hot soup. Bird Bread Rolls Ingredients 3 cups all-purpose flour/ whole wheat flour 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup milk + ½ cup water (more if required and 2-4 tablespoons more if using whole wheat flour) 2 teaspoons instant dry yeast 4 tablespoons unrefined sugar ¼ cup oil 2 tablespoons butter (to brush warm rolls) Few black raisins or choco chips for eyes A toothpick. Instructions In a large bowl, whisk flour and salt. Keep aside. Mix milk and water and heat it until warm. Add sugar and stir to dissolve. Add yeast. Mix and cover and let sit for 10 minutes. Add oil and mix. Add dry ingredients and stir until a shaggy dough forms. Transfer to the counter. Knead to get a soft and smooth dough. Add more water only if the dough feels very dry. Transfer to a greased bowl. Turn around once to coat evenly with oil. Cover and keep in a warm place to rise for 1 hour or until almost double. Punch and knead for 1-2 minutes. Let dough rest for 5-6 minutes. Pinch out small balls of dough. Roll out one ball at a time into a rope of about 6-8 inches in length. Now tie each roll into a knot from the center. Lift one free end of the knot and shape it into the birds head. Pull out the beak. Shape the head and beak. The other free end of the knot will be the tail. Flatten it with the index finger and press it with a fork to make feathers. You can also cut with a knife and shape the tail feathers. Arrange the rolls on a lined baking tray. Cover and keep in a warm place to rise for 30-45 minutes or until puffy. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the rolls turn a beautiful golden. Transfer from the oven to the cooling rack. Brush warm rolls with butter. With a toothpick, make holes for eyes. Press a choco-chip / black raisin into the hole. Linking to #BreadBakers #BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all our lovely bread by following our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated after each event on the #BreadBakers home page. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. The theme this month is animal-shaped bread. And our host is Stacy who blogs at Food Lust People Love. Check out some animal-shaped deliciousness by our members. Bird Bread Rolls from Ambrosia Easter Bunny Buns from Cook with Renu Ham and Cheese Elephant Rolls from Food Lust People Love Hedgehog Bread from Making Miracles Honey Bear Loaf from A Day in the Life on the Farm Sourdough Animal-shaped Breads from Zesty South Indian Kitchen Matcha Milk Bread Turtles from A Messy Kitchen Meyer Lemon Custard-Filled Matcha Turtles from Culinary Adventures with Camilla Peacock Shaped Pizza Rolls from Magical Ingredients Piglet Bread Rolls from Sneha's Recipe Turtle Bread from Passion Kneaded
I'm certainly no expert on Middle Eastern cuisine; but one thing I am certain of is I can’t get enough of it. The bright, acidic and spice forward flavors filled with varying textures and colors are often just what I’m craving. Plus, I have a penchant for over ordering whenever I go out to eat (Must Try All The Things) so Mezze style eating was pretty much tailor-made for me. You get to try a little of everything; but clearing all the plates is a truly attainable goal (and one that I strive for at all times in life). Now just looking at this recipe may have you running for the nearest Middle Eastern joint in your ‘hood, but fear not! It’s actually much easier than it looks. The keys for success here? MEP (mise en place) all of your ingredients in advance so you can quickly whiz up the different layers in the food processor; all you’ll need is a quick rinse between each batch of flavorful dip. From Game Day to Viewing Parties to Galentine’s Celebrations; this hearty dip has all all your snacking needs covered! Don’t like your foods touching? Serve each component in separate bowls for the mezze board of your dreams! Not expecting a crowd? Just pick one or two of your favorite layers and whip that up as a stand alone dip. Serve it with easy Homemade Za’atar Pita Chips and you’ll never go back to store bought. Recipe and Headnote Molly Adams
Cuts into 16 squares You just need a handful of pantry staples to whip up this no bake fudgy chocolatey biscuit slice! I think I found this recipe in an old magazine. It’s one of those totall…
There are so many different options for creating food boards. We have chosen to share how to make a vegetarian mezze platter today. But other ideas could include a cheese platter, Greek mezze platter, Middle Eastern platter, charcuterie board, falafal platter, a Christmas-themed platter.. the options really are endless.
Delicious creamy no bake slice with delicious Caramilk Chocolate, walnuts and coconut
Whether you're hosting high tea or afternoon tea, use the correct term for the tea you are hosting.
Mint Aero Traybake is a delicious combination of mint and chocolate, and a super-easy no-bake slice to make! You can use either a Mint Aero bar or Mint Aero Bubbles, whichever you prefer. Either way, we think you'll love this easy treat!
These homemade Vegemite and Cheese Scrolls are just like the ones you buy at Baker's Delight - but even better! They are yeast free, so you can have them ready to enjoy in less than an hour and both regular and Thermomix instructions are included.
Revani is a Turkish cake that’s made with semolina flour, soaked in a lemon-flavored simple syrup, then topped with chopped pistachios. It’s light, extremely moist, and a very popular Turkish dessert. It’s also very easy to make!
These easy Curried Potato Pasties are the perfect portable veggie meal or snack (depending which size you make!) for lunchboxes and summer picnics, served with a quick, slightly spicy coriander chutney that takes just minutes to make!
Since the new year has started I’ve been trying to think of ways to be more kind to my self. Especially when that nasty gremlins try to creep in and stump me. I remembered this origami star video on You … Continue reading →
I love fifteens. They are a staple at any Northern Irish child’s party (who am I trying to kid! Can be found at adults parties too). It would appear that no one outside of Northern Ireland ha…
Mildly sweet, melt-in-your-mouth flaky, easy to make, improves as it ages -- a welcome accompaniment to any cookie tray, but for me, it's absolutely perfect with a cup of tea.
Gorgeous chewy flapjack with the added sweetness of condensed milk. I suddenly wanted to bake something using condensed milk… not sure what prompted that! I haven’t made flapjacks for a…
A layer of passion fruit makes this vanilla cheesecake recipe look and taste exquisite. This Simon Hulstone recipe is easy and delicious.
Please know Dear Reader that I am not setting you up for a lot of work with this one. This can also be done with store bought lamingtons and is a fast and fabulous way to put together a dessert as it doesn't require the usual soaking time for tiramisu when you use sponge finger biscuits as the sponge is soft enough. You could make this and serve it straight away or make it ahead of time e.g. the day before and unclip it and have it ready to serve. You could also do individual lamington tiramisus which have a more elegant look and all they require is a little spreading of the mascarpone and you could probably get a male into the act by telling him that it's really just like laying mortar for bricks. Mr NQN was fabulous help with this.
It's Craft Lightning time again and this week the theme is Wedding Crafts. Have I mentioned before that I eloped? Even though I didn...
This zingy Jaffa Cake traybake is made up of a super light base of vanilla sponge, an sweet and citrusy orange jelly layer, and an indulgent topping of dark chocolate to finish.
Nduja lovers, I cannot recommend that you make these sausage rolls enough. If you love sausage rolls with buttery puff pastry and a spicy, delicious filling then you've got to make these delightful nduja, black olive and tomato sausage rolls. This is a pushy recipe Dear Reader!
Buttery shortbread, soft caramel and smooth chocolate... millionaire shortbread is a delicious British classic that everyone will love!
Learn how to make traditional German Rum Balls from scratch using this easy authentic rumkugeln recipe. The perfect addition to any Christmas cookie tray and a delicious post-dinner treat
Blondies are the white chocolate version of brownies. This easy tray bake is also packed with banana and rich caramel. Serve at teatime or warm with a scoop of ice-cream for pudding
Japanese Cheesecake is an airy, melt in your mouth showstopper of a dessert! Part cheesecake, part cloudlike soufflé.
Retro Vol-au-Vent Party Appetizers - learn to make puff pastry shells recipe plus 4 delicious fillings for any occasion or celebrations!
Similar to a palmier, arlettes are a pastry filled with cinnamon sugar. Find out how to make them with Chetna Makan's step-by-step guide.
The latest in a long line of "why didn't I think of that" products is something so simple and ingenious it's amazing it didn't already exist - custom packing tape. In the case of this particular iteration, This Is Spinal Tape. 25 meters of vertebrae covered, standard width packing tape to use for shipping, storing
Persian cooks have been making koofteh (or kofte) like this for centuries. Serve Sabrina Ghayour’s for a breakfast or brunch feast with wow factor.
Cannoncini are an Italian dessert made from crispy flaky butter puff pastry filled with a luscious velvety pastry cream.
