#toastietuesday Sautéed garlic mushrooms with a spinach, ricotta & cheddar cheese mix on brown seeded bread. Lovely! But possibly needed some tomato or a tomato sauce to really be the toastie with the mostie. • • • #homecookedbygianni #tastytuesdays #kickit #toastiedeluxe #feelingfancy #spinach #ricotta #mushrooms #garlic #toastiegoals #toastielover #toastedsandwich #toastie #gettoasted #sandwich #foodjournal #fooddude #lunch #buonappetito
Peanut butter ‘cookie cupcakes’ with Brazil nuts and chocolate chips. 5 ingredients; Peanut butter, egg, sugar, chocolate chips & Brazil nuts #EasyBake 🥜 🥜 🥜 #🥜 #homecookedbygianni #saturdaykitchen #baking #baked #peanutbutter #nutbutter #peanutbuttercookies #sweettalk #chocolate #peanutbutterlover #nuts #brazilnuts #lovenuts #cookies #cupcakes #fooddude #foodjournal #🍪
The other night’s leftover chilli con carne and brown rice mixed together then stuffed into Romano Peppers (with a bit of cream cheese pushed into the tip). Tasty little baked #ChilliPeppers with a nice smoky & spicy flavour. Happy Friday y’all! Swipe ⬅️ if you want sweet potato. 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ #homecookedbygianni #loveyourleftovers #leftovers #chilliconcarne #chilipalmer #foodjournal #fooddude #cicheti #tapas #longpeppers #peppers #romanopeppers #capsicumannuum #sweetpotato #🌶️
No idea when I last made chilli… 🌶️ Chilli con carne with brown rice, fresh coriander, a coriander and garlic yoghurt dip and Chilli Heatwave Doritos. 🌶️ The chilli was made with beef, red kidney beans, capsicum, caramelised onion, tomatoes, garlic, chillies, jalapeños & paprika. A great chilli with a decent amount of spice and leftovers to play with another day! 🌶️ 🌶️ #🌶️ #homecookedbygianni #chilliconcarne #texmex #chilliwithmeat #chilli #fullofbeans #rice #beef #brownrice #doritos #chilliheatwave #coriander #spice #spiceupyourlife #foodjournal #fooddude
#ToastieTuesday Big chunks of Sunday’s roast chicken in Tuesday’s tiger bread toastie. A chicken, mushroom and cheese toasted sandwich has always been in my top 5!👌🏼 #FunFacts 👆🏼Tiger bread is from the Netherlands and is called Dutch Crunch in San Francisco. ✌🏼Sainsbury’s rebranded it as giraffe bread after a 3yr old named Lily wrote a letter stating it resembled a giraffe more than a tiger. Have a good one and you can thank me later. 🐅 🥖 🦒 #homecookedbygianni #tastytuesdays #toastiedeluxe #chickenandmushroom #chicken #mushrooms #tigerbread #leftovers #trivia #loveyourleftovers #toastie #toastiegoals #toastedsandwich #tostato #gettoasted #sandwich #foodjournal #fooddude #buonappetito #🥪
The best thing about the hubby being away is I get to eat all of the prawns! 😁 Wholemeal spaghetti served with a quick sauce made from passata, spinach, peas, garlic, chilli and (possibly) a greedy amount of prawns🍝 • • • #homecookedbygianni #pasta #prawns #chilli #wholemealpasta #pastalover #prawnlover #quickmeals #PastaPower #foodjournal #fooddude #whereismyman #whenthecatsaway #dinnerforone #prawnparty #itsthelittlethings #🦐
Picnic season is approaching and it really couldn’t be more welcome!☀️ Wholemeal calzone filled with tomato, garlic mushrooms, ham, caramelised onion and mozzarella. Here’s to a great picnic season! 🧺 • • • #homecookedbygianni #calzone #italian #italiancuisine #elfresco #fooddude #foodjournal #calzonelover #dalbellofood #picnicseason #picnic #parklife #wholemealcalzone #flourpower
ᑭIᘔᘔᗩpasta 🤌🏼 I had some leftover Tagliatelle Bolognese & dough to use so put them together with extra garlic, mozzarella & Parmesan… I mean, what’s not to like? Pizza, good. Pasta, good. Extra cheese & garlic. GOOD! 🍝 🍕 🍝 #homecookedbygianni #bolognese #pizza #carbs #pizzalover #pastalover #pizzamaker #pizzaiolo #pasta #tagliatelle #garlic #parmesan #pizzapasta #leftovers #loveyourleftovers #pastapower #breadandbolognese #foodjournal #fooddude #justaddparmesan #buonappetito #fridayfeels
#TuesdayToastie l’Italiano 🇮🇹 Bolognese sauce with mature cheddar cheese & Parmigiano Reggiano👌🏼 • • • #homecookedbygianni #toastietuesday #tostato #tostatoitaliano #toastiedeluxe #toastiegoals #bolognese #toastedsandwich #toastie #gettoasted #sandwich #foodjournal #fooddude #buonappetito
I would eat them in a boat or with a goat. I do so like green eggs and no ham 💚 • • • #homecookedbygianni #greeneggs #eggs #DrSeussGreenEggsandHam #drseuss #drseussquotes #spinach #popeyepower #green #colours #naturesfoodcoloring #scrambled #scrambledeggs #mondaze #breakfast #goodmorning #foodjournal #fooddude #funwithfood
🌬️ Cold weather returned today along with sunshine, thunder, lightning, wind, rain and hailstones. Sorry about the weather report but the schizo weather was a beast to behold!⚡️ 🍴Back to food…Soup season also continues with red lentils, chickpeas, roasted garlic, spinach and some chilli flakes to help warm things up! • • • #homecookedbygianni #soupoftheday #soupseason #soupshow #souper #cheapeats #comfortfood #foodjournal #fooddude #healthy #happymeals #lentils #chickpeas #legumes #garlic #meatfree #soupedup
I love #mushrooms and frying them in breadcrumbs is not gonna make me love them any less 🍄🟫 Deliciously crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside is a mighty fine balance! Seasoned with pepper, sea salt, paprika and garlic and served with tiny tomatoes and a bang bang sauce made from mayonnaise, sriracha, sweet chili sauce and lemon juice. These were fabulous little fungi! 🍄🟫 Happy Friday all and here’s to a great weekend! 🍄🟫 🍄🟫 🍄🟫 #homecookedbygianni #friedfood #fried #fryday #breadedmushrooms #crispy #juicy #entree #🍄🟫 #starter #bangbangsauce #foodjournal #fooddude #fridayfeels #fridayfungus #theweekendhaslanded
Today’s #TuesdayToastie Sautéed garlic mushrooms, tomato & mature cheddar cheese on brown seeded bread. • • • #homecookedbygianni #toastietuesday #deepfill #notsolittle #toastiedeluxe #toastiegoals #foodphotography #toastielove #toastedsandwich #toastie #gettoasted #sandwich #foodjournal #fooddude #comfortfood #imjustasandwich #🥪
These were supposed to be spinach and ricotta balls but I couldn’t be arsed getting the ingredients I needed. Instead I fleshed out the small amount of ricotta I had with cannellini beans and abandoned the spinach idea. Added Parmesan and baked them in a rich and super garlicky cherry tomato sauce. A good day for balls! 🍅 🍅 🍅 #homecookedbygianni #cannelliniballs #cannellinibeans #ricottaballs #tomato #cherrytomatoes #tomatosauce #garlic #parmesan #fooddude #foodjournal #meatfree #balls #ballsdeep #ballplay
#TuesdayToastie I love bread, I love a sandwich and I definitely love them toasted! Tuna, cheese, cherry tomatoes and sweet chilli sauce on brown seeded bread…Deep fill to keep full! 🥪 🥪 🥪 #homecookedbygianni #tunamelt #toastie #toastedsandwich #sandwich #toasted #tuna #tunatoastie #tostada #gettoasted #foodjournal #fooddude #comfortfood #rockthetunaboat
Be good and eat some vegetables this week…however you see fit! Calzone 👉🏼 Broccoli, tomato, caramelised onion, roasted garlic & mozzarella👌🏼 • • • #homecookedbygianni #calzone #broccoli #healthyish #fooddude #foodjournal #calzonelover #gogreen #eatvegetables #oneofyourfiveaday #🥦
Mama always made the best muffins at the family cafe! My job was taking them out of the oven and putting them on trays out front. People would wait patiently for their favourite muffin to come out. Mama’s muffins made people very happy! This was my first time making them but I had some old bananas to use and a bar of Belgian milk chocolate with caramel pieces and sea salt lying around. I never really eat muffins and forgot how much I like them! Banana muffins, some with chocolate, apricot, peanut butter or just cinnamon. We liked them all while listening to one of mama’s favourites @conniefrancisofficial Ingredients 250g self-raising flour 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda 60g of raw sugar 60g of butter, melted 1 tsp vanilla extract 3 mashed ripe bananas 125ml oat milk 1 tsp of lemon juice Easy method Heat the oven to 190C/370F Sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and sugar. In a separate bowl mix the melted butter, vanilla extract, mashed bananas, milk and lemon juice. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour the wet stuff in. A quick mix together then add chocolate or whatever extras you want and spoon into a greased muffin tray or cases. Bake for approx. 25 mins, until golden brown. • • • #homecookedbygianni #muffin #muff #muffinman #muffinmoments #sweettalk #magdalenas #baking #easyrecipes #bananamufins #sundaybaking #sundaze #sundaykitchen #happymothersday
This wholemeal calzone puffed up more than usual, I think it was trying to impress me so I ate it. It didn’t disappoint! • • • #homecookedbygianni #wholemealcalzone #calzone #italian #italiancuisine #fooddude #foodlover #foodjournal #calzonelover #lunch #foldedpizza #funintheoven #baked #bakedgoods #dalbellofood
Replace bread with two slabs of toasted and roasted cabbage and you’ve more or less got a #TuesdayToastie Toasted cabbage sandwich with garlic chicken and sautéed spinach. Swipe if you want mushrooms 👉🏼 • • • #homecookedbygianni #toastiegoals #sandwich #gettoasted #toastiedeluxe #foodjournal #fooddude #cabbage #cabbagepatchkid #cabbagesandwich #ninasimone #soulfood
Thai coconut curry lentil & spinach soup with a side of crispy, garlicky, turmeric tinged potato cakes. Super hearty and creamy in a non dairy, meat free kinda way 🤙🏼 • • • #homecookedbygianni #soupoftheday #soup #spiceupyourlife #coconutcurrysoup #thaicurry #soupseason #foodjournal #fooddude #healthy #lentils #spinach #chilli #lentilsoup #meatfree #vegan #soupedup #souper #thaiflavours
#TuesdayToastie Mushroom, spinach, organic egg and mature cheddar cheese on seeded sourdough bread. Have a nice day! • • • #homecookedbygianni #toastiegoals #toastie #toastedsandwich #sandwich #toasted #tostada #gettoasted #toastiedeluxe #foodjournal #fooddude #comfortfood #meatfree #tastefultuesdays #🥪
Mystery ᑭIᘔᘔᗩ from the archives… I can see there were sesame seeds and mushrooms on a turmeric infused base and no doubt plenty of garlic! The rest is guess work and tasteful history. Here’s to remembering your weekends! 🤙🏼 • • • #homecookedbygianni #mysterypizza #opensesame #forgottenpizzas #pizzaarchives #pizza #pizzalover #pizzaiolo #crust #cheese #eatpizzabehappy #youwannapizzame #fooddude #foodjournal #disappearhere #theweekendhaslanded #🍕
I’m usually an (extra virgin) olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing kinda guy but sometimes you want something different. 🥗 My new fave alternative is simply made with crème fraîche, horseradish sauce and milk to thin it out. I used oat milk but any milk would do, water would do! Season to taste and you’re sorted. It went perfectly with this salad of Pan fried smoked basa, prawns, fried garlic and toasted pumpkin seeds. One solid salad simply dressed! 🥗 🥗 🥗 #homecookedbygianni #salad #seafoodsalad #seafood #eatsalad #saladbar #smokedbasa #prawns #friedgarlic #pumpkinseeds #fooddude #foodjournal #saladdressing #fastfood #dressyouup #lightbites
I wasn’t sure what to call these so we’ll just go with ‘Banana peanut butter chocolate fudge pecan cakettes’…kinda just rolls off the tongue yeah? A gluten free, low in sugar experimentation with some pretty sweet results! • • • #homecookedbygianni #sundaysweets #sweettalk #sweet #gimmesomesugar #banana #peanutbutter #chocolate #fudge #pecans #glutenfree #fooddude #foodjournal #cakettes #sundaze #sundaykitchen
I love pitta (pita for some) bread crisps! They are ridiculously priced in the shops so buy a bag of white or wholemeal pitta and do it yourself 🤙🏼 Cut to your liking then douse in olive oil, paprika, garlic powder or whatever you want, then bake for approx. 10mins @ 200°C. So simple and so good! • Served with a side of garlic heavy spinach soup. • • • #homecookedbygianni #pitabreadcrisps #pitabread #pita #pitta #snacks #baked #crispy #cheaptricks #healthyoptions #savourysnacks #soup #foodjournal #fooddude #soupseason #spinach #garlic
Sometimes you just want some sausage! There are plenty of bland vegetarian sausages out there✋🏼But I’ve always enjoyed the Lincolnshire sage and parsley sausages from @cauldronfoods nice flavour, texture and taste ‘meaty’ enough to me! ⭐️ • Served with a spinach and potato mash ‘nest’ filled with peas, fried garlic and a mushroom gravy 🍽️ • • • #homecookedbygianni #veggiesausage #meatfree #meatfreemonday #bangersandmash #sausage #sausageandmash #mash #fooddude #foodjournal #sausageparty #ilovesausage #itsallgravy
I poached chicken for the first time for a ramen I wanted to make ✔️ My parents used to poach whole chickens everyday at the family cafe. The smell and taste brought back nice food memories! Method 👉🏼 I boiled 3 chicken breasts for about 15mins with 2 bay leaves, chicken stock, 1 lemon sliced up, a few garlic cloves and ginger. #easypeasylemonsqueezy The ramen broth was made with some of the poaching water along with ginger, garlic, light soya sauce, rice wine vinegar, chicken stock, fish sauce, miso paste and just a bit of sugar. Shimeji mushrooms, pak choi, carrot, spring onion, egg noodles and the boiled chicken were the rest of things. Ajitsuke Tamago/Ramen egg is usually my favourite part of ramen so I gotta sort that out for next time! 🍜 🍜 🍜 #homecookedbygianni #ramen #soup #sopa #chickenramen #winterwarmer #healthy #miso #ginger #garlic #shimeji #internationalcuisinefamily #poachedchicken #chickensoup #soupoftheday #soupseason #foodjournal #fooddude #comfortfood #🍜 #🥢
#TuesdayToastie Mushroom and extra mature cheddar cheese on seeded sourdough bread is possibly my all time favourite toastie! 🥪 🥪 🥪 Extra mature cheddar @cathedral_city_uk still🥇 #homecookedbygianni #toastiegoals #toastedsandwich #toastie #sandwich #toasted #tostada #gettoasted #foodjournal #fooddude #comfortfood #myfavouritetoastie #lunchbreak #🧀
This slice of life made me happy! 👉🏼 Mozzarella, tomato, prawns, garlic potatoes, cream cheese & spinach on a spinach infused based. Eat ᑭIᘔᘔᗩ be happy…Here’s to a great weekend all! • • • #homecookedbygianni #fridaypizza #pizza #pizzaiolo #pizzagoals #pizzalover #pizzamoments #fridayfeels #internationalcuisinefamily #fooddude #foodjournal #spinach #youwannapizzame #sliceofpizza #sliceoflife #theweekendisnear
I love making and ‘eating’ soup. It’s also healthy, cheap and when it’s -4°C outside embracing soup season is a no brainer. 🥦 There was a whole lotta reduced broccoli at the supermarket so I bagged them and made broccoli soup for the first time. I resisted the urge to cheese it up and kept it vegan. It actually tasted creamy in a dairy sorta way and we both loved it! 🥦 I garnished it with roasted broccoli, roasted garlic, kale crisps (also first time making and enjoyed!) and sesame seeds….and another night for a leftovers edition with added peas (and more garlic). A souped up souper week! 🥦 🥦 🥦 #homecookedbygianni #soup #souper #soupseason #vegetablesoup #healthy #cheapeats #broccoli #kale #kalecrisps #garlic #foodjournal #fooddude #plantbased #vegansoup #meatfree #soupoftheday #soupweather #tistheseason #🥦
#TuesdayToastie Smoked ham, cheese, egg and mushroom on brown seeded bread. When it’s not toasty outside let’s make it toastie inside! 🥪 🥪 🥪 #homecookedbygianni #toastiegoals #toastie #toastedsandwich #sandwich #toasted #tostada #gettoasted #foodjournal #fooddude #comfortfood #thiswasntanaccident #runnyegg #eggyolk #🍳
Carrot & sweet potato soup garnished with a basil pesto and toasted pumpkin seeds. Onion, leek and plenty of garlic was slooooow🐌 cooked first as a base for this thick and lovely soup! (Yes, there was definitely more bread out of shot) 🥕 🥕 🥕 #homecookedbygianni #soup #souper #soupseason #vegetablesoup #healthy #vegetables #foodjournal #fooddude #carrot #sweetpotato #soupoftheday #soupweather #plantbased #vegansoup
Who ate all the pies? 🥧🥧 ☝🏼Steak and ale pie with blue cheese and caramelised onion ✌🏼Chicken, leak and mushroom in a white wine sauce Haven’t made pies in a good while. These turned out nicely but the chicken dinner was the night’s winner🥇 #homecookedbygianni #sundaykitchen #sundaypie #whoateallthepies #pie #pubgrub #chickenpie #steakandalepie #foodjournal #sundaybaking #shortcrustpastry #fooddude #piewarmer #eyesonthepies
After the ‘festive eXcess’ that this season brought to the table, the body gave thanks and praise for a big bowl of healthy soup! Cannellini beans, broccoli, sugar snap peas, caramelised onion and many a whole garlic clove all cooked together in a chicken & vegetable broth. 🤙🏼 #homecookedbygianni #soupseason #soup #cheapeats #vegetables #healthy #fooddude #foodjournal #comfortfood #eatwellwhenyoucan #detox #retox #tistheseason #mybodyismytemple
This dish was inspired by my bro @belloangelodal They are basically the ricotta and spinach filling we’d have in cannelloni but instead made into balls, with added flour and egg to help the balls formation, then cooked in a tomato sauce. It worked out nicely and a good option for those (not me) that can find pasta too heavy. • • • #homecookedbygianni #ricotta #spinach #tomato #kindacannelloni #cannellonicontent #festivefood #christmasfood #fooddude #foodjournal #foodexplorertribe #meatfree #balls #ballsdeep
Growing up we’d have lasagne and cannelloni every Christmas day and Mama did the absolute best of both! And a Kiwi Christmas in New Zealand always started off nicely with Papa doing prawns on the grill outside☀️ Whatever you eat this Christmas I hope it’s made with love and that special flavour you’ll always remember 🍽️ 💫 Merry Christmas Buon Natale Feliz Navidad Sretan Božić 💫 💫 💫 #homecookedbygianni #dalbellofood #lasagne #cannelloni #prawnsonthebarbie #family #christmas #foodlove #festivefood #christmasfood #eatdrinkandbemerry #tistheseason #hohoho
Sometimes you just want a big fry up! I wanted to do a mushroom entrée for a pre Christmas get together so ended up doing a platter of various types. Button, chestnut, enoki & shimeji were all on the menu. Frying stuff is a bit of a treat and these definitely went down like one! Lemon juice and garlic salt was the perfect finishing touch 🤙🏼 Happy FRYday y’all! • • • #homecookedbygianni #friedfood #fryup #fryday #fungi #funghi #mushrooms #breadedmushrooms #fried #crispy #entree #foodjournal #fooddude #foodexplorertribe #mushroomlove #magicmushrooms #🍄 #fridayfeels
After making granola for the first time it was time to play with it! HomeCooked crunchy & nutty Granola on top of a banana and peanut butter pancake with apricot yogurt and some cinnamon…a nice way to start the day! 🥞 The experimental pancake was a semi failure but still tasted good 🥞 • • • #homecookedbygianni #busybreakfasts #breakfast #granola #nuts #lovenuts #foodjournal #fooddude #sweettalk #fridayfeels #fridayfood #notapancake #foodexplorertribe
#TuesdayToastie Tuna, red onion & mature cheddar cheese on brown seeded bread always makes for a fine toasted sandwich, or two! • • • #homecookedbygianni #tunamelt #tuesdaytuna #tuna #toastedsandwich #toastie #tostada #gettoasted #sandwich #foodjournal #fooddude
Smoked haddock fish pot…I was going to say pie but it’s not really pie to me unless there’s an all encompassing pastry! Smoked haddock in a sour cream, cheese and white wine sauce with broccoli and roasted garlic, topped with a carrot mash. Served with rosemary roasted sweet potatoes and (obviously) green beans. The difficulty was deciding whether to tip it out or dip things in the pot…the latter worked perfectly tasty up until a point. Well enjoyed! 🤙🏼 • • • #homecookedbygianni #fishpot #fishpie #fishbake #hotpot #notpie #carrottop #comfortfood #foodjournal #fooddude #winterwarmer #dinner #aboutlastnight #thepogues #shanemacgowan #foodexplorertribe
Sunday’s planned roast often ends up roasting on a Monday instead. It is a decent way to start the week tho! 🍽️ Roast dinner with corn fed/herb roasted chicken, potato, pumpkin, sweet potato, onion, garlic, a carrot and sweet potato mash, green beans and a broccoli and spinach cheese. 🍽️ Ps. The roast pumpkin and broccoli and spinach cheese were probs the highlights. 🍽️ Pps. It’s hard to plate a roast dinner on the ‘less is more’ side. 🍽️ #homecookedbygianni #mondayroast #roasted #roast #roastdinner #bigplates #foodjournal #fooddude #dinnerdinner #herbroasted #cornfed #organic #chicken #vegetables #itsnotallgravy #winnerwinnerchickendinner #dinner #foodexplorertribe
Flammulina filiformis! 🪄 Nope, that’s not a Harry Potter spell but the truly excellent scientific name for the highly nutritious Enoki mushroom. A great mouthful of a name and also a very special mouthful once seasoned, breadcrumbed and fried. Crispy loveliness that also looks the business! • • • #homecookedbygianni #spellbound #fungi #fungus #funghi #mushrooms #edibleagaric #enokitake #flammulinafiliformis #wintermushrooms #breadedmushrooms #fried #crispy #foodjournal #fooddude #mushroomlove #physalacriaceae #magicmushrooms #🍄 #igobymanynames #foodexplorertribe #internationalcuisinefamily
It’s hit 0°C this morning 🥶 so definitely time for a big bowl of hot soup🔥 I was gonna blitz it but at the last minute decided to keep it chunky and glad I did. Swipe to see what was in it, along with some stock and seasoning. Great soup! • • • #homecookedbygianni #soup #vegetables #vegetablesoup #soupoftheday #soupseason #foodjournal #fooddude #healthy #carrots #zucchini #garlic #redonion #springonion #lentils #celery #rosemary #comfortfood #babyitscoldoutside #tistheseason #foodexplorertribe
#TuesdayToastie Tomato, caramelised onion and of course cheese, mature cheddar cheese on brown seeded bread. A toasted sandwich can survive without cheese but life should be about thriving not surviving! Now that’s enough #🧀 for one morning. Have a good one all! And don’t worry @kayleigh.esk those caramelised onions were cooked with garlic 🧄 • • • #homecookedbygianni #toastiegoals #toastiedeluxe #toastedsandwich #sandwich #toasted #tostada #gettoasted #meltedcheese #cheese #tomato #caramelisedonion #foodjournal #fooddude #comfortfood #toasttuesday #goodmorning #foodexplorertribe
Another childhood inspired dish… Growing up Papa did a great chicken and potato dish with lots of olive oil and garlic and I wanted it. We had our wonderful @bellak77 staying so I did two versions. Both full of garlic and while an oily dish that is part of it’s beauty. One with skinless chicken, caramelised onion, mushrooms and thyme and the other kept skin on traditional. Everything slow cooked with love and still not quite like pa’s. Nostalgia is a complex taste to recreate. I found the Dutch oven in the rubbish and absolutely loving it whoever you are! 🤙🏼 #homecookedbygianni #chickendinner #ifeellikechickentonight #chicken #pollo #gallina #winnerwinnerchickendinner #papa #dalbellofood #childhoodmemories #nostalgiafood #garlic #garliclover #sundaykitchen #sundaze #chillbill
Polpette con Peperonata👆🏼 Mama always did the best polpette (Italian meatballs) and peperonata. She’d usually do peperonata with polenta but this combination is also lovely! Peperonata is a healthy Italian dish consisting of stewed capsicum, tomato, onion and garlic, kinda like an Italian Ratatouille. it’s the first time I’ve made it and not sure why it’s taken me so long. After a nice and slow cook it reduced to something beautifully rich and flavoursome and the perfect accompaniment to the polpette. Never as good as Mama’s but she’d still be proud. Served with a zucchini and cheese bake…because that’s what a hump day needs! • • • #homecookedbygianni #peperonata #polpette #meatballs #italiancuisine #italianfood #capsicum #peppers #tomatoes #zucchini #courgettes #garlic #slowfood #mamasrecipe #dalbellofood #fooddude #foodjournal #dinner #midweektreat #foodexplorertribe #buonappetito
#TuesdayToastie Egg could’ve been a bit runnier @steve.pez.perrin but this was still an excellent #HotMess of a toasted sandwich! 👉🏼 Chicken, mushroom, tomato, egg and extra mature cheddar cheese on wholemeal seeded bread👌🏼 • • • #homecookedbygianni #toastiegoals #toastiedeluxe #toastedsandwich #sandwich #toasted #gettoasted #food #meltedcheese #runnyegg #foodjournal #fooddude #comfortfood #messyfood #🥪
Once upon a time I got this cookie recipe from the label on a peanut butter jar. The cookies are great and couldn’t be easier to make! 🥜 Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies 🍪 Ingredients: 1 cup of peanut butter 1/2 cup of caster sugar 1/2 cup of chocolate chips 2 eggs lightly beaten Method: 1/ Mix all ingredients together 2/ Place tbsps of mixture onto a greased over tray 3/ Bake @180°C/350°F for 20-25mins until golden brown #Simples I tweak it by using less sugar/raw sugar, adding vanilla essence, banana, Brazil nuts or different chocolate combinations but the basic recipe is foolproof. And if you love peanut butter like me you’ll be happy! 🍪 Served last night with vanilla ice cream🍦 🍪 🍪 🍪 #homecookedbygianni #peanutbutter #peanutbuttercookies #peanutbutterchocolatechip #peanutbutterlover #nuts #lovenuts #cookies #foodexplorertribe #recipe #fooddude #foodjournal #desserts #baking #sweet #sweetstories #cookiesandcream #🍪 #🍦
Garlic potatoes, mushrooms, mozzarella & mature cheddar cheese plus more garlic and a sprinkle of smoked paprika make for a good start to the week! 🄿 🄸 🅉 🅉 🄰 #homecookedbygianni #meatfreemonday #veggiepizza #vegetarianpizza #mondaypizza #pizza #pizzalover #pizzaslice #youwannapizzame #garliclove #garlicpotatoes #fooddude #foodjournal #pizzalunch #eatme
These crispy sweetcorn & Parmesan fritters were a nice addition to a breakfast of baked beans, scrambled eggs & toast! Here’s to a great weekend all! 🤙🏼 • • • #homecookedbygianni #sweetcornfritters #sweetcorn #popcorn #cornfed #breakfast #saturdaykitchen #foodjournal #fooddude #weekends #goodstarttotheweekend #goodmorning #🌽 #foodexplorertribe
I love Italian and Thai food, they are definitely two of my favourite cuisines! This risotto was made with a chicken and lemon broth, coconut milk and Thai green curry paste. A little spicy and zesty with pan fried salmon, Shimeji & chestnut mushrooms, peas, spinach, coriander and of course plenty of garlic. Really enjoyed! • • • #homecookedbygianni #risotto #arborio #italianthaifusion #fusionfood #italian #thaifood #thaigreencurry #fooddude #foodjournal #dalbellofood #กินให้อร่อย #buonappetito #foodexplorertribe
This was a side ‘dish’ to last nights roast dinner. Roasted pumpkin filled with broccoli cheese and caramelised onions. Only pumpkins were harmed in this process #🎃 🔪 🔪 🔪 #homecookedbygianni #halloween #killerfood #halloweeninspiration #pumpkin #stuffedpumpkin #vegetablebake #baked #broccolicheese #foodexplorertribe #fooddude #foodjournal #happyhalloween #👻
#aboutlastnight I put the leftover chicken tikka masala that @badwelshboynz made on a ᑭIᘔᘔᗩ base infused with turmeric and paprika, then topped it with some passata, mozzarella, cashew nuts, garlic and coriander. Excellent chicken tikka masala inspires great pizza! 🤙🏼 • • • #homecookedbygianni #chickentikkapizza #pizza #chickentikkamasala #pizzalover #pizzaiolo #eatpizzabehappy #leftovers #indianitalianfusion #pizzafusion #youwannapizzame #fooddude #foodjournal #dalbellofood #pizzagoals #🍕
Papa always did the absolute best steak, prawns & mushroom sauce growing up. And in doing so ruined me with judgment for the rest of my life! 🤌🏼 It’s a great meal and this was maybe Papa worthy. The above threesome served with roasted garlic potatoes, broccoli and green beans makes for a mighty fine plate! 👉🏼 Best served with red wine🍷 🍴 🍴 🍴 #homecookedbygianni #steakandprawns #surfandturf #steaknight #steak #meat #meatymoments #midweekmeat #foodjournal #fooddude #rare #mediumrare #dalbellofood #foodexplorertribe
3rd go at making #kimchi 🇰🇷 This time with more traditional ingredients rather what I could readily get my hands on. After two days at room temperature, occasionally opened to release air, these will now sit uninterrupted in the fridge for about 7 days before having a peep. I did mix up my chillies and bought Gochujang instead of Gochugaru (same same but different) but this should still work out. It’s definitely looking good and fermenting more ‘actively’ than previous attempts. I was literally squirted opening one of them…and I liked it! My main concern is that I overfilled the jars and will return to a Kimchi catastrophe and a fridge looking like a crime scene!💥 Kimchi love @kim.breith 😘 #homecookedbygianni #homefermentedbygianni kimchi #koreancuisine #seoulfood #banchan #superfood #cabbage #napacabbage #gochugaru #gochujang #foodjournal #fooddude #probiotic #fermentation #foodexplorertribe
Coming from New Zealand these will always be capsicums to me but whatever you call them they’re super versatile and full of nutritional value! They are also a great vessel for just filling with whatever you want and baking. These ones are filled with a bolognese sauce and mozzarella then baked in the sauce with roasted zucchini…or is it that courgette to you? 🫑 Served it with brown rice and everyone was happy! 🫑 #homecookedbygianni #capsicum #peppers #sweetpeppers #bellpeppers #nutrition #zucchini #courgette #stuffedcapsicums #stuffedpeppers #herbs #foodjournal #fooddude #lastnightsdinner #foodexplorertribe
I love the colour that you get by putting paprika in the dough! 🎨 I also love making and eating Calzone 🤙🏼 (Filled with mushroom, roasted pumpkin, spinach & Brie) #homecookedbygianni #calzone #calzones #calzonelover #turmeric #doughboy #fooddude #foodjournal #pumpkin #mushrooms #brie #spinach #colours #dalbellofood #saturdaykitchen #foodexplorertribe
I put aside some of the ravioli I made to try out frying or ‘toasting’ them for the first time. Many claim ‘Toasted Ravioli’ originated from the Italian-American neighbourhood of The Hill, St. Louis in the 1940s. Similar sweet versions ‘Caggionetti’ were around in Italy from at least the 1920s, so it’s real origin story could be up for debate… Either way I’m super pleased to have discovered it’s origins in my own kitchen. It’s definitely a treat but fun to make and great to eat! Crispy deep fried Ravioli filled with porcini mushroom, spinach and caramelised onion served with a tomato sauce and parmesan is a pretty special thing! #homecookedbygianni #ravioli #pasta #homemadepasta #raviolifritto #treats #toastedravioli #travs #foodjournal #fooddude #dalbellofood #italiancuisine #stlouiscuisine #originstory #fridayfood #foodexplorertribe
Finally got around to making homemade ravioli again. First attempt a while back wasn’t rolled thin enough, especially as it expands while cooking. This time was definitely an improvement but nothing like Mamas and (no doubt) my bros @belloangelodal 👉🏼 Porcini mushroom, spinach and caramelised onion ‘Ravioli Grandi’ with olive oil and Parmesan. Still plenty of work to do on the technique! #goals • • • #homecookedbygianni #ravioli #pasta #homemadepasta #handrolled #foodjournal #fooddude #pastapower #dalbellofood #italian #italiancuisine #pastagoals #workingprogress #practicemakesperfect
After risotto comes Arancini stuffed with mozzarella. Possibly the best use of leftovers known to humankind! Arancini with spinach served on a tomato sauce makes me very happy! 🤙🏼 • • • #homecookedbygianni #arancini #risotto #risottoballs #riceballs #aranciniaifunghi #mushroomrisotto #goldenballs #fooddude #foodjournal #leftovers #buonappetito #foodexplorertribe
I love a mushroom risotto, it’s definitely one of my favourite Italian dishes. Making risotto is also the perfect excuse for needing to open a bottle of wine on a Monday! Salute! • • • #homecookedbygianni #risotto #risottoaifunghi #mushroomrisotto #mushrooms #funghi #magicmushrooms #meatfreemondays #fooddude #foodjournal #northernitaliancuisine #aboutlastnight #comfortfood #dalbellofood #buonappetito
Italians don’t really do chicken on pizza…but when ground bbq chicken with cherry tomatoes, caramelised onion, mozzarella and roasted garlic tastes so good who cares? 🤌🏼 • • • #homecookedbygianni #restinpizza #chickenonpizza #pizza #fastfood #foodjournal #fooddude #pizzaart #perfectlypizza #youwannapizzame #dalbellofood
A Monday roast dinner is a nice way to start the week! On the menu 🍽️ Corn fed roast chicken Roasted potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, mushroom & garlic Cauliflower cheese Red cabbage with spinach & peas Caramelised onion And a thyme & mushroom gravy Big plates for two big hungry boys!🍴 #homecookedbygianni #mondayroast #roasted #roastdinner #foodjournal #fooddude #dalbellofood #dinnerdinner #mondaymeals #winnerwinnerchickendinner #itsallgravy
When it’s 32° outside and sunny it was time to get cooking and work on those picnic goals! Calzone were filled with chicken, mushroom, tomato, caramelised onion, garlic and mozzarella. Dough infused with paprika and turmeric. • • • #homecookedbygianni #doughboy #calzone #picnicprep #picnicgoals #sundayfunday #sundaykitchen #fooddude #foodjournal #dalbellofood #hotinthecity #hotinthekitchen
When you’ve got a bag of carrots to use, make soup! Potatoes, onion and garlic were added to the pot, along with some stock, then simmered for about 30mins. I also added ginger, turmeric, paprika and curry powder and it was souper good! 🥕 If you’re feeling fancy add 1 egg to some leftover boiled rice and make crispy rice pancakes to dip in the soup. A super tasty and healthy meal that was ridiculously cheap to make! 🤙🏼 🥕 🥕 🥕 #homecookedbygianni #carrotsoup #ricepancakes #soup #soupoftheday #soupedup #cheapeats #easyeats #foodjournal #fooddude #healthy