The Wheeling Gourmet by Nicolas Steenhout

Easy Carrot Cake and Cream Cheese Icing

This carrot cake is so easy to make you'll hardly believe it! Most of it done in a food processor in mere seconds. And the cream cheese icing is to die for!

Braised Beef with Onions, Mushrooms and Dumplings

Take a cheap cut of beef, braise it with onions and mushroom - End up with a melt-in-the-mouth, tasty dish. Perfect winter dish.

Braising

Why shouldn't you use expensive, tender cuts of meat for pot roasts? Because they aren't roasts at all! Understanding the braising technique could save you loads!

Smoked Chicken, Pear, and Avocado Salad

A salad doesn't have to include lettuce. This salad makes a hearty meal.

Chicken, Olives, Shallots and Orange Casserole

This dish almost cooks itself. You cook it in one pot. It's cheap. It's easy. It's flavour-rich. It's YUMMM

Golden Syrup Dumplings

One of those dishes that evoke childhood memories, even if you never ate it as a kid! Quick, cheap, easy. It'll please everyone.

Lamb Loin, Dijon Mustard and Pepper Sauce, and Kumara Gratin

Kumara (sweet potato) gratin and Dijon mustard sauce. Both creamy, both a bit sweet with strong character that can shoulder each other.