Happy Retiree's Kitchen

  Oven-baked Ratatouille is a modern interpretation of the classic stove top Niçoise dish, Ratatouille. It's roots are very firmly plant...

Slow-braised red cabbage is soft and sweetly flavoured however with a hint of  tangy richness from the balsamic vinegar which gives this dis...

  The secret ingredient which sets this Beetroot Pickle recipe apart in flavor and intensity is the cinnamon stick. All the flavors will dev...

Sweet as sweet potatoes are exactly what their name suggests, lending themselves perfectly to both sweet and savoury cooking. They are in ab...

  Happy New Year to you all. If you are living in the Northern Hemisphere where it is freezing in parts I hope you are keeping warm, and if ...

Shakshuka, also spelled Shakshouka or chakchouka, cooked  in the microwave oven is a real game changer. One morning, when we were in a hurry...

There are some days when I just crave a curry. My Korma curry recipe is much the same formula as a lot of the curries I make. A little chick...

  Zucchinis, Zukes, or Courgettes, same thing, and at the moment they are in season here, so if you have lots of them in your vegetable cris...

Vegetable lovers, this one is for you. This soup is a celebration of all the beautiful green produce coming into season right now.  I have m...

In this recipe, humble celery takes centre stage. Normally it is used as a vegetable to flavour lots of other dishes such as soups, casserol...

I had an abundance of vegetables in my refrigerator crisper needing to be used during the week, and rather than do a traybake of them, or do...

Sunday morning foraging has become part of our routine whilst the local farms still have beautiful produce before the heat of Summer takes...

 I couldn't live without soup, particularly during our Winter, which sadly is almost over, here in the North of Queensland.  Using C...

This is a versatile and economical vegetarian recipe where the vegetables and herbs that I use are all optional dependent on what is in seas...