Days of Jay

Millionaire’s Shortbread or Caramel Slice

13th February 202016th February 2020 baking, New Zealand / Australia, sweet-things

Valentine’s Day tomorrow and lovers all over the world are looking for recipes to impress the guy or girl of their dreams. It’s my opinion that you can’t go past chocolate when looking for a romantic recipe so today I’m sharing my recipe for Millionaire’s Shortbread: a deliciously sweet and sticky

Easy Sweetcorn Fritters

11th February 202011th February 2020 light-bites, main-event, vegetarian

It’s wild weather outside with Storm Sabine bringing some crazy winds, heavy rain and even a few flurries of snow, so I’m tucked up inside as per usual when the weather turns awful. My kitchen is unsurprisingly my favourite room of the house, and I can cheerfully spend all day

Kaiserschmarrn or ‘Emperor’s Mess’

7th February 202011th February 2020 Austrian, main-event, sweet-things

Hooray, it’s nearly the weekend. Here in Munich it is a blue sky day, bright and sunny and a balmy -3°C! The temperature doesn’t bother me in the least and during these darker months I crave sunshine so I’m soaking up every possible ray. I’m also thinking about breakfast for

Classic Hearty Chicken Stew

5th February 202011th February 2020 main-event, Soups & Stews, winter

I’m back! Did you miss me? I’ve been taking a much needed break from the online world and social media, recharging my batteries after the silly season and planning loads of delicious recipes and other good things for the year ahead. I was lucky enough to bring in 2020 surrounded

Zimtsterne / Cinnamon Stars

14th December 201914th December 2019 baking, Bavarian, Christmas, sweet-things

Christmas baking in Germany is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. I grew up in the land of Christmas puddings and pavlova, quite frankly, store bought more often than not, delicious, but nothing on the level of care and dedication Germans put into their utterly delightful Christmas biscuits or Plätzchen -

Creamy Fragrant Chicken Korma

13th December 20192nd February 2020 Indian, main-event

As tempting as it may be, we can’t live just on delicious Christmas sweets and treats alone, though at this time of year, I also want my savoury meals to be beautifully spiced, pungent with enticing aromas, and what better recipe than this Creamy Fragrant Chicken Korma?

Easy Mini Berry Pavlovas

10th December 201913th December 2019 baking, Christmas, sweet-things

Christmas is getting closer and closer and I’m finalising the menu for our Christmas day lunch. As a good Antipodean, I feel honour bound to include pavlova in some form in the festivities, and these Easy Mini Berry Pavlovas are a serious contender for the table.

Mulled Wine Cheesecake

7th December 201913th December 2019 baking, Christmas, sweet-things

Mulled Wine Cheesecake - just let that name settle in for a moment. Imagine a deep-red, almost black mulled wine jelly on top of a creamy citrussy filling, with a deliciously spicy base. Doesn’t that sound tempting? In fact, it is incredibly good and, with the recipe below very straightforward

Giant Stuffed Pasta Shells

4th December 20194th December 2019 Italian, main-event

As soon as the weather turns cold I turn into a comfort-food-carboholic, which is why we have been gorging ourselves on some truly tasty Giant Stuffed Pasta Shells this week. Pasta loaded up with cheese, meat, herbs, zesty lemon and cooked with a spicy tomato sauce - yes please! I

Spicy Prawn Cocktail Salad

2nd December 201910th December 2019 main-event, salad, seafood

It's the second of December and right on schedule we’ve had a sugar-light dusting of snow in Munich and the mercury has dropped below zero. Naturally this has me dreaming of sunny Sydney, trips to the beach, and beautiful fresh seafood. I think the very best cure for homesickness or