I've been home alone most of the week which means a couple of things... my house is tidy and I can eat what I like. I made things I've already blogged and one night I had eggs on toast, but I did make these quick and easy fish tacos on Monday when it was 36C and it was a total fire ban. I would normally do them on the BBQ but that wasn't happening so I stayed inside and did them in the pan. I halved the recipe for just me - usually I would use one smallish fillet per person a

Did you know mole means sauce in Spanish? Guacamole is a great addition to tacos, nachos, burritos, but is equally great with corn chips or veggie sticks as a snack. Here's a pretty standard recipe that I use almost every week. Ingredients 1 ripe avocado - mashed 1 clove garlic - minced 1/4 a red onion - minced 1 small tomato - de seeded and diced 1/2 lemon/lime 1 tbsp sour cream tabasco sauce to taste Salt Pepper Method Prepare the ingredients and stir avocado, garlic, onion

This is a relatively quick and simple dinner for after work. Connor loves these - he had 8 last night... the joys of feeding a 12 year old boy! It has plenty of hidden veggies and none of those strangely coloured packaged spices - you don't need them. Ingredients Good splash olive oil 750g beef mince 2 cloves garlic - crushed 1 red onion - finely chopped 1 red capsicum - diced 2 bird's eye chillis - finely chopped 2 fresh limes 1/2 bunch coriander - finely chopped salt and pe

A little taste of Mexico thanks to Bill Grainger and The Sunday Age. Ingredients 2 skinned chicken breasts 2 skinned chicken thigh 2 bay leaves 1 carrot halved 150g chorizo, roughly chopped 1 tbsp olive oil 2 onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, finly chopped 75g toasted flaked almonds 1/2 cinnamon 1 tsp cumin 2 birds eye chillis, chopped 1 tsp oregano 3 tbsp chipotle paste 1 1/4 cup chicken stock Grated zest of orange Plain rice to serve Fresh coriander, to serve Lime wedges, to