When an email lands in your inbox offering to send groceries to your door you usually sit up and take notice. Well, okay let’s be honest its only happened once, but it sure did get my attention! On I digging a little further it turns out McCormick have introduced a couple of new ways for us to use their herbs and spices while making tea. Frankly, any help with meal inspiration around here is more than welcome, because I get ‘oh so bored’ cooking the same meals day in and out. So on that note let me introduce you to McCormick Recipe Creations and their range of new Recipe Bases made from all natural ingredients.
First up above is the fabulous basket of goodies that arrived on my doorstep. Everything here I needed to make Massaman Beef Curry and Herb Chicken. (I should tell you I was allowed to select these from a menu and I chose one to make me happy and one to make the kids happy. Can you guess which one is which?) I have to tell you McCormick’s Recipe Creation packs made me feel like I was on Masterchef. The little packets contain all the herbs and spices you need for the meal in fully measured out amounts and the instructions tell you exactly when to put them in. It makes it so simple you can’t go to wrong. And even better it actually feels like you know what you’re doing!! (Am I accidentally giving away the fact that I’m a very garden variety cook when it comes to things not cake related?)
The herb chicken was delicious! We all loved it and I’ve had to promise my family I’ll make it again. Another great thing about the Recipe Creations range is that once you feel confident you can actually just buy the spices in the jars and cook it all by yourself. Masterchefs eat your heart out! The Massaman Curry came from the McCormicks Recipe Base range. Again yummy (hot) but didn’t give me quiet the same Mastercheffy feeling – as the herbs were already mixed. I do so love something that makes me feel like I know what I’m doing 
Want to try some recipe creations yourself and see if you can get that mastercheffy feeling? McCormicks have set aside a chunky little hamper of goodies, including a set of these classy Peugeot salt and pepper grinders plus a stash of recipe creation packs for me to giveaway to a lucky reader. If you’d like a chance to win follow these 3 simple steps:
- Leave a comment below telling me something you cook that makes you feel like a masterchef.
- If you are kind enough to share this on facebook or twitter please feel free to leave a second entry comment.
- Giveaway is open until Midnight 30th of June, 2012 and has a total value of $160.
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- Disclaimer: I received a free basket of groceries for completing this post. No money was offered or accepted.
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Congratulations. If ever I can get these chunky giveaways I will be also a great chef for a moment. I love cooking and creating new recipes yet I don’t have time for this.
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Oh, this is nice receiving chunky giveaways most especially if the giveaways are ingredients in making a lot of recipes. If ever I receive that giveaways, it could make me a chief a for awhile. I would really love creating different recipes. In fact, you are so great in creating numerous recipes.
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Cooking soup makes me feel like a half-way competent cook – the spicier the better.
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I just had to enter this after today. It was my son’s 3rd birthday today and I decided it would be the last time I would attempt to bake a sponge cake because they normally sink and have a texture like pound cake. BUT….. today I felt like a Mastermummy in the kitchen because the sponge was perfect.
Every weekend I make a vegetable soup with chicken stock. To jazz it up a little I add around 250 grams of minced chicken with tarragon added in teaspoon size balls. My son calls it Roster ball soup as Chicken don’t have —–!
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Spaghetti Marinara is my favourite- heaps of seafood and tomato sauce, lighter on the spaghetti! YUMMO!
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Everyone in our family loves garlic prawns cooked by me and whenever i cook my special garlic prawns with herbs i feel like a masterchef.
Baked dinners are my master creation in the kitchen and it’s something that my mini masterchefs can help with in preparing as well.
Smoked salmon pasta with cream, white wine, red onion, capers and anchovies.
It is a simple dish that tastes AMAZING!!
My light fluffy scones – which everyone ALWAYS seem to gobble up way to quickly. I’m always so proud when they turn out fantastic, makes me smile (and my tummy smile) all day long!
Unfortunately my meals often leave me feeling like the eliminated contestant on Masterchef, but my faithful Mars Bar Slice recipe is always a winner!
I’m a hopeless cook, but my White Choc and Raspberry Muffins are a hit wherever I take them. People think I must be a great cook because of them
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Whenever i cook fried rice ,i like to garnish it with herbs and spices and for my personal touch i like to add chopped nuts while garnishing – all this makes me feel like a masterchef.
when I cook anything that I don’t burn it’s a masterchef moment
Any dish I cook….i have a great imagination!
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Vanilla Cupcakes with White Chocolate frosting, they are no fail but so delicious
Baked lemon meringue cheesecake. It’s always a hit and looks so good it could be on display in a fancy cake shop.
If my husband and kids like it and ask for more than a ‘Master Chef’ I am!
I am always trying new ideas out – most of which work (some a complete disaster) but it’s all about trial and error. If you don’t try you will never know what master piece you could have had. As you can see on my blog I have a lot of delicious recipes (majority uses herbs!) Oh geez I love my herbs.
Caz if you are looking for some inspiration for cooking something different pop over to my blog and have a look.
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It’s the only thing I cook that Miss 4 never screws her nose up at and eats quickly without fuss! Plus the only thing I never burn haha 
I feel like a masterchef when I cook a roast chook the way that Maggie B dose. That along with roasted spuds, pumpkin, onion, and cherry tomotoes served with a chicken mushroom sauce and some steamed beans is simply delicious!
According to my teenage son I make the best spaghetti and meatballs around.
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I am lucky enough to leave on the coast with fresh inseason crayfish available and a husband that loves fishing. We love to entertain and Ifeel like a masterchef when we grill crayfish on the BBQ and serve with my to die for garlic sauce and rice and yummy fresh salads that I grow myself.
A lovvely pork roast with extra crackle as never enough crackling for my kids and hubby.
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P~ortioned chorizo, seafood, then
A~dd onion, garlic, cayenne.
E~xotic rice, stock, spices,
L~et simmer slowly is nicest.
L~ovely, often tricky. Always nutritious,
A~ Masterchef PAELLA… Popular, delicious!!!
my family and myself best meal that even comes closs to being a masterchef would be our sheppards pie.
the meal that makes me feel like a masterchef is my homemade sausagerolls,everyone in the family loves them and my friends do to.
over the years I have mastered the art of stuffing chicken with a combination of things, but my favourite would have to be spinach, ricotta and pine nuts…delicious, and it looks great on the plate
I was a total ‘Do-Do’ (bird) til I found out about a puff pasty burger recipe online. They have no idea I found it by googling – and I’m not about to tell them either. I’ll enjoy the glory for at least a few more YEARS til I fess up
My mother’s old fashion Pea and Ham Soup! Yum Yum!
When I make a meal, could be something as simple as soup or chicken with veggies, and my housemate comes out and wants to have what i am eating because it smells soooooooo good.
I made the most incredible meal the other day in my slow cooker adding a McCormicks sachet to chicken, bacon & potatoes. It was amazing! Real Master Chef stuff!
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My covered and oven roasted Oyster Blade Beef, generously sprinkled with dried garlic, pepper and rosemary is truly a melt-in-the-mouth taste sensation.
Ham and Cheese Roulade- Outside is firm and puffy; inside is soft and gooey Just as my hubby cum masterchef loves it and critiques it as 10/10…. what he doesn’t reqalise it that the above description also suits him 100%!!!!
The good old reliable Roast Chicken,stuffing with McCormicks seasoning,potatoes dusted with sea salt,carrotts,sweet potatoe,peas,broccolli,the worksOf course covered with a delightful gravy.You cant go wrong,its quick to prepare,the smell of it cooking is devine and everyone smiles and is full to content,isnt that what a master chef wants?
My spaghetti bolognese. My kids always want more, yet little do they know I “hide” all sorts of goodies in there.
Being an absolutely terrible cook, I rarely make anything of masterchef quality however my slow cooker helps me make meals that are at least tasty! My favourite creation would have to be pea & ham soup (made from a ham hock). There’s nothing like homemade soup to make you fee like a masterchef.
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Well I always feel like a master chef when I cook up one of the infamous riecipes i was taught by my 86 yr old nonna over the last two decades and it turns out just like hers.
Tandoori chicken. My fussy family loves it, and it is so easy, and when i make it for a visitor who has never had it they think I’ve cooked something really tricky and delicious.
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Filled chicken breast with chopped honey roasted cashews, sweet chilli sauce, home made mayonnaise, spinach and parmesan cheese. Rolled and crumbed, fried to crispy coat and finish in oven until succulent. Mmm I know what I’m having for dinner.
Panna cotta with raspberry granite, as it’s a very delicious and beautiful dessert to finish a meal.
My curried sausages. I love adding all the veggies that are hidden in the taste so my kids are getting the veggies they need without them knowing.
Apple turnovers! A bit of puff pastry, few slices of apple, pinch of cinnamon and brown sugar. Pop in the oven and YUM!
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Grounded coffee beans in chocolate – chocolate splendour & delicate bitterness emphasize exciting cofee taste, arises loving aftertaste, able to extend heavenly delight and charm elegant taste even of spoilt gourmet
My sticky date pudding – I haven’t met anyone, young or old who doesn’t want more!
My chicken and prawn paella, made with home made chicken stock. Miss 7 says, “Mumaduke, your the best cooker ever”!
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my triple chocolate cheesecake – everyone raves about it and it fills me with pride and kilos
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My vegetarian lasagne. Instead of cheese sauce, I use plain yogurt, eggs and cheese. Sets into a beautiful creamy top layer and tastes delicious.
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Pasticcio- the whole family loves it & I never get complaints (which is a rarity with my fussy mob).
My vegetable lasagne with a twist,
Full of goodness, one cannot resist,
With vegetables and vitamins galore,
It’s music to my ears when my kids ask for more.
Magic Pudding is my specialty. Always with a little unexpected surprise ingredient. Masterchef quality, in my house anyway!
Lemon cheesecake all the way!!
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Making and Decorating Birthday cakes for my kids….sometimes i can get so creative I surprise myself with the results !
So when I recently gave myself a challenge: that was to make a Jam & Cream sponge! It doesn’t sound like much of a challenge but every SPONGE I have ever made in the past was a FLOP-PANCAKE…I could NEVER make a SUCCESSFUL SPONGE- you know, light fluffy and YUMMY. The result of my Challenge was that I actually SUCCEEDED & was Praised! The kids ate the lot. I
had to take a photo of it just so I could prove that I had made it. The secret of my success was I got the right recipe and beat those eggs/sugar for a long time.
When i use my slow cooker i feel very masterchef as they always turn out yummy. The latest Beef Ragu was a hit
It has to be cupcakes, probably because it’s the only recipe I can get correct consistently! I love decorating them for school fairs and sales because they’re always the first cakes to sell.
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My Spicy Moroccan Lamb dish cooked in a Tagine, spicy, fragrant and the Tagine cooks it so delciously tender. I serve it with plain yoghurt and fresh mint. So yummy – my one and only claim to Masterchef-ism!
My cream, rabbit and asparagus soup,
they just keep coming back for more.
My heavenly hash- marshmallows soaked in sherry, with crushed pineapple and cream- a winner every time!
Mushroom sauce on peppered steak…
With mash so creamy you’ll salivate…
Fresh baby spinach on the side…
My Masterchef dish I cook with pride
We call it “Baked!”
My “Masterchef” creation!
Layered sliced tomatoes, onions, sprinkled with herbs, breadcrumbs, grated cheese!
Cooked with the roast. We love our “Baked”
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Cooking up mini pizzas is my speciality using old English Muffins as bases and having a variety of different toppings. Since I’m not fond of cooking, I’m proud of them and everyone loves them.
lamb shanks with garlic and rosemary in red wine.
Chicken with Creamy Garlic Sauce and Vegetables
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The meal that makes me feel like a masterchef is my home made soup. It varies every time I make it depending on what is in my fridge. Always amazes me how you can make something so tasty and nutritious out of virtually anything.
I cook Creme Brulee quite well and cant help but feel a little sense of culinary achievement when it turns out deliciously lovely!
I feel like a Masterchef with an immunity pin when I make my yummy Seafood Lasagna…..as soon as the family “see this food” its always gone!!!
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I make the best ceaser salad with a soft poached egg on top and I add apple which I love apples in salads
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Yummy! i love cooking and i love eating too
i love to make beef wellington and mash potato a bit fiddly but sooo yummy and worth the effort 
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My Delicious Roasted Autumn Vegetables with Lancashire Cheese serve with crumbed rosemary Lamb Cutlets
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fried rice, if you fry the dry rice first gives a better flavour and looks better
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I’ve never been much of a cook, although I would love to, but my one dish that makes me feel proud is making lasagne from scratch. It’s my only dish that I can do from scratch, thanks to my mum!
I became addicted to a delicious cheesecake at a local cafe. After numerous trips and blows to the bank balance I decided to try and make it myself. I used my taste buds to dictate the ingredients and decided that mars bars and loads of choc chips were hidden in there. I call it ganache topped chunky chocolate cheesecake and every time I make it the inner masterchef shines through.
I love cooking slow cooked Moroccan spiced lamb shanks. It is actually quite a simple dish but gets lots of oooh’s, aaargh’s and compliments from family and friends which makes me feel like a Masterchef!
My Bacon and Tomato Risotto. An absolute delight with some cracked pepper and freshly grated parmesan cheese.
I make an awesome roast pork complete with crackling. It must be served with roasted veggies and don’t forget the apple sauce!
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A fab veggie curry with rice,
Comes out really nice.
My mates always comment on its taste,
There’s always No waste.
Whenever I make something with ganache I feel extremely cheffy – it’s not really appropriate because it’s just cream and chocolate melted together, but it sounds so fancy! I love to use it as icing for cupcakes (and my partner loves to eat said cupcakes, he requested them for his birthday).
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mediteranean vegetable bake because you can add whatever vegies & spices etc you want
I am a truly dreadful cook – unethusiastic and uninspired. However I have a masterchef hubby and this would be the perfect gift for him to work his magic with!
I’m no masterchef but family and friends reckon my husband is. They comment that anything he cooks now tastes great and some have even commented he cooks better then other people they know who have been trained as chefs.
Whenever I cook anything (successfully) I feel like a Masterchef – mainly because my girlfriend used to tell me I could never cook anything more than toast!
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The Dish that I love to make
is easy peasy just to bake
It’s TomatoTart that does the job
of feeding my mob
It makes me feel really impressed
It makes me feel like a Master Chef!
I’m really enjoying making Mushroom Osso Bucco right now. It’s so easy (in the slow cooker) and always looks and tastes impressive. Mummychef!
I make an awesome lasagne – everyone asks me to make it.
I learned a recipe when I was at school, called Hells kitchen. It consists of a combination of fridge leftovers all fried up!! My family ask me to cook each dish again, but replication is impossible!! It is one of those dishes which is unique with every serving but only a mention of it’s name never fails to have my family running to the table!!
Hi my girlfriend Rebecca always feels like she is on masterchief when she cooks her slow roasted chicken with her spicy mango marinade
As a MasterChef I’m a terrible disappointment, no wonder I rely on McCormicks to get me through, and that is the honest truth! I do make a pretty awesome beef lasagne though!
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Anything I cook that someone says ‘can I have that recipe?’ about makes me feel like a Master Chef especially when it is the adult children phoning up to ask about something I have cooked when they came over for dinner.
I consider myself a Master Chef at picking up the phone and making a reservation at my favorite little local China Bar.
My hubby says that is the best meal of the week. No dishes, yummy food and loads to choose from.
I make a Sticky-Date Pudding that my partner and son love. I have actually seen them wrestling over the last piece, which made me feel like a total Master Chef.
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roasted vegetable lasagne, the time it takes to create this dish, slicing all the vegetables and roasting them all individually, layering with the fresh pasta, homemade sauce and fetta cheese. Topped with creamy cheesy bechamel sauce and freshly grated parmesan cheese. Served with julienne vegetables and home made garlic bread….hours to prepare..minutes to devour!
M-asterchef I do feel,
c-ooking a tender juicy lamb roast meal,
C-hop the herbs and spices to cover,
O-pulent lamb just like my mother,
R-ealiable potatoes, carrots and trombone,
M-eal that I do call my own,
I- love when the vegies go crispy,
C-ook up some gravy to pour sparingly,
K-eenly all eaten by my family too,
S-o there’s not much to clean up w00 h00!!
Hi Veronica, thanks for entering the McCormicks giveaway on my blog (thetruthaboutmummy). Just letting you know you won
If you could email me an address to have it sent out to I’ll make it happen! thetruthaboutmummy@gmail.com Thanks so much for entering and I hope you love your new shakers and meal bases. Caz
omg yay thank you so much Caz, you’ve made my day
Will email my deets now!! I can’t wait to get creating in the kitchen. =)
Just wanted to thank you and let you know that I got the McCormicks herbs and spice pack last week and the salt and pepper grinders today, they’re so cute and even already filled ;P I made the herb and chicken potatoes last night, it was so delicious.
Thanks again and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day =D
I LIKE THE OLD BANGERS AND MASH THE WAY GRANDMA MADE USING VEGETABLES ALL GROWN FROM THE BACKYARD – CURRIED BANGERS.
flavour pockets, made with chicken breast stuffed with shaved carrot and shaved eschallots and wrapped in pastry they are soo yummy and i feel really posh and professional when i make them
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I love cooking butter chicken. It is a fantastic version with lots of spices and less fat than ordinary butter chicken. Having my husband tell me my meal is “restaurant quality” certainly makes me feel like a masterchef!
Zucchini, Potato and Bacon Fritters. Super easy to make, the kids love them, and add a greek side salad, and the whole meal looks impressive on the plate!
Bash a few chicken breasts until quite flat – this is great for purging the day’s strees. Pan fry in some butter and olive oil until golden brown. Throw in about a cup of cream and a few teaspoons of mustard and simmer along with a sprinkling of flour until the cream forms a thick sauce. Serve with lots of vegetables to compensate for the cream’s calories, dress with a dusting of parsely and you have what looks like a gourmet meal you spent hours preparing. It all takes less than half an hour. (The calories I expect will take longer to dissolve but the taste of this dish is worth it.)
I feel like a Masterchef when I cook Peri Peri chicken from Jamie Oliver’s recipe. Its so easy, but so packed full of flavour, friends and family are always impressed. We love it!
I feel like a Masterchef when I make my Curried Zucchini and Prawns served with home made Garlic and Italian herb Potatoes. My family love the the creamy curried prawns, a recipe I made up when I had home grown Zucchini’s. Tasty and so easy to prepare.
I found a recipe for Masala Fish curry in the Winter Coles Magazine. It is absolutely divine and so fragrant. It calls for ground turmeric and coriander to be coated on basa fillets it is then pan fried. After that it is put into a coconut and masala sauce. It is so easy to prepare and the whole family enjoyed it.
I love to cook Lamb Shanks; slowed cooked in red wine and tomato base, filled with carrots, celery, onion and mushrooms, and served with greens on a bed of mash. I think I actually learnt this a couple of years ago whilst watching one of the masterchef episodes. It’s certainly makes guests say ooh and arrrghhh, which is a lovely feeling. i guess thats why it makes me feel like a masterchef, knowing your impressing your guests at the dinner table. Just beautiful really.
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Sweet garlic and ginger chicken wings
My rocky road. It’s super easy to make and my family are always requesting I bring it to family events.
My roasted lamb shanks always gets my family members mouths watering. YUM!
Chicken Parma.
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BEEF RENDANG – the spices, taste and flavours makes this the ultimate master chef meal that I can cook…..
I feel like I am on Masterchef when I cook: ‘Mess’, that is our name for Sunday night leftovers, I can go crazy and often have a frypan full of eggs, bacon, onion, chicken, cheese, and these spices and some tomato sauce would finish it off nicely!
My Milo cupcakes with Milo icing make me feel like a masterchef
My pizza’s r better than shop’s,
My hubby has made a woodoven,
out the back and our NEIGHBOURS,
r always dooring at our back gate.
My Spanish Chicken, it is the one meal I always succeed at and my hubby loves it.
I never stuff up toast!
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For every birthday at work I make cupcakes in the birthday persons flavour of choice. My personal favourite were the choc mint cupcakes, a huge hit with my colleagues as well!
Pork Buns. They are absolutely delicious (even if I do say so myself) and my family are always asking me to make them again.
Creamy seafood risotto bake.
My family begs me please to make.
The secret recipe is the best.
Makes me feel like a Master Chef.
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For dinner parties I often make pork loin with spicy plum sauce and cherries that everyone raves over. I will never admit that the sauce comes from a jar. I even make sure that all evidence is removed long before the guests arrive!
Bill Granger’s White Fish with Broccolini – only 4 ingredients in the sauce, but it is amazing! Very impressive when guests come to dinner, as good as nay restaurant!
I made an angel food cake for my husbands birthday… I whipped those eggs like it was nobody’s business and let me tell you… it would’ve knocked Matt Preston’s cravat right off! So. delicious.
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I made Coco-Pops for Master S this morning & he actually ate the lot (he’s incredibly fussy) so I felt uber successful. Just as I was marching in my own parade, he spewed all over the floor.
Oh dear :/
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I would NOT call myself a ‘masterchef’- probably the exact opposite! But I am a fantastic kitchen hand when my husband cooks up a yummy pumpkin curry!
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My delicious curried lamb chops- the whole family loves them!
My husband thinks he is a Masterchef when he whips open a jar of Satay sauce and stir fries some chicken strips. He needs all the help he can get to stop diasterchef extraordinaire meals when he has to do the cooking.
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My pumpkin soup always gets rave reviews and has them coming back for more
i make awesome salad with grilled chicken, cucumber, dill, bocconcini cheese with lemon dressing that is always a winner & makes me like master chef
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Serving barbequed garlic lobster with a fresh green salad always makes me feel quite the masterchef.
My classic Roast Lamb with all the fixings makes me feel like a masterchef. It’s fool-proof, absolutely delicious & everyone rushes in for dinner. I defy any TV chef to do better.
Im not a Master Chef,
But my son’s girlfriend is.
Seeing her creations on facebook,
She’s a wonderful cook.
She mainly makes slices and cakes,
On any given Saturday, she just bakes.
Pity she doesn’t visit often,
Her creations are just mouthwatering.
When I make Chicken Cordon Bleu and Potato Bake makes me feel like a masterchef!
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Boy, this made me think!
I will settle on my ‘Citrus Marinated Lamb Backstraps, served on vegetable Cous Cous’ The colours are amazing, and it looks great on a plate. The taste is awesome too! I serve it with a little side dish of Toasted Walnuts mixed with Preserved Lemon which adds the acidic touch this dish really needs to cap it off. If you want the recipes, just let me know, as it’s so quick and easy to make.
I enjoy cooking and watching the satisfaction on my family’s faces whilst they eat. One recipe that makes me feel like a “Masterchef” is my Potato Moussaka. Instead of the traditional Eggplant, it’s replaced with potato. Simple meals that the whole family can enjoy and it’s made with a mother’s love
Lasagne. I add grilled eggplant, boiled eggs and ham to mine. It gives it lots of substance and all my family and friends love it.
Oh….every time I cook Greek-style food invented by my own inspired self, I feel like a master chef!
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Just having a big oven that actually works is enough to make me feel all master chef lol love my new kitchen and I love the McCormack range it’s a lifesaver when you are in a rush with dinner!!
I make the Donna hay brownies. everyone love it and I always get asked for the recipe. I just tell them all it is a secret family recipe. naughty!
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I love my salmon with pungent flavours such as onion, shallot, garlic, ginger, horseradish, or sesame. On a special occasion I would add one of these pungent flavours with a creamy base such as cream cheese, yogurt, crème fraîche, or butter!!! Mmmm!!!
Macarons! They aren’t that hard after all!
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Lemon slice … Not because it is a complicated recipe, but because the recipe I got from mum worked on quantities of “a bit of this, about so much that” etc!!
Despite this, I can now make a lemon slice as good as mum’s???? I ROCK
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That HAS to be my Spaghetti Bolognaise. It’s pretty much the only dish I’m good at and incidentally, is hubby’s favourite dish. Maybe I’m only good at it because I’ve cooked it a million times for him!
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Beef Wellington. Not so “fashionable ” these days. But a sweet, juicy fillet of beef, topped with pate de fois and then wrapped in a light puff pastry and baked, always looks tremendous on the plate and tastes like the best gourmet food.
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My chicken sweetcorn soup always goes down a treat and tastes delicious even though it is really easy to make.
I cook butter chicken and it makes me feel like a masterchef simply because it’s about the only thing that the whole family will eat!
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Last night I cooked proscuitto wrapped, walnut and mozarella stuffed chicken breasts – that made me think I could totally do Master Chef
On a bed of smashed cannellini beans? Oh yes!
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My egg free porcupine meatballs in a rich tomato based sauce – (granddaughter has a dairy/egg allergy) never had any leftovers & a few family members backed up for seconds, I felt like a Masterchef
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My dairy free thai pumpkin soup – (granddaughter has a dairy/egg allergy)so I feel like a Masterchef when everyone eats my sou[ & our visitors ask me for the recipe.
I normally stick to my boring old recipes! And cook them over and over….lately I have been trying to experiement a little bit!
I have discovered Tacos with a twist. Vegetarian Style Tacos – made with Beans, and lots of garlic. Served with Salsa and lots of yummy salad. Actually our boys asked me tonight if we can have it for dinner tomorrow night
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Brownies, I cook a mean brownie. Now, I know you’re thinking that it doesn’t relate to McCormick spices but I saw them add rosemary into a cake the other night, so I’m wondering if my brownies could be made even more Masterdelish. If I win, I’m totally going to try it!
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Moussaka (very Greek, I am not) followed by tiramisu (very Italian, I am not) Caramel Slice (very aussie, basic and master chef, I am not.)
Cakes. I spend hours decorating them, to rival or better even the grandest bakery. And when family & friends devour them, then shower me with compliments, then and only then do I feel like a true masterchef.
Always the dinners I create on the day before shopping day, when I have to get clever with ‘what’s on hand’ (which is always an odd array). And just like a MasterChef ‘surprise box’ my thrown together concoctions always taste great.
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I make a delicious sweet and sour pork with fresh Queensland pineapple. Much healthier than the take-away version (and cheaper too)
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My fill in the flavour chocolate mud cake. I have a mud cake recipe which I have learned to adapt to almost every situation, so far it has been orange, rum and raisin, cherry, cherry and coconut, dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate.
Each time I make it it is divine and I always think “This is the best version yet”
broccolini, avocado and buffalo chicken kiev
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I love to make a Creme Brulee. Everyone is always impressed and I don’t tell them how easy it is.
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Lentil soup…only because I get to use my mortar & pestle to ground up the coriander and cumin seeds which is strangely satisfying. I’m really not a very good cook…I take forever to cook something then everyone thinks it is good because they are starving!!!
No-one can make Hedghog like me, all my friends even send in requests!
I make a Tuscan Chicken. Which my family loves and is fairly easy to make.
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I feel like the next Adrian Zumbo in the making when I bake and decorate birthday cakes for the kids!
I’m lousy at desserts but there is an awesome Scrambled Tofu dish that is (if I don’t say so myself…) to die for ! I picked it up from the Who Weekly magazine but have tweaked it a little and it is delish!
Always makes me feel like if I was in front of George, Gary and Matt while my dish was being tasted…they would just look at me and smack their lips in delight
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My florentines dipped in chocolate – as a kid, they always looked so complicated to me, but are really just time consuming.
I feel like a Masterchef when my 3 fussy eaters finish a meal without one complaint or one demand to sit down and eat!
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My vegetarian flan recipe! It’s so easy to make, packed full of veggies and so delish that I’ve won cooking competitions with it!
I love making pea and ham soup. It may be easy to make but the enjoyment on my kids faces and the fact they ask for more is amazing. Knowing you have made something that your kids love is the best feeling in the world. Makes me feel like a Masterchef.
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Lasagne! It’s the one meal that always tastes good, I can never ‘fail’, and the WHOLE family eats it, so no need to make the usual 4 ‘dinners’ every night!
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Goulash – i’m left feeling contented as no-one’s ever left ‘Hungary’ over this dish!
Last night I made homemade Gozleme’s just like Amina made at the Salamanca Market challenge and they were devine. Will definitely be making them again!
Chicken marinaded in peanut sauce – always guarantees personal and family ‘Satay’sfaction!
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I make the most divine New York Cheesecake (I know that is immodest, and nothing really to do with my skills as a cook, just a great recipe and ingredients). Every time I make it for dinner parties or to take to someone’s house, I love watching people’s reaction when they take the first bite. That lipsmacking, eyes rolling back look. I feel like a masterchef whenever I make it and I’m really just average when it comes to most culinary skills!
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the meal that makes me feel like a masterchef would have to be my home made pizzas they are made to order and fresh and hot straight from the oven!!!
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Anything I make for my 16 month old makes me feel like a Masterchef especially my Chicken and Leek Pot Pie .
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My Lentil soup would be my signature dish – I should think of a fancier name for it
The kids have been eating versions of it since they started solids and they still love it!
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Oh!! They look fabulous!!! And so simple!!
I think making a pavlova that doesn’t collapse in the middles makes me feel like a masterchef!
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Home made chicken and corn soup, topping it off with fresh parsley from the garden with a quick dash of salt and pepper.
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Chicken is a favourite in my family so my ‘Chicken,Mushroom & Tarragon Pot Pies’ & my ‘Salt & Cumin Roast Chicken’ are always requested.
Those packs are so handy! Hope they come to Singapore soon!
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Slow roasted lamb, loaded with garlic and rosemary… so delicious
I have a chocolate cream dessert I make which my in laws fuss over so much, making me feel like a masterchef. When I made it they were in shock as it was a recipe their aunty used to make, but she had passed away 8yrs earlier and no one had known the recipe or made it since.
It’s now the thing I always get asked to make.
Lately I have been doing ‘fancy’ salads for myself, adding seasonings and different vegies to what I normally make and that make me feel masterchefish too.
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My family all enjoy my delicious triple choc brownies.
My lasagne, as it took so long for me to “master” it!!!!
my home made goochie makes me fell like a masterchief i also love cooking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Should I post here? My family thinkI ‘s a really good cook but now they’ll l know my secret. Love love love McCormicks
ozzo bocco is my families favourite an dthe herbs and spices just make this meal so yummy and delicous
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My homemade quiche always makes me feel like a masterchef – we have our own eggs and herbs and I have a heavenly pastry recipe that’s the perfect touch!
Ooooo… I love cooking… we have lots of curries and stir frys in our house. Tonight we’re having Rogen Josh.. mmmmm.
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grilled tomatoes with avocado with crusty bread – a simple weekend lunch idea that seems to impress my daughters boyfriend (stamp of approval, apparently)
According to my daughter everything I make is of Masterchef quality and she keeps begging me to go on the show. In her little mind mummy is the best cook ever!
Cakes and cookies, I certainly have a sweet tooth:0
I love to receive these goodies as well.
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My homemade hamburgers – they may not be too fancy but the kids eat them up every time so that makes me a Masterchef any day!
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My Chicken, Tomato & Basil Risotto that my hubby begs me to go & try out on Masterchef with, he believes it will change their mind on the disasters of risotto!
The dish I make that makes me feel like a Masterchef is my Heavenly Chocolate Mousse.
The recipe was given to me by my sister about 10 years ago, and I have since perfected the art of making it.
It has become so popular that I get requests to make it for family functions.
My in-laws, who are sweet tooths, love this dessert, and it is the one thing I make whenever we are invited there for one of my Greek father-in-law’s equally famous and delicious lamb spits.
It is surprisingly simple to make and the result is always divine.
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