For Christmas I received Donna Hay’s Fresh, Fast and Simple from Laz. While it is full of delicious looking food, our travel plans have only just this week let us draw upon it for inspiration. What’s been nice about the recipes so far is that we have had all the ingredients on-hand (or at least reasonable substitutes), but they have been quite different to what we usually cook.

Our first foray into Donna Hay’s world of cooking (besides the occasional macaroon) was seared beef with garlic white beans.

The next night brought us Greek inspired meatballs.

And tonight we will be trying lime and lemongrass chicken.