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Easy and delicious family food

Welcome to VJ cooks, where you will find loads of tasty recipes the whole family will love. From easy midweek meals to desserts and baking there is something for everyone.

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A pile of chicken dippers on a green platter with a yoghurt sauce in the background

Chicken and Courgette Dippers

A close up of 5 stuffed capsicums in a white dish.

Stuffed Capsicums

A close up of a roast vegetable salad on a white platter

Roasted Vegetable Salad

Birds eye view of a chcolate fondant on a plate with a scoop of vanilla icecream.

Chocolate Fondants

Cooked hosin drumsticks with flat leaf parsley scattered over the top

Hoisin Chicken Drumsticks

Raw Broccoli Salad served in a medium round pink bowl on a wooden table

Raw Broccoli Salad

One Chocolate Bailey Truffle sliced in half showing the chocolate filling. Reminder truffles sitting on a wooden chopping board

Baileys Truffles

Assembled curried eggs on a gold platter

Curried Eggs

Broccoli and Blue Cheese Soup

Cooked pepperoni sliders assembled on a wooden chopping board . One slider been removed, showing the melted cheese

Pepperoni Pizza Sliders

Three glasses of chocolate mousse sitting on a wooden chopping board.

Milk Chocolate Mousse

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Lemon weetbix slice

VJ cooks simple no-bake passionfruit slice

Passionfruit Slice

teriyaki chicken bowls

Quick teriyaki chicken bowls

Three pieces of Chocolate Weetbix Slice sitting on a white plate.

Chocolate Weetbix Slice

Baking

A piece of Chocolate Layered Pavlova being served up.

Chocolate Layered Pavlova

Large and small skeleton cookies on a white platter.

Skeleton Cookies

A stack of white chocolate and strawberry blondies on a white plate.

White Chocolate and Strawberry Blondie

A close up of a piece of white chocolate mud cake

XL White Chocolate Mud Cake

Apple Tarte Tartin

One slice of cooked apricot short crust pie on a white plate served with cream and a mint leaf

Apricot Shortcrust Pie

12 Pinwheel scones in a pink baking dish.

Cinnamon Pinwheel Scones with Vanilla Glaze

Snickers cheesecake served on a large white plate sitting on a wooden table

Snickers Cheesecake

Family meals

A small butter chicken pie served on a white plate with a side of green peas

Homemade Butter Chicken Pies

BBQ Lamb Koftas

Ham hock and bacon soup served in a white soup bowl with a blue napkin underneath

Slow Cooker Bacon Hock and Barley Soup

BBQ Satay Chicken Skewers on a blue platter served with lime and coriander.

BBQ Satay Chicken Skewers

Cooked bacon and potato bake with a slice removed from the corner

XL Potato and Bacon Bake

A slice of veg mix pie served with a green salad and a blob of sourcream on a navy blue plate.

Veg Mex Pie

Close up of one black bowl of seafood chowder served with a slice of toasted tiger loaf, with butter on a wooden bench top. Orange napkin with sliver spoon in the background

Seafood Chowder

A chicken and mushroom pie served on a white plate

Chicken and Mushroom Pies

SLICES

Classic muesli bars on a white platter.

Classic Muesli Bar Slice

Chocolate rice bubble slice with sprinkles cut into pieces served on a white and blue oblong shaped platter

Chocolate Rice Bubble Slice

Favourite Slices Ebook

3 pieces of red velvet brownie on a pink plate.

Red Velvet Brownie

A close up of Marshmallow Brownie Slice on a blue plate

Marshmallow Brownie Slice

A large plastic box filled with different Christmas treats and slices.

Christmas Treat Box

Pieces of apricot rocky road on a white platter, sitting on top of a mint green napkin.

Apricot Rocky Road

Caramel coconut slice sitting on a blue plate.

Coconut Caramel Slice

Slow cooker meals

Cooked lamb and mint pie showing the pie mixture with a fork

Slow Cooked Lamb and Mint Pies

A large Pork and Apple Pie on a wooden chopping board.

Pulled Pork and Apple Pie

Slow cooked beef brisket on a large baking tray with masked potatoes on the side.

Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Brisket

Two tacos filled with pulled pork and salad sitting on a white platter

Slow cooker Mexican Pulled Pork

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I hope you enjoy my website and find some inspiring recipes and ideas. I’m Vanya and I live in beautiful Taupo, New Zealand with my husband, two sons and Golden Retriever.
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