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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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Everyday Favourites Cookbook

A close up of layered yoghurt pots on a white bench.

Layered Yoghurt Pots

A stack of Nuts and Seeds Muesli Bars on a wooden chopping board

Nuts and Seeds Muesli Bars

A piece of apple pie sitting on a white plate with pouring cream over the top.

Lattice Apple Pie

A close up chocolate muffins on a wire rack.

Easy Chocolate Muffins

A strawberry Panna cotta in a glass on a white plate.

Strawberry Panna Cotta

Served steak and creamy garlic prawns served with a side salad on a white plate

Steak with Creamy Garlic Prawns

A cooked potato top pie in a glass pie dish on a wooden bench

Potato Top and Mince Pie

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French Onion Soup

A bowl of Lemon Curd Ambrosia on a white table.

Lemon Curd Ambrosia

Sticky Asian Meatballs

Cooked pumpkin and feta tart with the corner sliced party removed, sitting on baking paper on a wooden chopping board.

Rustic Pumpkin and Feta Tart

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Chocolate Weetbix Slice

Baking

Cooked seeded crackers being served with cheese and chutney on a wooden platter

Seeded Crackers

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

Chocolate Fondants

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

Baileys Truffles

A piece of Chocolate Layered Pavlova being served up.

Chocolate Layered Pavlova

Large and small skeleton cookies on a white platter.

Skeleton Cookies

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White Chocolate and Strawberry Blondie

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XL White Chocolate Mud Cake

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Family meals

A close up of Spring Pesto Pasta Salad in a white bowl on a white wooden bench.

Spring Pesto Pasta Salad

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

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

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

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

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Christmas Treat Box

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Apricot Rocky Road

Caramel coconut slice sitting on a blue plate.

Coconut Caramel Slice

Slow cooker meals

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

Slow Cooker Bacon Hock and Barley Soup

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

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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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