Mandy Maiorano (@madeby.mandy)

recipe on my substack!! #steakfrites

New recipe: super greens breakfast sandwich 🧀🍳🥪🥑 This one proves breakfast sandwiches deserve way more hype!! Jammy fried egg, smashed avo, pesto, rocket and cheddar, all stacked between two pieces of toasted golden @Abbott’s Bakery White Sourdough. Comment ‘RECIPE’ and I’ll send the link 👩🏻‍🍳…

New recipe: rainbow vegetable tart with whipped ricotta & caramelised onion 👩🏻‍🍳🫶 Whenever we get to this time of year, I start getting so many more DMs asking for entertaining recipes for long lunches and festive dinner parties. More often than not, I end up suggesting some kind of savoury tart…

tonight's dinner inspo 🤍 thai basil chicken with a little hot honey twist 🌶️🍯 on the table in under 20 minutes, with deliciously aromatic chicken, @UmamiPapi Chilli Oil crispy chilli oil and plenty of fresh basil (my favourite!). comment CHICKEN and i'll send you the recipe! #cookinghacks…

A Christmas cooking date with Nonna Rosa🤍(although I think I get the better end of the deal here) She taught me how to make fresh pasta when I was little, so naturally, I still put her to work whenever we cook together🙈. Today we’re making her pistachio pesto fettuccine with creamy burrata, paired…

halloween tablescaping 🤍

My contribution to World Pasta Day: a very big bowl of spaghetti aglio e olio. 🍝 Also known as midnight spaghetti, because even late-night cravings deserve a proper bowl of pasta. Just garlic, chilli, extra virgin olive oil and parsley tossed through spaghetti. So simple, so good🫰🏽 Made with @San…

hot honey & caramelised banana french toast 🍌🍯 buttery caramelised bananas, a little cinnamon and @UmamiPapi Chilli Oil hot honey drizzled over golden brioche… finished with a (mandatory) dollop of vanilla mascarpone. breakfast, lunch, dinner…whatever you want, it’s just really good.👩🏻‍🍳🫶 comment…

From Cook to Chef: Michelin Guide Edition 🫡👩🏻‍🍳⭐️ The question that’s (obviously) on everyone’s mind…how would you take scrambled eggs from cook to chef? … spoiler alert: ostrich eggs are involved 👀 Comment CHEF for my From Cook to Chef recipe series 🍳 #cookinghacks #homecooking #cooking…

Baked Italian Eggs 🍳🍅 Recipe: Serves 2 Ingredients 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 700g jar Lucia’s passata 1 sprig fresh basil, plus extra leaves to serve Pinch of salt 4 eggs Parmesan, finely grated, to serve Chilli oil, to serve Crusty bread, to serve Method Heat the olive…

Unboxing!! Thank you Michelin 🤍 #michelin #unboxing #michelinguide

Day 8 of From Cook to Chef 🫡👩🏻‍🍳🤌 QUICK PICKLED VEG (THREE WAYS)🫙
 The thing every chef has in their fridge that most home cooks don’t even think about. Three ways, one brine, five minutes. Comment ‘CHEF’ for the recipe 🥒 This series is available for paid subscribers (but there’s a 7-day free…

NEW RECIPE: COLLAGEN STRAWBERRY & CREAM GUMMIES with @Happy Way 🍓 Ingredients  Strawberry layer 70g Happy Way Strawberry Happy Gummies Mix ⅓ cup (80ml) boiling water 50g fresh strawberries, quartered 1 tsp lemon juice Coconut cream layer 30g Happy Way Strawberry Happy Gummies Mix ¼ cup (60ml)…

You always ask what I actually eat in a day 👀 And truth be told, no two days are ever the same. It really depends on what I’m recipe testing (or what Nonna’s cooked up for family dinner!). But since coming back from New York, I’ve been on a bagel and steak kick…so here’s a day I’d happily eat on…

No two days look the same as a recipe developer. One day I’m in my pyjamas all day, editing reels and reviewing batch no.5 of a brown butter choc chip cookie recipe... The next I’m flying to Sydney for the day to host a live cooking demo.👩🏻‍🍳🙈 But if you know me, you know I’m a routine fiend. So…

Strawberries and Cream Celebration Cake🍰🍓 If your birthday’s in October, bake this cake (Or make someone bake it for you 🙈) Comment ‘cake’ for the recipe #cake #baking #recipe #homemade #dessert

If you grew up in an Italian family, chances are you had these iconic burnt orange pots in the kitchen....they were such a staple growing up, so much so that I thought “Bessemer” just meant pot! 🙈 So, I thought it would be very fitting to bring Nonna Rosa into the kitchen and make one of my…

More granola!! #purelyelizabeth #wholefoods #wholefoodshaul

So…can a recipe developer be impressed by a meal kit? 👀 Apparently, yes!👩🏻‍🍳 Now, I know this is a sponsored post, but I NEED you to know that I’ve followed @QuiteLike on Instagram for years, stalking their feed like a mad woman.🙈So when I was staying with my sister in Melbourne, I thought, right…

@Haigh’s Chocolates incredible new collection with Paolo Sebastian 🤍 Thank you! #unboxing #chocolate

NONNA’S LASAGNA🍝👩🏻‍🍳 The recipe I’ve been asked about more than almost anything else is finally here, and it’s on YouTube too...Nonna’s Lasagna! Ask any Italian and they’ll agree that lasagna is the hero of a celebratory meal - Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, and even our…

recipe on my substack

happy saturday

Classic Chicken Salad Sandwich, inspired by the greatest (Baker Bleu & Falco), but this time with @UmamiPapi Chilli Oil egg mayo, on rye sourdough. All the best bits: crunchy, creamy, moreish…and not a sad, lonesome lettuce leaf in sight. Comment “RECIPE” for the recipe (it’s free!) 👩🏻‍🍳🫶 #recipe…

A special day in Melbourne with @Le Creuset ANZ for the grand opening of their new Armadale store 🧡 If there are two things I can’t stop talking about, it’s food and cookware (specifically Le Creuset), so it’s safe to say last week’s opening was a pretty perfect day! On the menu was my Spring…

Bringing back the vlogs!! Day 1 in Melbourne last week for the grand opening of @Le Creuset ANZ new store in Armadale 🧡 Followed by one of the best chicken sandwiches from Phillipa’s (and got a @Too Good To Go back on the way out!) 👩🏻‍🍳🥐 #melbourne #lecreuset #ditl #dailyvlog #whattodoinmelbourne

Day 7 of From Cook to Chef🫡👩🏻‍🍳🤌 CHEF-STYLE GRILLED CHEESE TOASTIE🧀 Butter or mayo? Sliced or shredded? One cheese or three? I’m settling the grilled cheese debate once and for all!! Comment ‘CHEF’ for the recipe🍞 This series is available for paid subscribers (but there’s a 7-day free trial if…

If you can’t go to Fishbowl, bring Fishbowl to you I had this spicy salmon bowl at This Bowl in NYC last month and have been thinking about it ever since… so obviously I had to recreate it! All the best bits - crunchy, fresh, perfectly dressed - without any of the boring ones. Special mention to…

my slow-cooked short rib ragu with homemade fettuccine 🍝 comment ‘pasta’ for the recipe! make sure to use a good quality extra virgin olive oil, and good quality tomato pasta/passata (@Mutti Australia is my go-to), and fresh eggs for the pasta if you can! #cook #privatechef #italiancooking…

1 loaf, 3 meals🍞👩🏻‍🍳 Proof that bread can be so much more than just toast (although…I’ll never say no to a good piece of toast)... Breakfast: peanut butter, banana, honey and cinnamon Lunch: loaded ham salad sandwich Dinner: smoked salmon cottage cheese open sandwich A simple way to add more fibre…