Hi there, nice to meet you!
I’m Nagi, and RecipeTin Eats is my corner of the internet!
I’m the voice, cook and eater behind RecipeTin Eats. I create recipes, take photos of them, write them up and make recipe tutorial videos. Oh, and I have a food bank – RecipeTin Meals – and I wrote a cookbook too!
I live in beautiful Sydney, Australia, and have an unhealthy obsession with all things food and my dog Dozer, an abnormally large and very cheeky golden retriever.
When I say he’s “abnormally large”, I mean it! Proof:
(OK, possibly I am a little on the short side too….😂)
My recipes
My website reflects my philosophy on food and cooking – fast, creative, clever and fresh.
That’s fast meals for busy weeknights.
Creative new ideas and fresh takes on favourites to shortcut preparation, cut down on cost and create food with style.
Clever cooking so that you don’t sacrifice taste just because you’re short on time and on a budget. I’ll show you how to get gourmet flavours out of budget ingredients and how you can get organised so it’s a breeze to serve up nourishing meals to your family that will knock their socks off.
And fresh meals that are made from scratch. I don’t use store bought packet mixes or canned soup.
My recipes are cost conscious, made using everyday ingredients and (mostly) pretty healthy. I don’t use a tub of cream or blocks of cream cheese in every sauce, and I only deep fry when I really think it’s worth it.
But, sometimes I feel the need to unleash the demon within. 🙂
OK, maybe a little more than sometimes……
A bit about me …
Born in Japan, raised in Sydney, Australia, I’ve travelled the world from Europe to the Middle East, across Asia and America.
In a previous life, I worked in corporate finance. Though I thoroughly enjoyed my “first” career, I wanted to pursue a future where my passion really lies – food. 🙂
Today, I’m extremely fortunate to be able to say that I make a living doing what I truly love – creating and sharing my favourite recipes with people from all over the world.
Growing up, budget was tight and even though my mother worked full time, we dined like royalty because she was so creative in the kitchen. And this is why I know it’s possible to make great, fresh food even if you’re short on time and on a budget.
The recipes on my blog draws on influences from my travels, my ever evolving fascination with how just a few simple ingredients can transform into something that tastes so amazing, and learning genius tricks from the masters of the world.
I want to show you how to make vibrant recipes made with everyday ingredients, spanning cuisines from around the world as well as classic comforts. Delicious recipes with the “wow” factor that are simple to make, cost effective and can often be prepared ahead.
I hope you find something on here to your taste! – Nagi x
What you will find on RecipeTin Eats
Seriously tasty simple recipes made using everyday ingredients. I don’t shop at gourmet stores.
Exciting New Ideas for Fast Midweek Meals.
Takeout favourites that truly taste like what you get at restaurants.
Easy recipes from around the world.
Can’t-Live-Without Classics. 🙂
Salads with oomph! Because if I’m having a salad as a meal, it’s got to be something special!
Cooking for a crowd. I like to entertain. So many of my recipes are convenient for cooking for a crowd, whether it be easy to make in large volumes, or make ahead.
Tried and tested recipes. I take great care to ensure my recipes work and are written concisely. I also add notes to help with substitutions (where possible) and explanations for things that I think may not be familiar to everyone.
What you won’t find on my blog
I don’t follow trends for the sake of it. I only share recipes I truly love. There will never be a cauliflower crust pizza on my blog.
I do not sacrifice taste just for the sake of reducing calories (or following a trend). My healthy recipes are accidentally healthy.
Food that looks pretty but tastes blah. Never, ever, ever!
Recipes with shortcuts that compromise on flavour. I will cheat at every opportunity. So long as it doesn’t compromise on flavour.
Difference in measures between countries
DID YOU KNOW….? Cups, tablespoons and teaspoon sizes differ between countries. For the vast majority of my recipes, the difference is not enough to affect the recipes – this mostly holds true for savoury recipes.
However, for baking recipes like cakes, slices, delicate desserts and especially cookies, the slight difference between measurements does matter.
So I ensure that my baking recipes are tested and written so that they will work for cooks in different countries. This also applies to any savoury recipes that are affected as well.
Oh – and I have a food bank!
During the height of the pandemic in 2021 when there was increased food insecurity in my community, I started my food bank, RecipeTin Meals, where we make homemade meals which are donated to the vulnerable.
I have 3 full time chefs who work in the kitchen making meals 5 days a week. Many of the recipes we use are from my website!
To learn more about RecipeTin Meals, pop over here. ❤️
Finally … Don’t be shy, say “Hi”!
Drop me an email and say hi! Due to the sheer number of messages I receive, I sadly cannot respond to every one. However I do my very best to reply where I can (unless you’re SPAM!). One thing I can assure you is that I will see your message! You can contact me here.
“People who love to eat are always the best people!” – Julia Child
~ Nagi xx
Hello Nagi!
Love what you and Dozer have done with your corner of the internet. Jus wondering what cookware you use? What brand, etc.
Thanks!
Just love your recipes. Gave both my children your Dinner recipe book .
Last night had Eggplant Parmigiana
Yummy
Love ,love your recipes. I would love to see your day going orange chicken lemon chicken and the Asian soup dumplings. The dumplings with the soup inside
I just came across your recipe fior
Rack of lamb sounds marvellous. Could I get recipe for Paris Mash!!!
If that is possible would like to try it. Iwill look for your cook books
As sound very interesting. Thank you so much for recipe
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Hi nagi, i’m sure are aware about the ‘big craze’ about Crumbl cookies over in the US. I am also in australia wanting to try the famous cookie with the pink buttery icing to go with it. All the recipes I have seen are in American like in ounces and stuff and are not trustworthy. It might be too much too ask for but if it’s possible could you please come out with a recipe for the famous crumbl sugar cookie with the famous buttery pink icing 💞
Wonderful recipes!
Love your Site, Nagi.
Lot’s a hugs from Germany.
I live in SA .Have cooked meals on wheels for over 50years and still have a group cooking You are an inspiration .I have only come across you now
We have just acquired your second cookbook and are really enjoying the presentation and flavours. Delicious!
I would however like to have a rough idea of the calorific value of each portion per person – or am I just a killjoy?
Your pizza dough is amazing. I have never had luck with making dough before but this was a huge success. I will be making this again. Thank you!
Hi, I received TONIGHT for Christmas and am keen to start cooking. Where can I find nutrition information? I am on low-carb diet
Hi
Not long ago I saw a video that you put tuna and other ingredients eventually into a ( maybe a Greek wrap).
I can’t seem to find it. Please help. I seen every other tuna recipe except this one.
Hullo Nagi, I’ve just made your baklava, it belongs on the front cover of a cook book😀, It’s still cooling to take to a friends place but it looks fabulous, I used, walnuts and brazil nuts, with cardamom, and rose water in the syrup, a mix of old European tastes, we’ll see……
Nagi!! I haven’t had decent chicken satay since leaving San Francisco over a decade ago,, that is until I found your recipe. Now I am my own favorite cook. Just sublime. Thanks for this! With love, Jason
Hi Nagi, I made you meatball rigatoni for my parents anniversary and they loved it
Thank you!
Hi Nagi
I was wondering if you have created any gluten free recipes for breads or focaccia? Your recipes are always amazing and it’s hard to find good recipes for gluten free savouries.
Thanks
Rowena
Rowena, I think you’re a total idiot and a jackass.
Thanks,
Jimmy Balls
Hi Rowena,
I think you’re an idiot and a jackass.
Kindly,
Jimmy Balls
These recipes are amazing.
I was wondering this also…
I’m soy intolerant
Hi Nagi and Dozer
Thankyou for your website and all the beautiful recipes and follow up on Dozer.
I have been a chef for over 35 years and it still shows that it is a field of forever learning thanks to you.
I had the absolute surprise and pleasure of receiving your cook book for Christmas.
Unfortunately I would love to have it signed by you Nagi but with my health condition that is not possible. I have cancer.
Would I be able to ask and pay for postage if you would be kind enough to write on a card To Ron from Nagi and dozer.
It would make my . I was lucky to be out of hospital on Christmas Eve
My address is
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If you can’t as I know you are very busy and I am probably being a nuisance,I can understand
Thank you for your time if you read this
All the best to you and Dozer
Cheers
Ron
I can then stick in my book.
God bless you Ron, sending prayers and healing thoughts! No, you don’t know me ha
Hang in there Ron. I’ve had cancer. They cut it out and threw it away. Also I was a station cook who love food, new recipes and Nagi’s site is so very good. My neighbour’s daughter has asked me to teach her how to cook and this was the first place I went to. She is young so I thought that she would like Nagi’s recipes. Take care and think positively.
are u related to shanon o neil
are you ron from harry potter?
where can i find recipe for cream soups instead of using can soups?
Thank you so much Nagi for your meals. Hubby and I both struggle to keep up to date with things – but the one pot meals have genuinely changed our weeks. We even bought a fancy cast iron to use on stove and oven for your meals!
Thanks again – specifically for those one pot wonders <3 we love the Mexican chicken, lasagna and butter chicken they have become weekly favourites.
Lauren
I have just made the satay chicken curry Malaysian style and I think it is better than I have ever had in a restaurant – thank you
Great website but i must call you out on one non food topic , there was NO pandemic , Autsralia like many other countries committed a horrific crime on its people by using it as a pretext to inject people , a huge crime
To Paul, lucky you, if you lived in the U.S. you may have been one of the million deaths they had. Thankfully most thinkers were vaccinated unlike you, you were just fortunate.
Paul you’re mistaken, this website is for cooking, not for cookers.
Please don’t. This is not the forum for your ideas, Nagi can say what she wants to, if your wish to debate do it somewhere else, this is a cooking blog.
Australia was one of the WORST offenders… I am so sorry for you poor Aussies… living in a Communist country… return to God for freedom. Ironic to a secular mind but God is the water in our sandcastles and the West is frickin CRUMBLING
Oh FFS! Get a life
Paul, I’m sorry to hear that you’ve been a victim of a mass propaganda campaign that somehow convinced you a pandemic wasn’t real and that public health and immunizations are bad. Millions died in the pandemic, I knew some personally, and millions of lives were saved from the vaccinations.
Dearest Paul
I am in Canada and can attest that we had a pandemic of covid. The vaccine (mRNA) we were so fortunate to produce so fast was due to scientist work of previousd 10 yrs. I witnessed Polio pandemic and trust science. No one was out to do anything to harm you in anyway with the vaccine but to stop the deaths caused by Covid.
There was a pandemic. Millions of people died globally. It was very sad until doctors learned how to treat covid.
😂🤣😂🤣😂
What a load of crap. Nagi, why leave this guts comment up? Delete this nonsense.
I feel sad when I read your comment. Since you probably did not get vaccinated you joined the mass of people that chose to contribute to the pandemic. Next time do the responsible thing!!!
Paul, you are correct, sadly. Isn’t it awful how we refer to those years in that manner?! But, the world has been brainwashed. Terrible times but those evil people will be held accountable! Brace yourself, it isn’t over yet..
I feel so sorry for you in your ignorance. Have a nice denial life.
Another anti-vax Ding-Dong. I guess the people who died from Covid didnt exist either.
How amazing is thé human capacity to put one’s head in thé sand. Those of us who lost loved ones to Covid ,are greatful for thé Australian goverment’s wise actions on our behalf.
Disgusting. Your comment is just vile. I lost friends and they lost family to Covid. There most definitely was a pandemic.
👌👌👌👌true story.
I do love this recipe site. She is awesome. I’ve learned alot
Oh look, folks with tin foil hats like cooking as well as all the normal people.
Hi N….just a quick question…wondering if it would be ok to prep the Basque Cheesecake up to oven time today then bake tomorrow afternoon, for consumption on Christmas Day……
Hi Nagi, Wishing you and yours and especially Dozer a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year. Thank you for all your recipes. YOU ARE A LEGEND. Cheers Sue xxx
Hello Nagi, I came across your site by accident, but now am an ardent follower. I and the family love your recipes. I visit often, especially for special and not special occasions. Brilliant!!!! THANK YOU.
Hi Nagi,
I just wanted to share a funny little story with you. I have king been a fan of yours and your recipes and whenever I cook for family or friends I proudly share that it’s a “tin eats” recipe. I have never had a bad experience with your recipes and I brag to anyone who will listen about you. So, when you released your second book this year, I was hanging out to buy a copy. However, being that it was so close to Christmas, I thought I would be considerate of others and make it easy on them for when it came time to choosing a gift for me. So I held off. And lo and behold on Christmas morning there she was…. Not one but two copies. Apparently I made it too easy on my family – haha.
And just as a side note, the first meal I cooked from your second book was your maiden recipe and no surprise, the family loved it x
Thanks Nagi and Merry Xmas to you and Dozer.
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