Jo's Kitchen Capers

Jo's Kitchen Capers Welcome to JKC! Here, we celebrate nutritious food & embrace a lifestyle of mindfulness and vitality. Welcome to my flavour-packed corner of the internet!

Tune in to live cooking videos, discover new recipes and explore the world of Qigong & Meditation to enhance your journey toward a happy healthy life. I’m Jo — a Qualified Chef, Health Coach and
Thermomix Consultant with a serious passion for real food, whole ingredients and joyful kitchen chaos. Whether I’m whipping up nourishing meals, reimagining classic favourites, or demo-ing my beloved Ther

momix, this is where, kitchen magic - meets healthy living. Expect recipes, laughs, clever tips, and the occasional kitchen blooper — because cooking should be fun, not fancy! Let’s get cooking — and feel amazing doing it. 💚

Ever had a Scotch egg? I’m hooked… but can’t quite remember when the love affair began!These golden pockets of joy are a...
13/07/2025

Ever had a Scotch egg?
I’m hooked… but can’t quite remember when the love affair began!
These golden pockets of joy are air-fried (yep, look at that soft centre —no deep fryer needed).
Sausages from La Villa Salumi, eggs from WillowZen.
Paired with a zingy salad and zero regrets. 🌱💛

09/07/2025

What’s your favourite midweek meal for a cold winters night?🍽️🥶

🦴✨Today I cooked up a batch of liquid gold — turmeric + ginger bone broth made from scratch using chicken feet 🍗💛Rich in...
30/06/2025

🦴✨Today I cooked up a batch of liquid gold — turmeric + ginger bone broth made from scratch using chicken feet 🍗💛

Rich in collagen, gelatin and healing spices, this broth is a powerhouse for joints, skin and immunity — and just look at that jiggle! 👏

Slow simmered in my TM7
🌿 Chicken feet (hello collagen!)
🥕 Carrot + celery
🌱 Bay leaves
🫚 Fresh ginger & turmeric
🧂 Peppercorns
💧 Filtered water

Perfect for sipping, adding to soups, or boosting your next meal with goodness in every spoonful.
Glass jar’d and fridge ready ✔️

Do you made your own gut-loving broth? Tell me what’s your favourite combo or tell me if you want the recipe below! 👇

🥣 Hunter’s Stew (Bigos) – Polish Comfort in a Bowl! 🇵🇱Slow-cooked, smoky and oh-so-hearty! I made this traditional Polis...
22/06/2025

🥣 Hunter’s Stew (Bigos) – Polish Comfort in a Bowl! 🇵🇱

Slow-cooked, smoky and oh-so-hearty! I made this traditional Polish Hunter’s Stew using rich sauerkraut, sweet cabbage and a medley of meats that fill your kitchen with the most comforting aroma.

Big thanks to Mulgrave Farmers Market for today’s treasures:
🧄 Gorgeous fresh produce (that cabbage! 💚)
🥓 La Villa Salumi’s beautifully spiced kielbasa sausage and diced maple bacon – game changers!

It’s meals like this that remind me why shopping local is so worth it — supporting our farmers and makers while filling our bellies with real food. 🙌

Want to try this dish? Check out the Hunters’ Stew recipe on Cookidoo – it’s perfect with a slice of rye or just a spoon straight from the pot 😋

🫣 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES: Gluten-Free Edition(aka: a journey from gf focaccia dreams to prawn toast redemption)Stage 1: Foca...
21/06/2025

🫣 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES: Gluten-Free Edition
(aka: a journey from gf focaccia dreams to prawn toast redemption)

Stage 1: Focaccia dreams… shattered!
New gluten-free dough, looking divine… until turning into the pan finding remnants of a desiccant pouch🥲
➡️ “Um, why is your silica in my ciabatta?!”

Stage 2: The fallback loaf.
Cassava + buckwheat flour… earthy, rustic, optimistic!
Proved it. Baked it. Stabbed it. It bounced back. Terrible🥲🥲

Stage 3: Redemption on toast.
Grabbed a few slices of my gf buckwheat loaf from the freezer, toasted it, topped with prawns, salad & chipotle mayo.
Disaster averted. Dinner: delicious😂😋🤣

Moral of the story?
When your dough lets you down… just toast something and carry on 💁‍♀️

# joskitchencapers #

✨ One-Dish Wonder for a Friday Night In 🍗🥬🍠Friday nights usually scream pizza or takeaway, right? But tonight, I stared ...
20/06/2025

✨ One-Dish Wonder for a Friday Night In 🍗🥬🍠

Friday nights usually scream pizza or takeaway, right? But tonight, I stared down the fridge and made magic from scraps!

👀 Half a peeled sweet potato, a wedge of butternut pumpkin, one wrinkly green capsicum — all tossed in EVOO, salt & pepper and roasted for 20 mins.

➡️ In came a few defrosted chicken thighs rubbed in tandoori-nestled over the veg with some shredded red cabbage, baby spinach and a few Kalamata olives for good measure.

Roasted 10 mins one side, 15 the next, finished under the grill, top with little feta — voilà 💥
One pan, heaps of flavour, zero fuss.

💬 What’s your go-to Friday night fix when you’re not doing takeaway?

What’s for dinner? 🤔It was chilly out, so I reached for comfort – and remembered this bowl of gluten-free gold! ✨Pan-fri...
19/06/2025

What’s for dinner? 🤔
It was chilly out, so I reached for comfort – and remembered this bowl of gluten-free gold! ✨

Pan-fried pumpkin gnocchi with a quick 10-minute tomato sauce (just 1 can of annslese cherry tomatoes, EVOO, S&P, pinch of brown sugar, simmered at 100°C (with the rice basket on top). Served it over steamed rainbow chard and finished with shaved parm. 🙌
Swapped the flour for my own GF mix and it was perfection.

Sometimes the simplest dishes really shine — especially when the gnocchi gets that golden crust in the pan 🔥.

👇 Tell me —
What’s your ultimate cold weather comfort food?
Or have you tried pan-frying gnocchi before?

And this is what went with that beautiful little market pumpkin and roasted fennel … 🍂Looks fancy, but the oven and pres...
19/06/2025

And this is what went with that beautiful little market pumpkin and roasted fennel … 🍂
Looks fancy, but the oven and pressure cooker did the heavy lifting!
I scooped out the seeds, stuffed it with steamed silverbeet, thickened the lamb sauce — and that’s it.
Plated, perfection absolutely delicious 💛

How bloody cute is this tiny pumpkin 🎃 I got at the farmers market at the weekend?Simply baked in the oven seasoned and ...
18/06/2025

How bloody cute is this tiny pumpkin 🎃 I got at the farmers market at the weekend?

Simply baked in the oven seasoned and rubbed with olive oil, 30 mins later I added some chopped fennel with a little lemon zest.

Winter lends itself to slower cooked warming foods they don’t require much prep time, just longer oven time and a few fresh herbs and spices to be delicious 😋👩‍🍳🍽️

What’s your favourite slow cooked winter vibe?

Sometimes the simplest ingredients create the yummiest results! 🍳🍞💚This is just perfectly scrambled eggs with baby spina...
18/06/2025

Sometimes the simplest ingredients create the yummiest results! 🍳🍞💚
This is just perfectly scrambled eggs with baby spinach my chia toast — no frills, just good food done right. A reminder that nourishing meals don’t need to be complicated.

What’s your favourite go-to simple meal that never disappoints?

12/06/2025

Tonight was a night I didn’t know what to cook and couldn’t be bothered…. I wanted someone else to cook dinner!
Inspired by a Cookidoo recipe and swapping ingredients for what I had on hand ended up the most delicious soup ever made with fresh ingredients😋🥰

🏋️‍♂️🥬Food For Thought Friday🧐💭You can eat all the kale, do all the squats, blend every green smoothie & STILL feel like...
05/06/2025

🏋️‍♂️🥬Food For Thought Friday🧐💭
You can eat all the kale, do all the squats, blend every green smoothie & STILL feel like a soggy cornflake if your lifestyle is draining your health😬

🧠 Do you stressed out 24/7 like a pressure cooker on high?
💤 Skipping sleep like it’s optional?
OR are you DOOM-scrolling past midnight with your jaw clenched tighter than your jeans after Christmas?
Maybe skipping meals with caffeine and calling it “intermittent fasting”?

Absolutely NO form of diet or exercise will save you if your daily habits are making you sick.
Your body is smarter than any health trend — it knows when it’s being pushed too hard, under-nourished, and over-stimulated. 🧘‍♀️

✨Here’s a wild idea: what if feeling good became your goal, not just looking good or ticking boxes?

I’m opening up the chat:
👉 What’s one lifestyle habit you know is hurting your health… but you still do it anyway? - No judgment — I’ll go first in the comments 👀

💬 Drop your confessions or wellness wins below — and let’s support each other in making small, real changes that stick!

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