The Gemini Nest

The Gemini Nest ♊️ A Gemini’s take on home cooking 🍳
📝 Recipes based on what’s in my fridge (or what was on sale this week) 💸

08/10/2026

Fall in a bowl. 🍂
Creamy pumpkin, leek and red lentil soup — warming, hearty and packed with flavour.
The curry, turmeric and smoked paprika take it to another level — and that crumbled cheese on top? Non-negotiable.

Ingredients:
• leek, sliced into rounds
• pumpkin, diced
• red lentils
• milk
• fresh parsley
• salt, black pepper, nutmeg, curry, smoked paprika & turmeric
• a k**b of butter
• pumpkin seeds & crumbled cheese to serve

Method:
Sauté the leek in a little olive oil until soft. Add the diced pumpkin and fresh parsley, cover with water and simmer for a few minutes.
Add the red lentils and spices and cook until the lentils are tender.
Stir in the milk and blend until smooth and creamy.
Serve topped with fresh parsley, pumpkin seeds and crumbled cheese. 🤍
Save this for your next cold autumn day. 📌

05/10/2026

Welcome to The Leek Diaries — Episode 1. 🍂

Phyllo pie just got a glow-up. Meet Banitsa s Praz (Phyllo pie with Leek) — but not as you know it.
Sun-dried tomatoes. Goat cheese. Leek. A combination I had no idea would work — until it did.

Ingredients:
• 500g leek
• 3-4 sun-dried tomatoes
• 200g crumbled goat cheese
• 5 eggs
• 3 tbsp yogurt
• 10 phyllo pastry sheets
• 1 tbsp butter
• oil from the sun-dried tomatoes
• salt & black pepper

Method:
In a pan, melt the butter with a little of the sun-dried tomato oil. Add the sliced leek, season with salt and black pepper and sauté until soft.
Add the finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes, stir and transfer to a bowl to cool slightly.
Once cooled, add the crumbled goat cheese and 2 eggs and mix well.
Lay one phyllo sheet flat, drizzle with a little sun-dried tomato oil, place a second sheet on top and add 2-3 tablespoons of filling along the length. Roll into a log. Repeat until the filling is used up — I got 5 rolls.
Arrange the rolls in a baking dish as shown in the video.
In a bowl, whisk together the yogurt, remaining eggs, a little sun-dried tomato oil and a pinch of salt until smooth. Pour over the rolls.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20-30 minutes or until golden on top. 🤍

Save this for your next cosy autumn bake. 📌

29/09/2026

I was craving stuffed peppers… what came out of the oven was somehow better. 🌶️

No stuffing. No fuss. Just everything you love about stuffed peppers — in one pan.

This is my fridge cleanout version and honestly, I’m not going back to the original.

Ingredients:
• 4 red peppers
• 2 onions
• 500g ground beef
• 4 tbsp tomato paste (I used homemade)
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 cup rice
• 4 cups water or beef broth
• salt, black pepper, smoked paprika, oregano, garlic powder & fenugreek
• fresh parsley to finish 🌿

Method:
In an oven-safe pan, heat a drizzle of olive oil and brown the ground beef over medium heat. Keep it in larger chunks — it makes a difference.
Add the chopped onions and peppers and cook until slightly softened.
Stir in the garlic, spices and tomato paste.
Add the rice and water or beef broth and mix well.
Transfer the same pan straight into the oven at 180°C for 25 minutes.

One pan. Zero extra washing up. 👌

Finish with fresh parsley and serve straight from the pan. 🌶️

Save this for your next “I have nothing to cook” moment. 📌

Would you try this? Drop a 🌶️ below!

27/09/2026

Me love language 🤍

25/09/2026

Every autumn, my grandmother cooked with leek — and somehow, I never stopped either. This season, I’m keeping that tradition alive with ten leek recipes — some passed down, some discovered along the way. Welcome to The Leek Diaries.
Follow along so you don’t miss all the deliciousness!

11/09/2026

Nope 😅 still not viral 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

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11/09/2026

That’s why I don’t use the audio from my videos 😅 ゚

06/09/2026

Zucchini roll with cream cheese and smoked salmon

For the zucchini roll:
•2 medium zucchinis - grated and squeezed
•3 eggs
•1 cup flour
•grated smoked Gouda
•crumbled feta
•chopped dill
• salt and garlic powder

For the cream cheese filling:
•cream cheese
•crushed garlic
•chopped dill
•lemon juice
•salt

Method:
Mix everything for the roll and place on a greased and lined with baking paper sheet pan.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
Let the roll cool down completely!
Smear the cream cheese filling on top and place pieces of smoked salmon.
Roll on a tight roll and put it in the fridge for at least couple of hours before cutting it.

27/07/2026

Grabbed a handful of sour cherries from the tree outside — and somehow that turned into the most delicious small batch sponge cake. 🍒

Ingredients:
• 2 eggs 🥚
• 4 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp butter 🧈
• 1/2 cup flour
• sour cherries 🍒
• vanilla extract
• a pinch of salt 🧂
• 1 tsp baking powder

180°C for 20 mins.

Pro tip: I mixed and baked everything in the same dish — zero extra washing up. 👌

Save this for cherry season! 📌

Have you ever cooked with sour cherries? Drop a 🍒 below!

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25/06/2026

The snack that disappears in 5 minutes!

•Puff pastry
•Sun-dried tomatoes pesto
•Cheddar cheese
•Spices of choice (I used pesto Rosso)

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