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Welcome to realfoodie.

The realfoodie blog is a foodie inspiration website hoping to tempt your taste buds one forkful at a time through award-winning home cooking from Devon Life Home Cook of the Year Winner Emy Mordue 🍽

About Emy

I’m Emy, a content creator by day and a keen foodie by night. Along with help from my partner Matt Sanders, we founded realfoodie in 2016 after I won the Devon Life Home Cook of the Year co

mpetition. Winning the competition elevated my cooking confidence, it’s one thing to have your friends and family say your cooking is great… but when Michelin star chefs not only eat your food, but say it tastes good… well what can I say, it was an amazing experience! Through realfoodie, my aim is to inspire you to produce delicious food at home using everyday ingredients. There will be the occasional foodie find and tips on how to elevate the everyday dinner to the ultimate dinner party dish. The recipes that influence me and meals I create are inspired by the things I like to eat and the ingredients that are in our cupboard that week. I’m a real savoury cook at heart and I love to experiment with different flavours and ingredients as I go along – this is real food cooked at home in my own kitchen, and yes i use butter…sometimes even cream! About Matt

Matt handles all things technical, the realfoodie website is currently being developed by him. He’s also the baker in our home, so some of the more constrained recipes will be borrowed from him (think pizza dough, focaccia…). Plus he has the role of first-taster, providing that all import constructive criticism to support the development of my recipes!

“Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colours, there are only so many flavours – it's how you combine them that sets you apart”
– Wolfgang Puck

12/06/2026

Roasted Harissa Cauliflower with Turmeric-Spiked Giant Couscous & Tahini Sauce 👇

For quick and easy dinner ideas I like to roast a load of veggies for various uses. I did one tray of cauliflower rubbed with a little extra virgin olive oil, sea salt and a very nice rose harissa paste, and another tray with red onion, peppers and tomatoes seasoned with oregano and more extra-virgin olive oil.

Simply roast the veggies until all cooked through and slightly charred for extra flavour (200c / 45mins ish).

For the couscous:
I cooked according instructions but used stock instead of water along with a teaspoon of turmeric.

The tahini dressing:
This is a very simple sauce and I use it on a lot of of my dishes: mix 1 tablespoon of tahini with the juice of half a lemon freshly grated garlic to taste pinch of sea salt and water to loosen to horrible consistency ~ you can adjust these to make more or tweak the flavours as you like.

10/06/2026

Guess what… I did a kitchen takeover 👀 🌮

(Bring Back the) Sunshine Tacos: Ancho chilli refried bean with pineapple salsa, avocado crema, pico de gallo and tortilla crunch.

I put them on the menu. You’ve got one week to try them. 📍 Exeter Phoenix, Cafe Bar.

Yes they do food. And yes you should absolutely go.

09/06/2026

Sweet Chilli & Za’atar Fried Chicken, Triple Cheese Squiggly Pasta and Quick Pickled Cucumber 🥵

What a combo ~ Crispy, cheesy, tangy perfection. No notes.

rf x

06/06/2026

Scotch Egg with Curried Ratatouille Sauce 🔥

Absolutely stunning flavour combo right here. The sauce is simply a load of ratatouille vegetables, roasted then blended with stock, curry powder and seasoning to taste. A good glug of extra virgin olive oil to finish.

05/06/2026

Rice Bowl with Teriyaki Salmon, Samphire, Edamame & Pickled Red Cabbage 👀

Loooove these bowls! I threw this one together for dinner tonight and it was so good!

The cabbage was tossed together with a little sugar and red wine vinegar. While the salmon was coated in teriyaki sauce and air fried for 8mins (ish) at 190c.

Such an easy, healthy-delicious dinner in as long as it took to cook the rice. Happy Friday foodies 🖤

03/06/2026

The Bresaola Diaries Continue… 👀

This time with crispy halloumi, strawberries dressed with pomegranate molasses, mint and a very tasty (toasted) slice of sourdough 👌

Such a lovely little snack idea!

31/05/2026

Fancy a Steak? Cook This 🔥

Beef Fillet. It was on special at the supermarket for £13 (for 500g ish), and with an extra 20% off! Insane.

I seared it hard, then roasted it until 52 degrees C (approx. 25mins), rested well then sliced. Served with some crispy little Anya potatoes, parmesan salad and a maraschino cherry sauce:

5tbsp maraschino cherry syrup
1tbsp balsamic vinegar
Pinch black pepper
Beef cooking juices

Happy Sunday foodies 😘

29/05/2026

Girl dinner ~ but make it with prosciutto’s sophisticated cousin 🙆‍♀️

Bresaola. Aioli. Caramelised Onion. Crostini.

27/05/2026

Giant Ravioli with a Garlicky Garden Herb Butter 👌

These are filled with spinach & ricotta and tossed in a little combination of melted butter and extra virgin olive oil with garlic, sage, sage flowers, oregano & lemon balm.

Finished with a little parmesan cheese and salt & peppery seasonings for a quick and easy summer dinner ☀️

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