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Veg, Veg & More Veg
I have been lucky enough to be given two separate lots of freshly picked vegetables in the last 10 days – from a friend who works for a distribution centre that is the go-between for markets gardens...
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Mulling Over This One….
This Mulled Pork recipe looked excellent on the face of it – anything that calls for a whole bottle of red wine can’t be bad! I did enjoy it; however, the meat was too dry, particularly with the...
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Cooking With Herbs – An Old Fave
Chicken, mushrooms & vegie snags This terrific and easy marinated chicken thigh fillet recipe is from another great old Women’s Weekly Cookbook from yesteryear – Cooking With Herbs. My copies of...
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Shhhhh….The Kids Will Never Know It’s Not Rice
At the risk of totally boring you…..yes it’s cauliflower again! But does it look like it?? Not a bit. I like to think I’m pretty much up there with the latest food trends, products and “in things”,...
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Beef Stroganoff
I’m eating meat again at the moment, although not much, and I couldn’t resist trying this delightfully simple crockpot Beef Stroganoff recipe from Best Recipes, on the weekend. I love this recipe...
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Parmesan + Mayo + Chicken = Ranting Chicken
I am fond of the Ranting Chef blog, and whilst I don’t make many of the recipes, which tend to be very meat-oriented, I do try the occasional one. This easy chicken dish appealed when it arrived in my...
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Quick Lamb Curry
This simple lamb mince dish is based on one from Simple Indian Cookery by Madhur Jaffrey – an old book that I came across at work recently, with loads of terrific and EASY Indian dishes. There is no...
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Quorn Pad Thai Noodles
This easy Quorn based Pad Thai dish was not quite as flavoursome as it could be, and the egg made it look a bit gluggy – not like the perfect bowl of rice noodles featured on the website! It is also...
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You Say You Want a Revolution….
Layer upon layer upon layer A quinoa one, that is. Quinoa has been a super food winner for the last couple of years, and I’ve been on that bandwagon since living in Chile, where it has always been a...
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Fajitas, Thai Style…
This chicken mince dish, kind of Thai larb-ish, is adapted from a that’s life! reader recipes compilation, and I served it with tortillas and Greek yoghurt, to make it a fajita meal. Yum. The coconut...
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