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All Aboard the Quinoa Train
I became a fan of quinoa when living in Chile – it’s a staple thing there, just like rice or couscous. At the time, no one in Australia had heard of it, but now it is very trendy and recipes are...
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Still on the Quinoa Train…
I recently borrowed Cooking With Quinoa: The Supergrain from work. It’s a great resource for quinoa recipes, and here is a lamb dish that I’ve adapted. The only time-consuming part was grinding a...
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Mild Thai Vegies
It is really, really hot here at this time of year. I love it, as I hate the cold, but many are not happy right now. Over Christmas we had about 10 days in a row of 37-42C with no relief, and even...
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Surprisingly Good!
The weather has been perfect this week – hot during the day, but still cooling down enough to sleep properly at night. Being at work sucks when the weather’s great though! I wanted to try this easy...
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Chicken Tagine
Marinating it all. From one of the Two Fat Ladies‘ cookbooks – Potty, by Clarissa Dickson-Wright, I adapted this chicken dish, which is very suited to preparing in the morning before work and then...
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Getting My Irish On…
I made this beef stew with Guinness, on St Patrick’s Day, and OMG it was so delicious. Of course it made enough to feed an army lol, and there was just me, so I now have portions in the freezer, but...
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Food Failures
Boring! I have had a couple of no-good cooking attempts recently. One was a recipe I pulled out of a magazine, for gnocchi that is cooked and then sautéed with butter beans, lemon zest, lemon juice and...
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Luscious Lentil Spag Bog!
OMG this vegetarian spaghetti bolognaise was fantastic! Taste has such great recipes, from a variety of magazine sources and all thoroughly tested with good photos and clear instructions. I make a lot...
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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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