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{Citrus Cake with Cardamom Syrup}
I cannot get my head around traditional xmas cake it is not something I ever want in my mouth. I do love cake though and always bring a cake to this festive picnic we have every year with our...
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{Spicy Potatoes + Peas}
If I ever want something from Jay like these in a size 38 preferably in time to wear to the "uncles" xmas day shindig because clearly if anyone will appreciate a sexy pair of shoes its them, then I...
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{Tandoori Chicken with Herb Yoghurt}
This is a killer dinner and if you are a little bit stepford like me and you love a meal plan then marinate the chicken a day or two before you want to eat it, you'll be happy you did. Also like they...
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{Dark Chocolate & Oat Cookies}
So here we are, school starts tomorrow and so to the kitchen I go to do what I do, bake. In this instance bake for two little peoples lunchboxes. I don't know if I want to laugh or cry. These are a...
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{Vietnamese Chicken Salad}
You know when you can't get something out of your head, a song, a person, a movie, a meal? well that happened to me so I made this to replicate something I ate in Richmond about six months ago. A lunch...
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{Dark Chocolate + Raspberry Brownies}
So yesterday was valentines day. We don't make a big deal of it in our house but I did bake something. Something lush and rich and befitting valentines day and now I am a bit in love with this...
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{Five Spice Pork + Rice Noodles}
I may need to start a section on my blog called things topped with a fried egg. OK maybe not. This dish was inspired by a recipe I came across called taiwanese meat sauce, that's not a name that...
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{Little Lemon Glazed Cakes}
My littlest school boy does not like chocolate (or school drop off it would appear). Pretty much all my school baking to date has included dark chocolate because that's what my biggest school boy...
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{Farro, Roasted Cauliflower + Fetta Salad}
I knew I had made one too many salads before the Mr even walked in the door, I just knew it because a) I make a lot of salads and b) he was on a photo shoot and had a salad for lunch. His face said it...
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{Zingy Red Beef Curry}
I cannot tell you how much I love Eurovision. The ballads, the outfits, the staging and not to mention the hilarious tweets following each act, I had tears reading those tweets, happy tears, people...
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{Slow Roasted Persian Lamb Shoulder + Cous Cous + Labne}
I like to trot this out when I have friends come for lunch, especially my kiwi friends who have a special appreciation for lamb. This lamb is delicious, it has come together over a couple of years and...
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{Chicken Saagwalla}
I found myself gazing longingly at a photograph someone had taken at an indian restaurant. Little copper bowls filled with colourful curries, I wished, not for the first time that we had a babysitter,...
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{Lemon Curd}
Make this lemon curd and do one thing for me, stir it through vanilla yoghurt. Eat. You are very welcome....lemon curd9 lemons, zest and juice(homegrown or organic lemons are best or be sure to clean...
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{Chocolate + Zucchini Cake}
I am not going to bang on about sneaking vegetables into my children although that is a bonus when it comes to this cake, in our house one of the smalls eats every vegetable under the sun the other...
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{Lamb, Chickpea + Lentil Soup}
This has to be the best soup I've made all winter, inspired by something I saw in a free food mag given away at our local supermarket I made a few tweaks and its a winner. Billy and Jay both had two...
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{Banana + Nutella Bread}
Don't make me any more sandwiches. I don't like sandwiches he said to me one morning when I innocently asked him what he wanted in his sandwich for school. Admittedly I had been receiving a lot of...
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{Fudgy Dark Chocolate + Sea Salt Cookies}
My little man made these on his school holidays, they are delicious, rich and fudgy, the kind of cookie you can't possibly eat just one of, the kind of cookie that you can't resist, the kind of cookie...
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{DadDonalds Burgers}
Jay cooks the burgers in our house and the kids call them dad-donalds, they are needless to say a million times better than a cheeseburger purchased from that particular establishment. ...the burger...
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{Meringue Gelato Cake}
This is classic Nigella, its lush yet easy, its impressive yet foolproof, it is delicious, dead set 100% delicious....meringue gelato cake300ml double cream 30g dark chocolate (minimum 70% cocoa...
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{Roasted Carrot + Black Quinoa Salad}
The weather is on the turn, the days are getting longer and warmer and the blossoms have begun to appear, this is a lovely end of winter salad, its sits on the cusp of the two seasons, its warm and...
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{Honey Joys}
This is here for my boys who love to eat honey joys, they were paying a buck a pop at the school canteen and I said screw that, now they can make them all by themselves for probably about 10 cents a...
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{Spicy Kale, Spuds + Eggs}
This is another of Jays alltime favourite dinners. He loves kale. He really loves kale and anything with an egg. It is a fabulous vegetarian meal, and would also make an cracking brunch, perhaps...
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{Chocolate Weetbix Slice}
So school is back which is both good and bad. Bad in that I am back to making lunches each morning and each afternoon I'm informed of what sucked about the lunches. This slice is a regular lunchbox...
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{Brocollini and Cashew Curry}
Brocollini curry, I know what you are probably thinking but its really good. I absolutely love it on its own but if you were getting a bunch of your pals together for a curry night it would be a nice...
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{Just Like Takeaway Butter Chicken}
It's another curry and not only is it the second curry recipe in a row I actually already have a butter chicken recipe on the blog which is one I learnt at a little cooking class I did years ago....
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