Tag Archives: Recipes

Chickpea, Chorizo & Tomato Stew

Yesterday was something of a momentous day for me – so much so that I went to bed early and as a result this post is a little late – you see it was my daughters first day at school. I … Continue reading

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A Summer of Salads – January

When I read about Vegplotting’s 52 week salad challenge, the aim of which is to harvest or forage some salad leaves to eat every week of the year, I have to say I smugly thought no problem.  Then I looked … Continue reading

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Crispy Fried Shallots

OK so today I’m going to cheat a bit for my Thursday Kitchen Cupboard post.  But I’ve got a cold and I’ve had a busy week, the highlight of which was an evening at the Australian Open.  Lets go Lleyton, … Continue reading

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Top 5 – Salads to eat on Australia Day

This Thursday is Australia Day.   Embarrassingly I came to write this post and I couldn’t remember what it actually commemorates.  I thought it was the anniversary of Federation but no, it is actually the anniversary of the First Fleet’s arrival in Sydney cove and … Continue reading

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Tarka Dhal

A couple of months ago someone ran into the back of my car (or to be more accurate their car did –  if it had just been a person the damage would have been significantly less).  Because of our holiday and Christmas … Continue reading

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