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Chicken Chow Mein

Posted on April 9, 2018 by

I absolutely love this recipe as it can be adapted to use up almost any vegetable in the kitchen: instead of using bok choy, sugar snap peas could be used or green beans, cabbage, spinach or broccoli. Prawns instead of … Continue reading →

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Homemade Sweet Potato Rosti served with Asparagus

Posted on May 13, 2017 by

I’ve always loved Rosti and there are loads of different ways to make it.  I remember years ago being advised to par-boil the potatoes first, before grating, as this gives a much nicer Rosti and to this day I have … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Banana Cake with Almonds

Posted on May 8, 2017 by

Cooking with gluten-free flour is not quite the same as baking with a wheat-based one, often leading to quite crumbly results.  This cake holds together very well and cuts beautifully into slices. I also find that this cake freezes really … Continue reading →

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African Spiced Salmon on a bed of Ginger, Garlic and Sunflower Seed Spinach

Posted on April 26, 2017 by

Salmon is such a versatile fish and one of my husband’s favourites.  It can be served with so many different sides but the latest one I tried really tasted great. A huge bag of spinach can always be found in … Continue reading →

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Sweet Potato ‘Crisps’

Posted on April 23, 2017 by

In need of a snack one evening and a lonely sweet potato sitting in my vegetable basket made up my mind to quickly make some ‘crisps’. Nothing could be easier than thinly slicing a peeled sweet potato using either a … Continue reading →

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Sweet Potato, Beetroot and Goat’s Cheese Galette

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

I’ve always ‘roughly’ known what a galette was but when I decided to make this recipe I looked up the meaning just to satisfy myself. The term galette is used primarily to refer to rather rustic, free-form tarts-made with a single … Continue reading →

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Jambalaya

Posted on March 22, 2017 by

I hadn’t made Jambalaya for years and years – too many to remember!  Not sure what but something jogged my memory and I decided to make it as I knew my husband would love it with its mix of ingredients … Continue reading →

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