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Ham, Mushroom & Feta Salad (no dressing required!)

I’ve been in the mood for lighter dinner meals lately, and came up with this tonight. :-) And it’s easy as! Doesn’t need dressing either; there’s enough flavour in there as is. Ingredients (Serves 2) 1 Desiree potato, washed & unpeeled 100g fetta, diced (get the ‘real’ stuff; e.g., no cows milk! Sheep and goat […]

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Satay Chicken Pizza

I’ve been going through some Old Time Bakery frozen gluten free pizza bases lately, and can highly recommend them (as can my non-gluten-free hubby). I had some left over satay sauce from a previous cooking adventure and thought… hmm… I’ve seen satay pizza in restaurants enough. Time to give it a shot! This was a […]

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New Zealand Yoghurt with Toasted Pine Nuts… & Condolences

This isn’t really a recipe as it only involves plonking some toasted pine nuts in your favourite yoghurt, but hey! It was yum, so I’m sharing. Basically, I just realised it past midday and I hadn’t really eaten anything substantial yet and was VERY hungry all of a sudden. You may know the feeling I […]

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Simple Vegie & Mint Stir-Fry with Tapioca Noodles

I’ve been interested lately in the idea of ‘simple'(r) foods (see note no. 1 for more on why) and came up with something yum, where the flavour of the vegies and sesame oil really comes through. The water chestnuts add a beautiful crunchiness too (thanks to Mum for serving these when I was a kid, […]

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Cheesy Chicken Casserole

Another result of fun-in-the-kitchen experimentation. An original recipe that worked out very well, if I do say so myself! Has a big tick from my Mum & Dad, who had it with me for lunch. Note: We managed to eat it all before I remembered to take a photo with the cheese on top >_< […]

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