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Stuffed Mushrooms

I’ve been experimenting a lot with my cooking and making up recipes of my own accord lately; this is a result of one such experiment. I made these for my Grandma’s birthday :-) We lunched on them together and she gave them a thumbs up. Ingredients (Serves 4) 4 large flat portobello mushrooms 1 250g […]

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Choc-banana cake served with caramel topping

A while back, I made a mandarin, hazelnut, almond and coconut cake. After positive feedback (even from my bro who is notoriously picky!) I’ve made another variation using the same basic recipe with some changes. Basically, I’ve used chocolate and banana instead of the almond and mandarin. I’ve also used LSA meal (Linseed, Sunflower Seed […]

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Nut & Chickpea Dip with Garlic

Over the silly season, I went a bit bonkers and bought a whole lot of cookbooks (I already have heaps but… christmas!… :-P). This self-made recipe was enjoyed by & passed on to my mum-in-law, and draws on two recipes for inspiration (see notes below recipe). Ingredients (Makes 12 serves of dip, can be frozen […]

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Easy Sausage Casserole

Last night, I’d defrosted some chicken sausages and was feeling lazy. I decided to try and find a recipe that called for the sausages to be cooked in the oven alone, a recipe only needing a casserole dish to complete. I found an Oven roasted sausage and sweet potato recipe and, inspired by this, made […]

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Pesto Pasta with Shitake Mushrooms

I finally managed to find some nice fresh shitake mushrooms today. I LOVE them, they have a different texture to button mushrooms and go very well in pasta dishes in my experience. I decided to whip up a light pesto pasta with them tonight, recipe follows! It’s based on this pesto pasta recipe. The hubby […]

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