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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I made this salad for friends and family this week, and it went down quite well! My aunt even asked for the recipe. It’s a modification of this awesome quinoa salad recipe. Also, just so you know, quinoa has a weird pronunciation; ‘keen-wa’. More about this yummy seed at the quinoa wikipedia entry. You can […]
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I had a ball Friday night making this soup from scratch. I basically just added and added and came up with something awesome… I think so anyway! Heh. Ingredients (makes about 3-4 litres of soup, can be re-heated) 2 x 400g cans of roma diced tomatoes 1 x 400g can of red kidney beans 1 […]
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A favourite salad recipe of mine, Shredded Asian Salad, found on kraft.com.au. It sounds a little out there ingredient-wise but it’s truly yum! Some alternatives… Coleslaw mix (e.g., from Coles) instead of the carrot, cucumber, cabbage and spring onions. Sweet chilli sauce instead of chilli sauce for the less spice-tolerant :-) It has been enjoyed […]
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