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Just giving this post a bump as I just made it again for company. I served it with grilled bbq snapper and it turned out to be another hit. My sister liked it so much that we decided to make
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So years ago the Hubby and I used to frequent a tea house outside of town. An actual old farmhouse with wonderful creaky floors, converted into a tiny place to serve tea. It served the most amazing (and giant) sandwiches,
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During the day I usually ask the Hubby to pull something out of the freezer (he works from home so the fridge is nice and close) for that nights supper. Today’s meat choice was sausages. My favourite thing with sausages has
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So the weekend was spent volunteering for the Scotland pavilion at the local Fusion Festival. The Hubby’s bagpipe band (Cedar Hills Caledonia Bagpipe Band) not only participated in the parade and did a brief stint on stage, but helped manage
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Today was one of the very rare times that my Hubby has availed himself of my kitchen. He very rarely cooks and I don’t think I’ve ever seen him bake. The last recipe I remember him doing was a french
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I love capers and while perusing one of my favourite food sites Food52, I came across a lemon caper dressing. I knew I had to make it, not only because of caper love, but because it gave me an excuse
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Sometimes we fall off the low carb bus. Hard. And tonight was one of those nights. Some lamb with red wine and a big pot of risotto. Hubby quite liked the rice tonight and I heard quite a few mumbled,
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The spicy chickpea salad you can get at Indian buffets is one of my favourites (along with the spicy tomato onion one) and makes for a nice fresh tasting salad. It does have a kick, but combined with the tart
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I did up a tiki themed bbq today, with things like al pastor pulled pork and punch with rum, pineapple vodka, and mango juice. I wanted something to use up the last of the pineapple so did up a quick
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We went to my favourite specialty kitchen store yesterday and I was looking around the till area while the Hubby was paying. I saw a magazine by Donna Hay and picked it up. It was filled with lots of pretty
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