Category: Appetisers, Snacks, Dips and Spreads
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Addictive Dr Karg-style Swedish Seed Crackers
A few years ago, a friend introduced me to Dr Karg’s crispbread and I was totally hooked until I realised how expensive they were and I became less enamored. At nearly eight dollars a 200 gram packet, they felt like more of a luxurious treat than something you would eat every day. I searched on…
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Paula Wolfert’s Creamy Vegan Hummus
I’ve made a lot of hummus over the years. When I’m in a rush, I use canned chickpeas, throw them in the processor and in five minutes, I have a pretty decent hummus that is miles ahead of any of the tubs of supermarket hummus you can buy. But, if you want to make a…
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Slow roasted cherry tomato sauce
It’s been incredibly hot and humid in Sydney all through January, but then we had a cool, rainy spell and on Saturday, it was one of those impeccably beautiful late summer days that serve to remind you that despite all the whinging and moaning about the heat and humidity, there are days like this when…
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Turkish-Style Carrot Labneh Recipe for Summer Delights
Back from our holiday in Perth and I’m thankful that we missed, by one day, their hottest day on record. Sydney has also missed the intense heatwaves of the southern states, but it’s summer and in this new extra warm world our time, for the great big heat, will come. Even without heatwave temperatures Sydney…
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Jim Lahey’s No-Knead Easy Pizza Dough Recipe
For years, my ‘go to’ pizza dough recipes has been Jamie Oliver’s pizza dough recipe. This fail-proof recipe has given me a reputation amongst my son’s friends that these are pizzas that are to die for. The actual verbatim comment was “pizzas worth killing for”. The only problem with this pizza dough is that it…
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Eggless Indian Savory Shortbread Recipe: Khara Biscuits for Tea Time
I love dunking biscuits in tea but I get a bit sick of sweet biscuits, so these Indian khara biscuits are perfect for a savoury dunking experience. Indian vegetarians don’t eat eggs – their baked goods tend to be ‘eggless’ but not vegan, as dairy is used. Some Indian cooks use vegetable shortening in these…
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Delicious Vegetarian Party Sausage Rolls Recipe
These are absolutely fantastic party fare, and always a big hit with both vegetarians and meat eaters (sorry vegans, but these do include dairy and eggs). Vegetarians particularly rejoice when you serve these up at your parties, especially those who grew up with party pies and sausage rolls as the ultimate party food. These sausage…
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Fire Roasted Tomato and Mint Salsa Recipe
We’ve just got back from a week-long beach holiday and one of the great things about Forster, the town we were holidaying in, was it had a great fruit and vegetable shop – The Farmer’s Patch, which sources most of its fruit and vegetables locally. You can always spot the urbanised city foodies because we…
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Vegetarian Indian Spiced Pasties | Jamie Oliver’s Inspired Recipe
A couple of months ago when I was on my road trip through rural NSW, I had a vegetarian Cornish pastie from a bakery cafe and it was one of the worst things I’ve eaten for a long time – dense with potatoes, bland and stodgy. To add insult to injury, my brother said the…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 