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Vegetarian Gallo Pinto: Traditional Costa Rican Red Rice and Beans
View recipe: Vegetarian Gallo Pinto: Traditional Costa Rican Red Rice and BeansGallo Pinto – rice and beans – is a one of the most well known dishes from Costa Rica. I’d never heard of it until a few months ago, when I was browsing through Jamie Oliver’s Super Food Everyday, where he showcased a 94-year-old Costa Rican man, who gave as one of the reasons for…
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Easy Canned Bean Dahl with White Beans | Madhur Jaffrey Recipe
View recipe: Easy Canned Bean Dahl with White Beans | Madhur Jaffrey RecipeLast weekend for my son’s twelfth birthday party, we hosted a ‘mega sleep out’ party for 10 boys in a tent in our backyard. After a quite a deal of research on whether Pizza Hut or Dominos were the best cheap option for ordering in pizza, I decided to hell with it and just make…
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Healthy Sweet Potato, Kale and Quinoa Fritters Recipe
View recipe: Healthy Sweet Potato, Kale and Quinoa Fritters RecipeI love fritters but they often feel like indulgent party food and not something I’d consider as a healthy everyday food. These sweet potato, kale and quinoa fritters are different though. Maybe it’s their superfood components or the ‘eat the rainbow’ orange and green kale combination but they just feel good for you and you…
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Whitewater Cooks Veggie Burger: A Crowd-Pleasing Recipe
View recipe: Whitewater Cooks Veggie Burger: A Crowd-Pleasing RecipeI like veggie burgers but have never got into the habit of making them at home because they’re a bit of a hassle to make and my occasional veggie burger out would always be enough to satisfy my burger cravings. The fact is, veggie burgers always taste better when you’re not the one cooking them.…
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Marcus Samuelsson’s Quick Cucumber Pickles Recipe
View recipe: Marcus Samuelsson’s Quick Cucumber Pickles RecipeThe heat is on and Sydney has just had its first heatwave of the summer. While we are still officially not even mid-way through spring, that becomes meaningless when you have a a heatwave of 35° plus temperatures and the worst October fire conditions ever. The idea of springtime and a slow build up to…
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Greek Briami Recipe: Delicious Vegan Casserole
View recipe: Greek Briami Recipe: Delicious Vegan CasseroleI made this briami last week while I was up the coast for a wet and wild week away. Despite the rain, we still managed to have a great holiday catching up with family and friends. We enjoyed a few sunny patches and our last full day was miraculously sunny (though too cold for swimming)…
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Ottolenghi’s Green Pancakes Recipe: Spinach and Herb Pancakes
View recipe: Ottolenghi’s Green Pancakes Recipe: Spinach and Herb PancakesI love pancakes for breakfast but they never really feel that good for you, these pancakes from Ottolenghi’s book Plenty solve that dilemma by packing them with spinach and herbs. I’ve simplified the original recipe somewhat and serve them with a dob butter and a squeeze of lemon juice whereas Ottolenghi serves them with lime…
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Baked omelette with zucchini, leeks, feta and herbs
View recipe: Baked omelette with zucchini, leeks, feta and herbsThe weather is getting warmer in Sydney and we’re heading into picnic season. Sydney enjoys summertime picnics like no other city I know. This may have something to do with the fact that there are a lot of waterside parks that make awesome picnic spots but, for what ever reason, the city’s attachment to the…
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Refreshing Cucumber, Mirin and Sesame Salad Recipe
View recipe: Refreshing Cucumber, Mirin and Sesame Salad RecipeI have Mike McEnearney’s book Kitchen By Mike on a long borrow from my sister while her house is being demolished and a new one built. Despite the fact there’s quite a lot of meat-based recipes, I’m getting quite a lot out of it because the salads are just so good, and salads are my…
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My name is Elizabeth Mars and I live in Sydney’s inner west with my partner and twenty- year-old son.
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