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Addictive South Carolina Benne Wafers Recipe
View recipe: Addictive South Carolina Benne Wafers RecipeWhen I was a teenager, I was slightly obsessed with the tiny rectangular sesame snaps you could buy from health food shops. I haven’t seen them around for years but I was quite excited when I discovered these sesame seed wafers from South Carolina, which seem to be a slightly less sugary, homemade version of…
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Herb Crusted Tofu Sandwich Recipe – Delicious Vegetarian Schnitzel
View recipe: Herb Crusted Tofu Sandwich Recipe – Delicious Vegetarian SchnitzelI was a bit dubious when I first made these herb crusted tofu triangles; I didn’t think they would work with the tofu flavoured only by the herb crust. It sounded a bit ‘Blandsville’, but somehow, it does work and the herby, cheesy crust makes a wonderful, textural contrast with the tofu. Plus they make…
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Vegetarian Indian Spiced Pasties | Jamie Oliver’s Inspired Recipe
View recipe: Vegetarian Indian Spiced Pasties | Jamie Oliver’s Inspired RecipeA 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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Easy Vegetarian Singapore Noodles Recipe
View recipe: Easy Vegetarian Singapore Noodles RecipeMy son could eat pasta four or five times a week but I have a limited tolerance for pasta as a main food group. There are times in the summer where it makes a perfect dinner with a big salad but, most times, I find pasta as a meal, incomplete and unsatisfying. However, Asian-style noodles…
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Udon Miso Soup with Pumpkin and Mushrooms
View recipe: Udon Miso Soup with Pumpkin and MushroomsWho doesn’t like a good noodle soup? There is something so completely satisfying about this meal in a bowl. You don’t have to muck around with bread or anything else – you get your carbohydrates veggies and a bit of protein, all in one bowl. This udon soup is a proper meal with everything you…
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Vegetarian Greek Baked Beans Recipe
View recipe: Vegetarian Greek Baked Beans RecipeIt is August and Sydney’s short winter is almost over and, because we’ve had a particularly mild winter this year, I feel like I haven’t really got into my stride with winter food. With the thought of no more cauliflower and winter greens, I felt a slight sense of panic from the rapidly approaching heat…
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Wholesome Thai-Style Pumpkin and Tempeh Curry Recipe
View recipe: Wholesome Thai-Style Pumpkin and Tempeh Curry RecipeIku is a wholefoods cafe in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Glebe, started by the British-born macrobiotic chef, Holly Davis, in 1985. Over the years, Iku has expanded into other suburbs but going into the original Glebe cafe with its simple wooden stools and eating benches is like stepping back in time to the macrobiotic…
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Delicious Quick Refried Beans with Store Cupboard Ingredients
View recipe: Delicious Quick Refried Beans with Store Cupboard IngredientsThe best refried beans are those made with beans you have soaked overnight and simmered until they are meltingly soft, and then fried with with onion spices and lots of olive oil. Like these refried black beans. In an ideal world, we would always soak and cook our beans but we live in an imperfect…
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Homemade Oat Bread with Maple Syrup Recipe
View recipe: Homemade Oat Bread with Maple Syrup RecipeWhen I was a road trip rural NSW a couple of weeks ago I got a bit over having bread and potatoes as my main carbohydrates but I did have one culinary revelation in my home town. One of the local cafes The Cuisine Cafe makes a house made bread that it serves with all…
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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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