Tag: quick and easy
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Lentils with Crispy Fried Onions and Sautéed Greens
I love this simple, humble lentil dish. You can take your fancy French de puy or black beluga lentils this needs only needs plain brown lentils, which I have a newfound appreciation for, in the way they disintegrate every so slightly to make a tasty gravy for this stew. This dish can be served with…
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Tasty Instant Ramen Fried Rice Recipe for Teenagers
My teenage son is addicted to instant ramen noodles. His cousin got him hooked on them a few years back and he’s been making them as snacks and quick meals since then. When he has friends over he often makes them as a midnight snack as they watch movies or play computer games into the…
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Broad Bean and Chickpea Fritters with Fragrant Green Tahini
It’s broad bean season and I never feel I do fresh broad beans justice but I’m trying to change that this year. If you get over the hassle of the double peeling they are a fantastic celebration of spring. This broad bean and chickpea fritters are similar to falafel but they don’t require all the…
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Easy Onion Pilaf Recipe for Cuban, Indian, Mexican, and Middle-Eastern Cuisine
This is my son’s favorite rice and the rice I always serve with black beans, it goes perfectly with Cuban black beans but it mixes and matches with Indian, Mexican, Middle-Eastern – take your choice. It also makes an excellent emergency store cupboard meal, when you have no idea what to cook – add…
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Madhur Jaffrey’s Zucchini Raita – Eastern Vegetarian Cooking
This raita is from one of my ancient, falling apart cookbooks, Madhur Jaffrey’s Eastern Vegetarian Cooking, where it goes by the name courgettes in yoghurt. In our house it’s called zucchini raita. Jaffrey claims she eats it by the spoonful by itself and this I can believe. It’s a mellow, mildly spiced raita that’s extremely…
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Nostalgic Comfort: Braised Cantonese Style Tofu Recipe
When I was a kid Chinese food was the one exotic eating option in rural Australia. For my eighth birthday dinner, I chose the standard family celebration dinner, roast chicken with pavlova for dessert. My best friend came for dinner and brought an exotic offering, a container of fried rice, from the Chinese restaurant that…
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Spicy Korean Tofu: A Simple Recipe with Gochugaru
I recently discovered a Korean tofu factory that sells fresh tofu from the factory door. It’s a little hole in the wall place next to the Korean corp of the Salvation Army in Belmore. They do a roaring trade selling basic white tofu, silken dessert tofu with ginger sauce and fried tofu pockets in various…
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The Easiest Apple Cake Recipe You’ll Love
I’m not a huge apple cake fan, I find the whole idea of apple cake a little humdrum. When someone tells me they’ve made an apple cake my heart doesn’t automatically leap, I mean there’s a limit to how amazing an apple cake can be… right? That was what I thought until I tried this…
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Homemade White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie Dough Recipe
Yesterday, we got a new fridge. Yay! There’s nothing like a brand spanking new refrigerator to lift your mood. Our old fridge was over 16 years old and was mouldy and skanky beyond belief. In my forced fridge clean out, I came across a bag of white chocolate pastels that had been languishing in the…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 