Tag: Vegetarian
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Delicious Tofu Salad Sandwich Spread with Pickled Celery Recipe
On Sunday, we planned to go for a bush walk with some friends in the Royal National Park. On Saturday afternoon, I went to the shops and bought some supplies for sandwiches and snacks, and, as I was walking back home with loaded bags, I had a big re-think about the whole bush walk idea.…
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Middle-Eastern Vegetarian Eggplant ‘Cordon Bleu’ Recipe with Haloumi and Mint
Years ago, whenever I had a dinner party, one of my standards was (depending on the season) crumbed eggplant slices or cauliflower florets, fried in olive oil and served with a garlic yoghurt sauce. They were always a hit because, seriously, who can resist anything that is both crumbed and fried. When you add some…
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Mark Bittman’s Congee-Inspired Savoury Porridge Recipe
Although I love breakfast food, the breakfast food I love most is that special-occasion-Sunday-brunch kind of food that you just can’t eat on a regular weekday because it’s either too rich or too time consuming to make. As a general rule, I tend to be a savoury unami person and so, a lot of the…
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Spicy Citrusy Black Beans Recipe for Vegetarian Family Meals
It’s autumn in Sydney and while it’s still hot during the day, there’s a refreshing chill in the air in the mornings and evenings, and the intense humidity and monsoonal rains of March have eased off. I was going to post these black beans last week but when I checked my pantry, I discovered to…
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Delicious and Quick Smashed Chickpea Salad Sandwich
I love sandwiches. When I was a kid, my family ate a lot of everyday sandwiches but there were also the sandwiches that my mum made for special occasions: platters of delicate sandwich quarters with their crusts removed and filled with ham and mustard, curried egg, chicken, salmon and, one of my favourites – grated…
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Savory Moroccan Eggplant and Tomato Salad Recipe
I love this time of year when you get the occasional day with a hint of autumn but you have the best of the summer bounty to cook and eat. Eggplant and tomatoes always have a taste of summer to me and, combined as one dish, they make an unbeatable combination. This particular eggplant salad…
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Delicious Moroccan Chickpea and Pumpkin Stew with Cous Cous Recipe
In the 1990s, Australians first discovered Moroccan food and it became one of the defining foods fads of the decade. Many of my friends purchased couscousieres, which eventually became like the fondue sets of the 1970s – relegated to the backs of cupboards or sold off in garage sales. Moroccan food has come back into its…
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Refreshing Recipes for Extreme Heat: Labneh Dip and Watermelon Salad
I realise talking about the heat wave is so ‘four days ago’ but when the heat was on, all anybody could talk about was the weather, how hot it was, how hot it was going to get and, most importantly, what the overnight low was going to be. When the heat is unrelenting even during…
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Vegetarian banh mi with marinated sesame tofu
It’s been like running a marathon this Christmas and New Year – cooking, eating, cooking and eating again. Then, with the spike in heat and humidity in Sydney lately, it’s hard to get the enthusiasm to cook or eat anything. With the weather like this, you really appreciate the genius of Vietnamese food, which is…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 