Fill up on Resistant Starch without really trying
Resistant Starch helps weight loss and bowel health, what's not to like about that?...
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01
May
Very Easy Cheesecake Recipe
Really, there is no equilibrium in the equation Effort in - Kudos out. It is fantastically easy and will make you disproportionately popular. But that is not necessarily a bad thing if you do not use your power for evil. I made this pineapple cheesecake with...
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03
September
Penne, Greens and Beans Recipe
High in Resistant Starch, quick and easy and even better cold the next day for lunch. A flavourful, simple sauce can be quickly made to coat all ingredients, just remember to add some contrasting textures. 2 servings: one for dinner and one for lunch, cold, tomorrow which...
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02
September
Spanakopita – Greens, Cheese, Pastry’n’Lard. And the shame.
I went to Melbourne, recently. One of the best eating experiences was wolfing down a hot, crisp, wet and salty slice of spanakopita in the drizzle at a bus stop outside St Paul's cathedral. It was messy, satisfying, quick with no napery, cutlery or manners...
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24
July
Broccoli Rabe and Steak
Although we are 48 hours away from our winter solstice it's 23 degrees and bright sunshine this Sunday.I don't actually have my Australian Passport yet so I'd better make safe and spark up the barbie:- I can do without a visit from the Immigration Department...
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22
June
Cold. Sticky Toffee Date Cake Cold
Time to cook this again tonight for friends. It's winter here. It's chilly. Perfect for this: I'm afraid we were on to the second bottle of shiraz voigner when I took the pictures so they are slightly squiffy. Those aren't my hands Yes, I know there are...
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01
June
So this is what they get up to on Saturday Lunch-times
Saturdays from 8 -12 I have the house to myself. I potter, do the drudgery, catalogue my beer-mat collection - all the usual solitary stuff. However, this Saturday Mr Wong and my sons invited me to see inside their world. They go to Kung Fu...
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12
November
Trifle – it’s the most honest of puddings
"Because it lets you know how you're going to look after eating it," Wobbly, expansive, slothful and self satisfied. So said our lunch guest Mr Ben Frichot as he contemplated the perfect English Trifle I set on the perfect English Sunday Lunch Table (even though it was...
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21
July
Mint-Chocolate Mousse or Mum – did you get this from the Shop!? (compliment of the highest order)
I have two sons. One will wolf down confit du canard, foie gras or tripe while the other turns his nose up at a croque monsieur at the same Parisian Bistro because it is "the wrong kind of cheese." One will ask for Venison Pie for...
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26
October