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Day 11 – Savoury Bread Pudding
There are two types of bread in this world. There is the sort that gets stale. And then there’s the sort that goes mouldy. You can do a lot of things with stale bread. In fact it’s something to be...
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Sweet Treats – Vegan Chocolate Cake
Without stating the obvious, there are all sorts of reasons why you should have this recipe handy. It’s a beautiful soft cake with a tender crumb, with a result not unlike my Legless Chocolate Cake....
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Day 12 – How to Make Ricotta
Ricotta is a staple in my house. I use it mixed with crushed fruit or topped with jam over toast or muesli. I mix it with spinach and fetta for pies, make a quick 15 minute start-to-finish gnocchi or...
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Desserts – Quick Steamed Golden Syrup Pudding
Hungry days are the most nostalgic. Perhaps my stomach connects to my heart via memory, but it always seems to be the food of memory that tastes the best. Strawberries don’t taste as sweet as those I...
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Day 13 – Spinach and Fetta Rolls
Blame my son. He turned up in Melbourne recently with his girlfriend and after introductions were made – and a soothing cup of tea to ease my acute nerves – he gently told me both of them were...
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Day 14 – Cabbage and Bacon Soup
It began with the best of plans: To cook some corned beef and ease my cravings for this most familiar of comfort foods. Inevitably, I had leftovers. The first day I made a wonderful Corned Beef Hash,...
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Desserts – Peanut Butter Pie
After the last four years of a gypsy lifestyle, you would think I would know a thing or two about travelling light. And while it’s true I can now pack a suitcase sparingly, there are some things I just...
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Off My Trolley
Any visitor to Melbourne quickly realises that it is a town of bikes and shopping trolleys. Little Nana trolleys in every colour. The sturdier wire two-tiered ones which are wheeled around Queen Vic...
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Day 1 – Turkish White Bean and Beef Stew (Kuru Fasulye)
As I explained a while ago, I recently had the very pleasant task of using up corned beef in a week of enjoyable leftover meals. It was glorious. While I’ve had this recipe for a while, it called for...
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For some time, hidden carefully away from my readers and my family, my health has taken a bit of a knock. Things have come to a head, with first my doctor then some specialists giving me a stern...
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