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Continue reading →: Garlic mushroom frittata
Ingredients low-calorie cooking spray 250g/9oz chestnut mushrooms, sliced 1 small garlic clove, crushed 1 tbsp thinly sliced fresh chives 4 large free-range eggs, beaten freshly ground black pepper For the salad 1 Little Gem lettuce, leaves separated 100g/3½oz cherry tomatoes, halved 1/3 cucumber, cut into chunks Method Spray a small,…
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Continue reading →: Frosted with Revenge (Cookies & Chance Mystery #4) by Catherine Bruns
Sally Muccio’s walk down the aisle might be her last.The some-time amateur sleuth and full-time bakery owner is finally marrying the man of her dreams. But during a last minute taste testing of their wedding cake, Sally and her fiancé are witnesses—and almost victims!—of a random shooting. At least they…
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Continue reading →: A Spell of Trouble (Silver Hollow #1) by Leighann Dobbs
When town trouble maker, Louella Drummond, drops dead in front of Isolde Quinn's pet store just minutes after threatening both Issy and her cousin Graeme, the police in the small lakeside town of Silver Hollow assume it's from natural causes. … Until it's discovered that Louella was murdered. Not just…
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Continue reading →: Mocha and Murder (Killer Coffee #2) by Tonya Kappes
Roxy becomes entangled in another murder as she puts her sleuthing skills to work in order to prove that Louise Carlton didn't kill Fred Hill over a pet adoption gone wrong. After all, if Louise goes to jail, who is going to find all the animals at Pet Palace a…
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Continue reading →: Aunty Lee’s Delights (Singaporean Mystery #1) by Ovidia Yu
This delectable and witty mystery introduces Rosie "Aunty" Lee, feisty widow, amateur sleuth, and proprietor of Singapore's best-loved home-cooking restaurant After losing her husband, Rosie Lee could have become one of Singapore's "tai tai," an idle rich lady. Instead she is building a culinary empire from her restaurant, Aunty Lee's…
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Continue reading →: Eeep!
Okay not been posting, also not much has been happening crafting wise! The shrug is taking longer than I thought to knit This is it at 26" and I need to get to 38" in total (and I would really like to wear it this Summer … err always assuming…
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Continue reading →: Shakshuka
Ingredients 3 tbsp olive oil 2 large onions, thinly sliced 2 red peppers, cut into long slices 2 green peppers, cut into long slices 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped ½ tsp cumin seeds ½ tsp caraway seeds ½ tsp cayenne pepper 1 tbsp tomato or red pepper purée 2 x…
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Continue reading →: Leek & Chicken Casserole with Baked Dumplings
Ingredients 1 tablespoon rapeseed oil 125g smoked lardons (or smoked streaky bacon cut into small pieces) 4 shallots, peeled and diced 8 skinless, boneless chicken thighs 3 leeks, trimmed, washed and sliced (use the white and the green) 450ml chicken stock salt and pepper to taste chopped fresh parsley Dumplings…
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Continue reading →: Cancelled by Murder (Postmistress Mystery #2) by Jean Flowers
Cassie Miller returned to her sleepy hometown in the Berkshires to start over as the new postmistress. But she soon finds that dead letters are nothing compared to murder victims… With a massive storm about to hit North Ashcot, Massachusetts, threatening floods and widespread wind damage, Cassie is forced to…
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Continue reading →: Fear in the Sunlight (Josephine Tey #4) by Nicola Upson
Summer, 1936. The writer, Josephine Tey, joins her friends in the holiday village of Portmeirion to celebrate her fortieth birthday. Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville, are there to sign a deal to film Josephine's novel, A Shilling for Candles, and Hitchcock has one or two tricks up his…
