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Continue reading →: Fiery Chilli Welsh Red Dragon Pie
Ingredients 200g aduki beans, soaked overnight 2 – 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 medium leeks, sliced and washed well of grit 2 – 3 garlic cloves, crushed 250g carrots, peeled and diced 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1-11/2 teaspoon red chilli flakes 1 tablespoon of fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried…
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Continue reading →: Lemony chicken stew with giant couscous
Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, chopped 500g skinless boneless chicken thighs, each cut into 2-3 chunks 3 tbsp tagine paste or 2 tbsp ras el hanout 2 x 400g cans tomato with chopped mixed olives small handful fresh oregano, leaves picked and chopped 2 preserved lemons, flesh removed,…
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Continue reading →: Really not happy with Amazon
I pre-ordered a book You purchased this item on 5 Mar 2015. View this order and I was expecting this item within 2 or 3 days of the publishing date I was NOT expecting to go into my orders and find the message Usually dispatched within 11 to…
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Continue reading →: One-pot chicken & bacon stew
Ingredients 3 tbsp olive oil 16 chicken pieces on the bone (about 3kg/6lb 8oz in total) 140g smoked bacon, chopped or lardons or cubetti di pancetta 4 medium carrots, thickly sliced 2 onions, roughly chopped 2 tbsp plain flour 1 tbsp tomato purée 75ml white wine or cider vinegar 1l…
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Continue reading →: Crawling out of a pit
One side effect of my pain is that it leads to depression, and when depressed the house (and in particular the lounge and my desk) got to pot, so I thought I would start with the centre of my life (other than Dr Wytch and the Furry Wytchies) which is…
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Continue reading →: Chicken curry recipe
Ingredients 1 kg (2.2lbs) chicken breast (boneless) For the curry sauce 500 g (17.6oz) onions 100 ml (3.5fl oz) oil 1 tbsp ginger paste 1 tbsp garlic paste 1 tbsp tomato paste/puree 100 g (3.5oz) tomatoes 1 tbsp garam masala 0.5 tsp chilli powder 0.5 tsp turmeric 3 cardamom seeds…
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Continue reading →: Double chocolate shortbreads
Ingredients 175g butter, softened 85g golden caster sugar 200g plain flour 2 tbsp cocoa powder 100g chocolate chips, milk or dark Method Mix the butter and sugar together with a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour and cocoa, followed by the chocolate chips – you’ll probably need to mix it…
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Continue reading →: Stitching Exchange
I was lucky enough to get involved with this last year and whilst my partner was happy to get stitching supplies, SHE was very happy to stitch something up out of my stash! and bless her as well as this she threw a surprise stitch in as well So I…
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Continue reading →: Easy Mead
How to make an easy mead. Add approx 3lb of honey (three medium-sized jars) to a litre of water and warm carefully on your stove until dissolved. Its important not to over do it on the heating, as hot honey burns like napalm. When your mixture has cooled sufficiently, pour into…
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Continue reading →: Swedish Meatballs
1 tablespoon olive oil1 onion, finely chopped1 garlic clove, finely chopped300 g lean beef mince300 g lean pork mince1 tablespoon anchovy paste100 g breadcrumbs15 mL milkhalf teaspoon allspicequarter of teaspoon nutmeg1 teaspoon flaked sea saltfreshly ground black peppera few sprigs of dill, to serve Gravy 100 mL white wine500 mL…
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