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Continue reading →: Without a Brew by Ellie Alexander
It's winter in the Bavarian village of Leavenworth, Washington, which for local brewmaster Sloan Krause means lots of layers, pine and citrus-flavored craft beers, and getting the new guest rooms at Nitro into pristine condition before visitors flood in for IceFest–a local tradition filled with fireworks, ice carving, and winter…
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Continue reading →: Murder at the Taffy Shop by Maddie Day
Cape Cod bicycle shop owner Mackenzie “Mac” Almeida and her mystery book club find a certain accusation of murder quite the stretch . . . When your mother is an astrologist and your dad is a minister, you learn to keep an open mind. Which is just what Mac loves…
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Continue reading →: The Case of the Hurricane Hounds by B.R. Snow
Suzy, along with Josie and Chef Claire, has finally succumbed to her mother’s pressure and are in the Cayman Islands for some relaxation and time in the sun. But on their first night there, a major storm blows through, and Suzy and Josie head outside to rescue a stray Bloodhound…
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Continue reading →: Death in Bloom: A Flower House Mystery by Jess Dylan
Sierra Ravenswood is the new part-time employee of the Flower House, a flower shop in Aerieville, Tennessee. It's true she didn't expect to be back in her hometown at twenty-eight-years-old, but after her dream of making it as a singer in Nashville crashed and burned, she's just grateful to have…
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Continue reading →: Still Life by Louise Penny
The discovery of a dead body in the woods on Thanksgiving Weekend brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his colleagues from the Surete du Quebec to a small village in the Eastern Townships. Gamache cannot understand why anyone would want to deliberately kill well-loved artist Jane Neal, especially any of…
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Continue reading →: Five-spice cucumber and chicken stir-fry
Ingredients 1 heaped tsp Chinese five-spice powder* 3 tbsp chicken stock 2 large garlic cloves, crushed 5cm piece fresh root ginger, peeled and finely grated Juice of 2 limes 4 skinless and boneless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips Low-calorie cooking spray 4 peppers (2 red and 2 yellow),…
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Continue reading →: Kale and mushroom pie
Ingredients 1 leek, finely chopped 1 large carrot, diced 400g chestnut, button or portobello mushrooms, sliced 400g can chopped tomatoes 1 vegetable stock pot 150g kale, shredded 800g potatoes, cut into chunks 1 egg, beaten Method Preheat your oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6. Put the leek, carrot, mushrooms,…
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Continue reading →: Welsh Onion Cake
Ingredients 225g green cabbage, finely shredded Low calorie cooking spray 500g onions, thinly sliced Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 sprigs of rosemary 900g Maris Piper potatoes, thinly sliced Steamed green beans, to serve Method Preheat your oven to 190°C/170°C Fan/Gas 5. Blanch the shredded cabbage in…
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Continue reading →: Spicy Swede Soup with Ginger
Ingredients 1 brown onion chopped 1 garlic clove peeled 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil 2 stalks celery 3 medium-size white potatoes 3 large carrots 1 large swede 1 1-inch piece fresh ginger 2 vegetable stock cubes bouillon cubes 600-800 ml water salt and pepper to taste To serve…
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Continue reading →: 2023 will be my year
Or at least I hope so! I am doing Slimming World, and following the 1940s experiment I weighed in yesterday at sobs 22 st 10 lbs (318 lbs or 144 kg), like Carolyn I would like to lose 100 pounds this year (that would be the ideal), but frankly if…
