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    Pumpkin & Harissa vegetarian sausage rolls

    Being vegetarian for the last 20 years I've been through many a Christmas feast feeling a little disappointed in the vegetarian offerings. A couple of years ago, when we had family over for Christmas lunch, I even forgot to make myself something as I was so focused on making a delicious turkey fille[...]
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    White Bean Dip with Sea Salt Pita Chips

    Christmas is a time of get togethers. Of people dropping over to catch up and of catching up over drinks. It's times like these you want something delicious to nibble on, but don't want to go to a whole lot of effort either, but by the same token don't want to settle for store bought either. Thi[...]
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    Mushroom Dumplings with Ginger and Shiitake Broth

    Each month Simone at Jungle Frog Cooking hosts a Donna Hay photography and styling challenge. The goal of the challenge is to try to reproduce an image from Donna Hay magazine and to learn and have some fun along the way. I've always loved seeing everyone's submissions and this month the challenge [...]
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    Curried Cauliflower Soup

    Lately I've been receiving a lot of cauliflower in our farmers boxes. Cauliflower is one of those vegetables that doesn't overly excite me, so it ends up sitting in the fridge and looking at me forlornly while I ignore it in place of vegetables that I prefer. I don't like wasting food, so a couple o[...]
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    Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup with Hazelnut Dukkah

    Winter and I have a love hate relationship. I love winter because, from a cooking point of view, it means comforting foods such as soups, stews and hot puddings are on the menu. Is there anything better than sipping a steaming hot soup on a cold winters day? Ok, maybe eating a piping hot pudding wit[...]
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    Mushroom Lentil Rolls

    My best friend is coming to visit this weekend and I cannot tell you how excited I am! It came as a complete surprise when she contacted me via text message yesterday to say she is in the country and wanted to fly up to Brisbane so we could have some time together.