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PASTA WITH WALNUTS, GARLIC, BREADCRUMBS AND SOFT BOILED EGGS

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WALNUT-BREADCRUMB PASTA WITH A SOFT EGG The perfectly cooked soft egg  coats the pasta and adds rich flavour to this rustic dish.  You can whip this wonderfully  different pasta dish up in maybe twenty minutes.  Best part you probably have … Continue reading →

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SCRUMPTIOUS FRUIT SCONES

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Making scones is so easy and the results are so spectacular.  Over the years I have tried many recipes but this is the all time best.   From start to finish you can have scones on the breakfast table in just … Continue reading →

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HOW TO MAKE AUTHENTIC SOUTH AFRICAN SAUSAGE (Boerewors)

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    Follow  your sausage machines directions carefully.  Tie the sausages together in links as it comes out the machine.  Work bubbles out as you do this.  Now all you have to do is fire up the BBQ.  Be sure … Continue reading →

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MARVELOUS MOLASSES CRINKLES

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    When you bake these old-fashioned cookies you fill your kitchen with the heady aroma of ginger, cinnamon and cloves.   The flavours are wonderfully addictive and it is difficult to stop at just one cookie.  These are inexpensive … Continue reading →

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ROAST DUCK WITH A PERFECT ORANGE SAUCE

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  Roast duck is a delicious alternative to the Christmas turkey.    Roast duck is perfect for the small Christmas dinner party.   Serve it with this sophisticated  orange sauce that will have you swooning with delight.  The bonus is the lovely … Continue reading →

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WICKEDLY WONDERFUL WHITE BREAD

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  We’ve been so busy baking or buying artisan breads, healthy breads, 48 grain breads and so on,  we have forgotten wonderful white bread.  Not the pallid, gummy tasteless white bread sold in plastic bags.   But white bread, as it … Continue reading →

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POPCORN BRITTLE

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  This is a brilliant take on an old fashioned favorite – peanut brittle.    When I was small my Dad would make peanut brittle as a winter treat.   Because of the intense heat the wood stove had to generate … Continue reading →

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GOOD MORNING CHUNKY BANANA CRANBERRY BRAN MUFFINS

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Years ago I found the perfect muffin recipe printed in our local newspaper.  Several moves and the recipe disappeared.  I tried other recipes but it wasn’t the perfect muffin recipe I knew and loved. Then I discovered my favorite cookbook … Continue reading →

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CLASSIC APPLE PIE

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Here is the apple pie of your dreams.  Tender flaky pastry, a filling of various types of apples liberally flavoured with cinnamon and nutmeg.  Serve it warm from the oven with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream.  It’s an … Continue reading →

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BEET SALAD … WITH GREEK YOGURT

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    My beautiful vegetable garden rewards me everyday with gorgeous fresh vegetables.  This morning the vibrant rows of beets beckoned me.  I searched among the rows for the beets that were growing a little too big for their own … Continue reading →

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