Category: Recipes
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Recommended Iphone App – Time to Roast
When I first saw this app I thought ‘how ridiculous, who on earth would need that?’ but apparently I do. It’s brilliant. I’m forever googling cooking times for different cuts of meat then digging out a calculator to work out cooking times based on the weight. It’s dead simple, simply choose the type of meat…
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The Best Slow Cooker Recipe Books Ever!
I’m always waffling on about my slow cooker as I use it at least 3 times a week and couldn’t live without it as a working mum. People are often asking me for my recipes. I do have a selection of tried and tested Slow Cooker Recipes here on the blog but I can’t recommend…
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Slow Cooker Curry Laksa Soup
This recipe was originally sent to me from the lovely folks at Blue Dragon but I’ve modified it to use it with a slow cooker. It was incredibly easy and gorgeous. It’s definitely gone on the ‘have again’ list. Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 tbsp oil 4 tbsp Blue Dragon Laksa Paste 400 ml coconut milk 200 ml…
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Easy Red Thai Prawn Curry
I was sent this lovely gift basket from the people at Blue Dragon. It was full of wonderful things; apron, pen, chopsticks, Coconut Milk, Red Thai Curry Paste and a few recipe cards. Unfortunately, and this isn’t a complaint, but the ingredients didn’t match the recipe cards, so I had to ad-lib a bit and…
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I’m no Annabel Karmel
Hands up, how many of you own an Annabel Karmel cookbook? The days of Annabel Karmel are long gone in our house and I’ve been known to serve spaghetti out of a tin, beans on toast or worse, McDonald’s. However, we were recently sent Annabel’s Kitchen, My First Cookbook to have a look at. I…