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I had lots of spinach left over from another dish, soI blanched it, dried it, combined with pasta dough to make spinach pasta. Served with EVOO, pepper and grated pecorino.Apart from the spinach leaves making a mess of the pasta machine, it was a good dish.

Beetroot, Salad

Crunchy Beetroot Salad

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from The Cook’s Companion, 2nd Revised Edition: The Complete Book of Ingredients and Recipes for the Australian Kitchen by Stephanie Alexander I had to do something with the betroots harvested for their stems and leaves for Roberta’s Beetroot Leaf Boorani (see post) I entered that plus carrots and walnuts which I…

INDIA, Lime, Pickles

Lime Pickle

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Indian Home Cooking: Quick, Easy and Delicious Recipes to Make at Home by Jan Purser and Ajoy Joshi (page 106) This is delicious. (Perhaps not so “quick” as it is a 3 week process!) I ended up recutting the limes into smaller segments as the majority were home grown limes with…

Desserts

French Style Cheesecake

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Straight from the box, although defrosted first. So good, that Mrs B asked for seconds.

FRENCH, Haricot beans

Cassoulet

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Something completely simple. Cassoulet. Reheat from the jar. Some of the best Haricot beans you can find. Highley recommended. https://ancoeur.com.au/famille-patacq/

Fava / Broad beans, Pies, Potatoes, PUGLIA

Purea di fave

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Broad bean purée from Culinaria Italy: Pasta, Pesto, Passion by Claudia Piras Simple and delicious. Just potatoes, broad beans, salt and EVOO. I departed from the method. My method : I used organic dutch cream potatoes, which I scrubbed, scored around the circumference, placed in cold salted water and brought to the boil…

*Favourites, Cucumber, Pickles

*Quick Cucumber Dill Pickles

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Very quick. About 5 minutes from start to finish, but you do need a vacuum chamber. https://anovaculinary.com/pages/chamber-vacuum-sealer-recipes Ingredients: warm water, white wine vinegar, sugar, salt, English cucumbers, dill fronds, garlic, black peppercorns, star anise, and cloves. Sept 2025: new batch

Chickpeas, MIDDLE EAST

Quick and easy hummus

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from Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors from My Israeli Kitchen by Adeena Sussman (page 118) So simple and quick. Just put all ingredients in the blender and blend Ingredients: canned chickpeas with some of the liquid; tahini; lemons, garlic, salt

Chickpeas, Couscous, Peas, Sweet Potato

Chickpea-stuff sweet potato with pea couscous

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Chickpea-stuff sweet potato with pea couscous

This came out of Woolworths Fresh Magazine: https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/ideas/fresh-ideas-magazine/fresh-ideas-magazine-issues#view=catalogue2&saleId=49604&page=1 Woolworths had run out of peas!, so I substituted sugar snap peas. It was a good dish, but the flavours were on the simple side for me.

Beetroot, INDIA, Salad

Beetroot raita

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Sweet and sour beetroot salad from The Indian Spice Kitchen: Essential Ingredients and Over 200 Authentic Recipes by Monisha Bharadwaj Whipped yoghurt, finely sliced cooked beetroot, salt and sugar topped with coriander and mint (Following the recipe resulted in it being a little too salty for us, but easily fixed next…