Pasta Bake
There is no shame in being a pasta fiend. Between my cake business and being a full time Mom, I barely have time to eat, so when I do, I just eat whatever is the quickest the most filling to…
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Chicken Sweetcorn Soup
A classic. Yet somehow, I have no idea how to make it the traditional way, and I never bothered to try to learn. So this is my version, one where I combine all of my favourite healing and healthy ingredients,…
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Pomegranate Molasses Chicken Skewers
In case I hadn’t been clear in my past posts, P2 is a super baby. At 4 months she was crawling. At 11 months she was walking and proficiently feeding herself. Her dream entertainment, is to draw and paint. She…
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Chicken Katsu Curry
Who doesn’t like fried chicken? During my university days, I went through a stage of deep frying everything: cheese, meats, chocolate bars, you name it. Somehow the smell of fried oil never used to bother me, until I had kids,…
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P2’s Baptism Cake
The Baptism Service was a nightmare. P2 sat for what must have been 3 minutes, after which she decided to walk around pulling on Alter clothes for the remaining 17 minutes, and finding new hiding spots behind empty pews. Yes,…
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Coq Au Vin
Aside from pasta and sauce from a jar, this was the first dish I ever cooked. In my early teens I had managed to let out a vortex of fire from the school gas oven, which got me banned from…
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Chops + Apples + Ginger + Cloves (12m+)
The only time I use whole cloves are when I am making mulled wine or Christmas Ham, there is always that one bite or sip where you forget to remove the clove, and your gums are numb for a good…
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Courgette + Oatmeal Nuggets (12m+)
My day has finally come – both kids are eating their greens! Peanut is chowing down on Chinese greens, while P2 is picking her peas and corn kernels one by one. It takes forever for her to finish her plate,…
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Bacon Wedges
Every now and then my husband and I go on a meat feast, and this feast must contain Sauce Béarnaise and crispy potatoes. I make these wedges when I can’t be bothered making Proper Roast Potatoes, when having to peel,…
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