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Sweet couscous with blackberries

15 February 2012 Breakfast/Brunch
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Couscous is something many people associate with being a savoury accompaniment to a meal or maybe a simple salad filled with delicious ingredients. The couscous I’ve made here is a sweet dish that’s a great alternative to a breakfast cereal. I guess it could almost be like a Moroccan version of Bircher muesli except they would [...]

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Pink pomelo salad with crab, avocado, dragon fruit + finger lime

8 February 2012 Mod Oz
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It’s funny how just seeing a particular ingredient in a grocery store can inspire and lead to creating something tasty. I recently stepped into the fruit and veg shop up the road and spotted a pile of plump pink pomelo’s sitting near a few pomegranates. Within seconds my mind began throwing a few flavour combinations [...]

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Pork tamales with prickly pear + tequila salsa

1 February 2012 Mexican
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The idea of food wrapped in parcels is just too hard to resist. Seafood cocooned in banana leaves, cabbage rolls, dolmades and anything that is steamed, baked, fried or boiled is always a joy when it involves peeling back the layers to reveal a tasty core of ingredients. This traditional Mexican dish is made up of cooked meat [...]

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Spiced quail breasts with bhindi gobi masala + zhoug

26 January 2012 Indian
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So here’s where it all began. I was walking through the supermarket and spotted some cauliflower and thought I’d whip up a tasty treat for myself while the other half was mingling with the celebs in LA for the Gday USA launch. Nice for some. After grabbing the cauliflower I came across a tray of quail [...]

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Bhindi masala {spiced okra}

25 January 2012 Indian
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So we’ve gone from Indian to Middle Eastern for my “dinner for one” and now it’s back to India with this simple dish I reckon most people would like. If I can make assumptions, that is. Every time I duck over to the Fiji Market to top up the spices in my pantry I spot [...]

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Zhoug

24 January 2012 Middle Eastern
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Here’s something I’ve had in my repertoire for many years now and on the occasion pull it out and give it another burl. Zhoug is a sauce you’ll find at street stalls in the Middle East, the stalls that sell kebabs and felafels. My original recipe calls for the rind of preserved lemon but seeing [...]

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Gobi masala {spiced cauliflower}

23 January 2012 Indian
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When my partner recently ducked over to LA for a few days for work I thought, you beauty, I can buy a cauliflower and whip it up for dinner. Yes it’s the small things that get me excited, people. Things like cauliflower, cadbury creme eggs and the crust on sourdough bread. Maybe even a bottle [...]

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Shoofly pie with pecans + white cherries

18 January 2012 American
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It’s pretty ironic that a fly should land on my arm whilst rolling out the pastry for this pie, quickly buzzing away when I said words a little more harsh than shoo.  I mean, really, who says shoo in this day and age other than your nanna or some stressed-out Amish woman freaking out because flies keep landing on [...]

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