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Chicken and spinach lasagne roll ups

Higher food and grocery costs are affecting our weekly budget. I found this recipe and I did get a few meals from one barbecue chook!

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Souvlaki Cups

An easy mid week dinner. 600g lamb mince 1 cup of fresh breadcrumbs  1 garlic clove, crushed 1 egg lightly beaten  2 tablespoons oregano 100g feta cheese crumbled. Mix all ingredients together well Roll into small balls  Add small amount of oil to a frypan and heat. Add meatballs, browning

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Cous cous that isn’t

I admit to really enjoying a salad that has fresh or dried fruit in it. (Have you heard it said that intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad?) Oops . . I’ve slipped off the subject of sharing with you a recipe for a salad I really enjoyed.

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Avocados

When avocados first started appearing on menus and in the supermarkets, they were thought of as ‘yuppy’ food. You know: eating at cafО lunches while sipping your cappuccino. But, these days they appear on family shopping lists just as a staple. I have to admit that I’ve never really

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Spinach and Feta Rolls

Here’s a back-to-school, healthy lunch idea; delicious served cold in the school lunch box, for a healthy alternative to the lunch box sandwich and they also freeze well. Ingredients  500g spinach cooked and drained well 200g crumbled feta 1/4 cup finely chopped dill or parsley 3  finely chopped

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No-cook brandy sauce

Once again we have come to the Christmas edition - and we thought we would repeat (yet again) that delicious no-cook brandy sauce that’s so good dolloped on your Christmas Pudding . . and in your Christmas coffee.

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Christmas Canapés

I don’t know if you’ve heard, but Christmas is just around the corner. Assuming you have all your cakes and puddings sprinkled with a touch of brandy and well-wrapped, maturing away in your pantry, you might like to prepare some savoury treats for those unexpected visitors who call by.

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Pesto 5 ways

Don’t you just LERV pesto? Well, here’s a treat for you: Pesto in five versions! 

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Date and Apple Squares

Here’s a date and apple slice that you can almost convince yourself is good for you. So much fruit and rolled oats - you can almost feel it doing you good.

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Orange and olive oil cake

Here’s a challenge for you. If you made the orange cake featured recently in the News, here’s another - almost the same - from another writer on the Cooks Column team.  Have a go at this recipe and tell us which one you preferred. You might even like

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Mei Goreng

Mei Goreng  This is a classic Indonesian dish using traditional flavours of garlic, chilli, palm sugar and lime. You can substitute the tofu with chicken, adjust the ingredients to suit the fresh produce available in any season, and experiment with different mixes of Asian greens and herbs - the final

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Caramelised Honey Almond Slice

School holiday time means you should probably top up your cake tins for the hordes of children. Here’s a slice for you to try: