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It is Bread Baking Babes bread of the month time again and this month I picked the bread we all baked. Easter is celebrated this weekend so it seemed fitting to choose an Easter bread. I picked Ciambella Mandorlata, an Italian Easter bread. Ciambella Mandorlata originated in Bologna in the Emilia Romagna region. It is…
Easter is here and I’m once again tempted to make decorated cookies. I’ve said this many times before, that I don’t particularly like cookies. I do however, enjoy making decorated cookies and there are plenty of examples on this blog. Check these out. This year I’m adding these Whole Wheat and Oat Cutout Easter Cookies…
Avocado on Toast is something that’s probably been to death by now. So I’m sure that my Avocado and Hummus on Toast is getting blogged a tad too late. However, I think it is worthy of being blogged about at least once. Avocado on some form of bread (read tortillas) has been eaten by natives…
The summer is here, once again. It is hear earlier than usual and much warmer as well. We’ve just started April and the weather department has been telling us it’s about 5 to 6 degrees C hotter than it should be. I don’t have to tell you that the kitchen isn’t my favourite place right…
Alert – This is a longish blog post inspired by a travelogue I read. The food comes a little later so please scroll down further if you want to get to recipe. Today’s offering is Moroccan K’sra and Chickpea Soup. K’sra is a Moroccan aniseed flavoured flatbread. It is generally made with flour and semolina…
North Indian cuisine is very well known for its flatbreads. These include the roti/ chappathi, deep fried pooris, , leavened naans and pan fried parathas. These flatbreads were originally brought in to India by traders and invaders from Persia and thereabouts. With time, they have evolved becoming truly Indian in flavour. They can now be…
I’ve done a lot of crazy things for food, as you will realize when you read this post. This Easy Cape Gooseberry Preserve is the result of one such crazy food story. We spent much of the latter half of December and the first half of this month travelling. Early this month we were back…
Have you ever made Oven Roasted Cashewnuts at home? It’s the easiest thing to do, and is one more thing usually store bought that you can make at home. This one more thing that you can buy at the store that is easily done at home. I’m a latecomer to roasting cashewnuts at home for…
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