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Red Lentil Soup
31 March 08 04:02 PM
In further proof that Mondays are my day for attempting maintain delusions about myself as simultaneously domestic goddess and organised and enthusiastic member of the university community I've started up a soup club for Monday lunchtimes. For those of Read More...
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Leek and Marscapone Gnocchi
25 June 07 08:51 AM
My first run of this recipe involved a pleasing amount of home-made/grown ingredients, with the exception of the gnocchi (which I know how to make but decided not to, in the interests of dinner before 9pm). But I like the recipie so much I made it again Read More...
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Breakfast (Hang-over) Bake
04 June 07 03:09 PM
This recipe comes from my sister, and today seems a good day to share it - given the suspiciously quiet Scholars Centre. The Breakfast (Hang-over) Bake has all the important post-big night out breakfast components, and is prepared in advance, so all you Read More...
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not!Key Lime Pie
07 May 07 05:55 PM
What do you do if you have a surplus of limes lying around the house? This is obviously one of the great existential questions in life, which I was forced to confront this weekend after I got suckered into the on-sale limes from the fuit and vege shop Read More...
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Broccoli and Blue Cheese Soup
30 April 07 10:43 AM
Monday recipies are back! And now that the weather is cooling down, it's the perfect time for soup. Broccoli and Blue Cheese Soup (warning: if anyone in your house doesn't like these ingredients, wait till they are out for the evening, as the house will Read More...
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Sometimes (TV) life requires cupcakes
12 March 07 04:06 PM
In honour of my sister's new 'crystal-look' Tupperware cakestand (it is actually blatantly plastic and rather tacky) I made cupcakes on the weekend. I tried to be good and leave the majority uneaten so they could be displayed, but the various emotional Read More...
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Pottage of Goat
05 March 07 06:13 PM
or, I hacked up a leg: how did you spend your weekend? The leg in question was the goat's: it arrived on my doorstep, frozen in goatsicle form, on Thursday night to be defrosted over Saturday and dismembered into gobbets of flesh on Sunday. It was for Read More...
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Chicken Cous-Cous Bake
26 February 07 05:12 PM
In my search for recipes that require minimal effort, minimal dishes and use up things lurking in the pantry and fridge, I bring you Chicken Cous-Cous Bake. Ingredients: 1 chicken *** (skinless because I am slack and picky, free-range because I feel guilty, Read More...
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Pancetta+Cheese Things (with digressions on bakeware)
12 February 07 01:28 PM
The extremely eloquent title of this recipe is a step up from the listing it had when planning my sister's Tupperware party on the weekend: at that point, it was known as 'Karen's things' - a possibly disturbingly ambiguous title. (Tupperware, for those Read More...
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Frozen Grapes
29 January 07 01:38 PM
In the last few days of hot weather, I've found that the satisfaction of not having an air-conditioner and thus not increasing my ecological footprint even further doesn't really help keep you cool. So I've been trying old-fashioned things like trips Read More...
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Lemon Yogurt Cake
22 January 07 11:05 AM
I'm starting a new tradition for this blog: Monday recipes. Inspired by grand cooking plans I come up with all week, but only get around to making on Sunday afternoon. This week we have: Lemon Yogurt Cake with Marscapone (recipe based on one from the Read More...
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