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Simple Chickpea Hummus … back to the basics
Simple Chickpea Hummus … some things are good when kept basic. It’s nice to master the simplest form of a recipe, then treat is as a canvas and build on it. This is my simplest hummus, absolutely no fuss and finger licking good. It uses basic pantry ingredients if you don’t count the tahini that is. You could always skip it, or make your own. However, a bottle of tahini in the fridge is always handy, and lasts for absolutely forever.I am probably the laziest cook you’d ever find even though I do everything from scratch. So whenever I soak chickpeas overnight for a chana masala the next day, I…
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Chocolate Walnut Granola & a Coffee Chocolate Granola Tart
Chocolate Walnut Granola & a Coffee Chocolate Granola Tart ... yes it's two recipes in one post today because one thing led to another. The chocolate walnut granola I made is minimally adapted from the recipe at Minimalist Baker was fabulous and needed to be celebrated. I thought it might fit straight into a tart, yet I didn't want to do a breakfast tart. The chocolate walnut granola needed some hard core coffee something and that's just what the tart turned out to be.
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Mushroom Cashew Rosemary Soup … truly a winter warmer!
Simple to make, beautifully flavoured and quite creamy because of the cashews within, Mushroom Cashew Rosemary Soup is a winter favourite. Thickened with oats and cashews makes it healthy, delicious and gluten free too.A great winter warmer!
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Dark Chocolate Walnut Gateau {GF} … and exploring the Canon 6D Mark II #photography #canon
Dark-Chocolate-Walnut-Gateau Canon...baking up for when the world’s lightest full frame DSLR comes over for a review. Well it’s a Canon, more specifically a Canon 6D Mark II, and you just know it’s time to add to the wishlist.
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Wine marinated chicken taco bites #bigbanyanexperiences
Wine marinated chicken taco bites turned out to be such fun little bites, and a great snack to serve, with wine perhaps? Though not traditionally used in a marinade, wine adds nice flavour to meats. It acts as a tenderizer too of course, the acidic component in wine replacing or adding to vinegar or lime juice. Experimenting is always good, and this was real fun. I decided to do mini tacos as finger food. There's something about small portions that is very charming!
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Polenta Cheese Crackers and a cracker of an Eggplant Melon Seed Dip … with infused olive oils
Polenta Cheese Crackers {and canapes} and a cracker of a dip. The oh-so-delicious smooth Eggplant Melon Seed Dip comes together in seconds. Both the crackers and the dip are beautifully flavoured by an earthy, deep, aromatic organic garlic infused extra virgin olive oil from @Azafraninfusions.
