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BALSAMIC & HERB GRILLED CHICKEN WITH BELL PEPPER SALSA
“Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.” George Byron It’s Sunday today, it’s been a race, & thankfully, it’s finally drawing to an end. Am sitting here quite exhausted because the day has been long & never ending. The son’s soccer league season began today, so virtually every Sunday for the next few months has been written off. With so much cheering & nonsensical yapping at the match, there’s hardly any voice left in me. But have to squeeze something important as Monthly Mingle for the month at What’s For Lunch Honey has reached the deadline, well almost. As usual, I’m back to the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party…
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I SPY A PIE…IT’S SAVOURY & IT’S FOR IVY!
“Men may come and men may go…..but Pie goes on for ever.” George Augustus Sala All savoury pie roads lead to Ivy’s @ Kopiaste this September. There’s a savoury pie food event at the Greek gals place & it’s been on my mind the whole month. With the weather getting cooler here, pie times are beckoning. Have a few bookmarked pies on my list, but with September quickly disappearing before my eyes, I’d better send these little rustic savoury galettes Ivy’s way. Made mini galettes with left-over home-made pizza dough from here. I flavoured the basic pizza dough with chili flakes, Italian seasoning & garlic powder (loads of it). Got…
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HEY PRESTO…MIXED-HERBS PASTA
“Life is a combination of magic and pasta” Fellini Psychgrad & Giz @ Equal Opportunity Kitchen are hosting the weekly round-up of Presto Pasta Nights this week. Presto Pasta Nights is the brainchild of Ruth & it’s amazingly on it’s 81st week. Pasta is a more than welcome option at home at any meal, so here’s an entry to PPN.I’ve had this Bon Apetit ‘Mixed-herb Pasta’ recipe from Epicurious in my bursting folder for long but the only herbs I had were basil…& loads of it. Then one day the courier came with a well packed box & beautiful handwriting. Excitedly opened it to find the sweetest smelling fresh sage…
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2 Toned Biscotti – Coffee & Chocolate
“Yield to temptation…it may not pass your way again” Lazarus Long On the 5th of September every year, schools across India celebrate this day as Teachers Day. Every attempt is made to make teachers feel special, & the kids make cards etc for them. Both mine always take some cookies for their class teacher, & a few others. The daughter voluntarily makes about a dozen cards, while the son struggles to make 1! She is like a card factory in herself, & in the span of an hour turns out about a dozen well made, similar looking cards, with intricate art-work; the writing looks like it’s been printed. Trying to…
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Canneloni with Potatoes, Cottage-cheese & Sweetcorn… lasagna on a roll
Canneloni with Potatoes, Cottage-cheese & Sweetcorn... lasagna on a roll. a nice, light summer vegetarian main course dish. You cold try it with a mushroom cream sauce over the marinara, maybe a bechamel, & then top it off with mozzarella.
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RUSTIC ITALIAN FOCACCIA…IN A RING & MORE!
“If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens.”Robert Browning as rustic as it gets… Italian artisan bread… Thicker than a pizza, this dimpled bread, focaccia, gets it’s name from the Latin word focus, meaning ‘hearth’ , because it was originally baked on an open hearth. Italian bakers use focaccia dough to make many different speciality breads, such as this ring, stuffed with fragrant pesto, or for that matter, with any other flavouring you might like ( quoted from Le Cordon Blue; The Cook’s Bible). I made one with home made pesto, & the other with a mushroom, garlic, cheese filling (we liked…
