Category: Accompaniment
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Jo’s Kumura & Bacon Salad
We’ve recently made some lovely new friends from NZ. It’s kinda rare to make genuine new connections at this age with the daily hustle often getting in the way, but the kids have brought us together with some lovely new peeps of late. It’s a real joy to find new souls to share in the many excitements…
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Broccoli, pancetta, mint & macadamia salad
Lifted from goodfood.com.au, this salad is a meal in itself. The addition of macadamias is genius, so flavoursome, it just keeps giving with every mouthful; and in light of the large volume of broccoli, it has to be healthy, right?
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Crisp Roasted Brussels Sprouts
I think Brussels sprouts were my least favourite veg growing up. Me and my brothers used to smother them in tomato sauce to mask the flavour and almost swallow them whole to get it over with. But, roasted, these babies are absolutely full of flavour, particularly if you add bacon, soy and lemon. Oh yes.…
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Preserving your own olives
We were lucky enough to inherit the most gorgeous old Kalamata olive tree when we bought our place. Once, my mother in law was out front and an old Italian man walked past and got chatting. He asked whether there was still an olive tree in our back yard and said that he had planted…
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Em’s Famous Guacamole
My lil’ sis loves this guacamole and it gets a run pretty often, disappearing in the flash of an eye. Lizzie, this one’s for you, so you don’t have to wait for me to make it.
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Baby Mac’s Pickled Cucumbers
I love pickles and nothing is better than homemade. I usually do pickled mushrooms this time of year but decided to try Baby Mac’s pickled cucumbers instead. They are very Maccas-esque but way more delish! We will be having cheeseburgers Saturday night for sure, and I’m looking forward to a Friday night nibbles of cheese,…