tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10379786068878620082024-03-06T09:12:43.934+10:30Vegetarian Faerie In The Kitchen.a food adventure for big, small and medium sized.vegiebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133289145592502476noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1037978606887862008.post-68836947690618856152020-04-16T05:12:00.001+09:302020-04-16T05:12:31.899+09:30Vegan Spaghetti & Meatballs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!<br />
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Sorry I just woke from a 7 year nap - PHEW I must have been tired.<br />
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I made this meal in the midst of Covid-19 quarantine fun, with whatever I had in my pantry.<br />
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SIX ingredient meatballs, are you kidding me? I am not.<br />
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<li>Chickpeas</li>
<li>Braised Gluten</li>
<li>Panko breadcrumbs</li>
<li>Garlic powder</li>
<li>Pizza seasoning </li>
<li>Flour</li>
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Ok first question.<br />
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Braised gluten tid bits?! YUM. Sounds delicious! It gives this dish a meaty texture, and I love this shit.<br />
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Bake em off.<br />
Look at that texture!<br />
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<b><u>RECIPE</u></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 tin braised wheat gluten, <b>roughly </b>blended in food processor </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 1/4 cup chickpeas, <b>blended well</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> in food processor </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2 tablespoons garlic powder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 tablespoon pizza spices (lol)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1/4 cup whole-wheat flour</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Roughly blend</u> wheat gluten in processor, add to bowl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Blend well</u> chickpeas in food processor, add to bowl. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mix rest of ingredients in bowl together until holds, add extra flour if needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wet your hands. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Use 1 Tablespoon measurement and roll in to balls, makes approx 20. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Roll in flour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Add oil to baking sheet and bake meat balls for 30 mins at 375F or just starting to turn golden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pan fry when you're ready to eat them in a little oil, finish heating them through with your fav pasta sauce and serve with spaghetti!</span></div>
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vegiebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133289145592502476noreply@blogger.com0Calgary, AB, Canada51.044733099999988 -114.071883150.405569099999987 -115.36277659999999 51.683897099999989 -112.7809896tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1037978606887862008.post-26756490612562150362013-06-15T11:22:00.005+09:302013-06-15T11:22:36.135+09:30Sweet Potato & Quinoa Cakes with Beetroot Hummus.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It just so happens that my better half dislikes <u>sweet potato, quinoa, peanut butter and beets. </u><br />
<b>I heartily love all four.</b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Unknowingly I incorporated all 4 of those things in to our dinner...</span></i><br />
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Oopsie daisies!<br />
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I'm unsure as to whether these are burgers or patties or cakes or thing o's... But they're pretty tasty!<br />
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And you know what?<br />
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">He ate it all.</span></u></div>
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He ate more than I did.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I think I'm a magician, guys!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Sweet Potato & Quinoa Cakes.</span></b><br />
1 sweet potato, roasted<br />
1.5 cups quinoa, cooked<br />
2 T ground flax (or 1 egg)<br />
1/2 C breadcrumbs (plus extra for coating)<br />
1 handful herbs, roughly chopped (thyme, sage, rosemary)<br />
1/2 bulb roasted garlic<br />
1 T sriracha<br />
1 t peanut butter<br />
1/2 t maggi seasoning (or soy)<br />
1 t paprika<br />
2 T toasted sesame seeds (or 2 t tahini)<br />
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In a large bowl mash sweet potato and add rest of ingredients.<br />
Taste and season to your liking.<br />
With wet hands, separate mix in to 5 and shape in to patties.<br />
Coat in extra breadcrumbs and bake in oven at 400C for about an hour or until a little dry and holding together well. Flip halfway.<br />
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Pan fry to create a crispy exterior (optional) and serve.<br />
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Makes 5 burger patty thing o's.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Beetroot Hummus</span></b><br />
1 tin chick peas<br />
1/2 bulb roasted garlic<br />
1/4 cup oil<br />
3 T lemon juice<br />
1 or 2 roasted beets<br />
1 t salt (or more)<br />
2 t tahini<br />
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Blend all ingredients until smooth.<br />
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I'm the heaviest I've ever been in my life <i>(possibly because I'm also the most sedentary..)</i><br />
THUS<b> I've been trying to cut out bready stuff.</b><br />
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Which is basically like <b>trying to cut out your soul mate.</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.rebootwithjoe.com/rebooting/plans/" target="_blank">I did an ALL juice cleanse for <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>almost</i></span> 5 days.</a><br />
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<u>It was tough. </u></div>
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The main problem was that <b>I..... like food. And Eating. And eating food. </b><br />
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Also, I don't drink liquids quickly.<br />
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I'm that person standing at the bar, smiling awkwardly, sipping her jagerbomb because chugging it is just out of the question.<br />
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Anywho. I lost 3 kilos and felt a lot better by the end of it, less bloated and with smoother skin. </div>
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Huzzah!</div>
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Would I ever do it again? <strike>Hmmmm debatable.</strike><br />
At some points I was on the verge of tears.<br />
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<b>But maybe that was the <strike>lack of</strike> toast talking.</b><br />
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This was the first meal I made after the cleanse. It was brewing in my brain for 4.5 days.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Roasted Beet Salad with Yoghurt Tahini Dressing.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Salad</span><br />
6 roasted beets, peeled<br />
1/4 - 1/2 cup cottage cheese<br />
2 Tablespoons pumpkin seeds<br />
2 teaspoons sesame seeds<br />
2 Tablespoons roasted pecans<br />
1/2 cup soy beans, cooked<br />
1 or 2 avocados, diced<br />
pinch red pepper flakes<br />
5 cups mixed lettuces<br />
1 handful chopped basil<br />
1 handful chopped parsley<br />
1 handful chopped mint<br />
Eggs, poached (optional)<br />
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<i>(honestly, I add so much to dressings, that giving correct portions is difficult... add and taste as you go?!)</i><br />
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1 teaspoon tahini<br />
1 teaspoon honey<br />
1/3 cup yoghurt<br />
pinch salt<br />
pinch sugar<br />
1 garlic clove<br />
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Toss all salad ingredients together in a big bowl.<br />
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Mix all dressing ingredients together, taste, season to your liking.<br />
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Serve drizzled with dressing and a perfectly poached egg on top!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Go forth and eat, my vegetable cherubs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, <i>BOY</i> HAVE I BEEN BUSY.</span></div>
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Canada - Australia - Canada - Australia! I just returned from a 5 week trip down under where my sister had a baby and my dad got married. Twas lovely.</div>
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It's safe to say that <u>I am now aunty to the most beautiful child the entire world has ever seen.</u></div>
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Anywho. Calgary again. "Spring time" ... <i>aaaaaaand it's snowing.</i> This is the kinda soup you need to cheer you up and warm the cockles of your heart. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>how cute is my mug?!!?</i></span></b></div>
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4 garlic cloves, minced</div>
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1 carrot, diced</div>
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2 sticks celery, diced</div>
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2 T rosemary, finely chopped</div>
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1/4 cups fresh thyme, finely chopped</div>
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1 cup frozen peas<br />
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Heat oil and butter in medium sized saucepan until melted. Add first 4 vegetables and sweat until slightly softened.<br />
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Add in all 3 herbs and stir until combined and fragrant. Add flour and stir to cover all vegetables. Continue stirring for 5 minutes to fully cook out the flour.<br />
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Slowly begin to add stock, stirring well after each 1 cup addition. Add lemon juice.<br />
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Add broccoli and spring onions and stir.<br />
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Let soup thicken, 5-10 minutes. Add skim milk and stir.<br />
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5 minutes before serving, add in ground flax (optional) and frozen peas.<br />
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Season well with salt and pepper.<br />
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Serve with warm crusty bread slathered in butter, a giant glass of white and sit by the fire in your snuggie*.<br />
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vegiebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133289145592502476noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1037978606887862008.post-14292085027419191552012-09-10T04:48:00.000+09:302012-09-10T04:48:40.765+09:30Full English Brekky (Vegan - ie THE BEST)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Just googling the words <a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=full%20english&sugexp=chrome,mod%3D10&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=DOhMUOe-H-q5iwLexYGYBA&biw=1279&bih=679&sei=D-hMUOSbNO70igLOo4DIDg" target="_blank">"Full English"</a> makes me salivate. </b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You see; <b>me dad's English and me ma's Welsh.</b> <i>I'm Aussie and me boyfriend's Canadian.</i></span></div>
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<u>I have quite the foodie mix in me!</u></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Breakfast </span>- who doesn't love it?<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">- Idiots.</span><br />
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That's who.<br />
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A full english is my ideal everything. In life. Perfection.<br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">It is world peace on a plate.</span></div>
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This is my vegan take on a full english, <i>it has no sausage, it has no bacon, it has no eggs, it has no blood pudding....... </i><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">It does, however, have LASHINGS of <u>love!</u></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Try it out. I dare you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Full English Brekky </span>(vegan style)<br />
<i>Serves 1... <span style="font-size: x-small;">granted, 1 very hungry soul!</span></i><br />
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1 slice grainy bread<br />
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1 T bean dip <i>(recipe below)</i><br />
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1 tomato, cut in half<br />
1/4 tin baked beans (Heinz <a href="http://www.britstore.co.uk/photos/Heinz_Baked_Bean_In_Tomato_Sauce_415g.jpg" target="_blank">english style, PLEASE</a>!)<br />
Olive oil<br />
3 button mushrooms, sliced<br />
1/4 cup eggplant, sliced<br />
1/4 cup zucchini, sliced<br />
1 birdseye chilli, sliced finely<br />
avocado, 2 slices<br />
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar<br />
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Sprinkle salt and pepper on tomatoes and place under the grill to grill up nicely.<br />
In a saucepan (or microwave, I guess) begin to heat your baked beans.<br />
Whilst that is happening, heat olive oil in frying pan over a medium-high heat.<br />
Add mushrooms first, season, and fry until just beginning to brown. (if you don't do the mushrooms separately first, they will be soggy - ewww)<br />
Add zucchini and eggplant next.<br />
Sprinkle on birdseye chilli.<br />
Drop your toast in the toaster.<br />
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<b>Once everything is cooked, browned, warmed through - bring it all together!</b><br />
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Take your vegies off the heat, pour in balsamic vinegar and stir thoroughly.<br />
Spread toast with bean dip (or butter), serve with balsamic vegies, sliced avocado, grilled tomato and beans.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bean Dip</span><br />
540 mL tin six bean mix<br />
1/4 cup almonds<br />
4 cloves garlic<br />
1/4 cup olive oil<br />
1/2 t cumin<br />
1/2 t curry powder<br />
1/4 t celery salt<br />
1 t salt<br />
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vegiebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133289145592502476noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1037978606887862008.post-71988292748936606352012-09-08T09:26:00.000+09:302012-09-09T00:57:48.660+09:30Coconut corn chowder.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Things I love:<br />
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<li>Curry</li>
<li>Corn</li>
<li>Coconut</li>
<li>Cilantro</li>
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<i>Apparently I only like C named foods..</i><br />
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<u>And what do you get when you put em all together?!</u><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A FREAKING DELICIOUS SOUP, THAT'S WHAT.</span><br />
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It's still fairly warm here in <b>Wee Ol Canada</b>, but Winter is soon to rear it's ugly head.<br />
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This soup is perfect for cool weather. Or hungry weather.<br />
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Or just <b><span style="color: #f1c232;">corn lovers.</span></b><br />
Like myself.<br />
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If you're wondering... <b>this is where I live!</b><br />
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I mean, not precisely IN this forest... but in this state. </div>
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This is Kananaskis. <b>Aint she a beaut?</b></div>
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Feeling pretty grateful for Alberta right meow :)</div>
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That's all from me, foodies,</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Over and Out.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Coconut corn chowder.</b></span><br />
3 ears of corn, sliced off<br />
4 garlic cloves, sliced<br />
1 t yellow curry paste<br />
5 baby potatoes, diced small<br />
5 spring onions, chopped<br />
4-5 cups stock<br />
3/4 cup coconut milk<br />
1/4 cup milk (or soy)<br />
1 T lemon juice<br />
1 T corn flour (optional)<br />
1/4 cup coriander leaves, chopped<br />
1/4 cup thai basil, chopped<br />
Garnish: birdseye chilli, finely sliced (optional)<br />
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Dry fry your corn kernels for a quick minute or two, set aside.<br />
In a big saucepan, fry garlic and curry paste in oil until softened and fragrant.<br />
Throw in your taters and onions and fry for an extra minute.<br />
Pour in stock, put the lid on and boil until all has softened (about 7 mins).<br />
Once softened, add half corn kernels, corn flour (if using) and blitz soup until smooth (either with buzz stick or in a blender).<br />
Pour soup back in to saucepan, add milk, lemon, coriander, basil and the rest of the corn.<br />
Take off the heat, taste, season.<br />
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Serve hot garnished with coriander, basil and chilli.<br />
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Recently, I've been on the biggest health kick of my life.<br />
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I have started running.<br />
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I said.. <span style="font-size: x-large;">I. HAVE. STARTED. RUNNING.</span><br />
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This morning I did a Jillian Michaels workout dvd.<br />
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Last night I speed walked for 52 minutes.<br />
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<i>(if you could see my face right meow it would be one of shock)</i></div>
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Now.... you need to know me to know that <b><u><span style="font-size: large;">this is all very out of the ordinary!</span></u></b><br />
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On the inside I've always considered myself healthy,<br />
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Basically my end goal is to have <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">a body like Beyonce. </span></b><br />
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<b><u>Is that too much to ask?</u></b></div>
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Before this health kick, my mind said to me <b><span style="font-size: large;">"you're vegetarian... you can eat more than that! HAVE ANOTHER BOWL! Go onnnnnnn!"</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>TO MY MIND, I SAY NO!</b></span></div>
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<i>(cheese.... obviously not healthy, but my first piece in 10 days!)</i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The most giant quinoa salad. </span></b><br />
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Mixed lettuce, 4 cups<br />
Quinoa cooked, 2 cups<br />Sweet potato, cubed, roasted, 1/2 cup<br />
Tomatoes, diced, 2 medium<br />
Cucumber, diced, 1 cup<br />
Capsicum, diced, 3/4 cup<br />Snap peas, sliced, 1 cup<br />
Celery, sliced, 1/2 cup<br />
Mixed roasted salted nuts, 1/2 cup<br />
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Serves 5.<br />
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224 calories per serve.<br />
10 grams fat per serve. (8 of those in the nuts)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Minty pea dip.</b></span><br />
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Peas, 2 cups<br />
Lemon juice, 2 T<br />
Roasted garlic, 2 cloves<br />
Dijon mustard, 1 t<br />
Mint leaves, 1/4 cup or less<br />
Olive oil, 2 T<br />
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I served this salad with a sprinkle of salt, a splash of Chinese Red Vinegar and a scoop of pea dip and hummus!</div>
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Pizza. I ate it in Milan once.</div>
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Pizza. It was the best in Milan.</div>
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Pizza. I made a <span style="background-color: white;">Spinach and Cheese Sauce one.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Pizza. I don't think this one is very authentic.</span></div>
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Pizza. It's pretty good anyway.</div>
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<b>I have a problem with pizza...</b> I eat a lot of it.. but that's not the main problem.. </div>
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The main problem is <a href="http://vegiebug.blogspot.ca/2012/03/home-made-too-many-toppings-pizza.html" target="_blank">how much I put on top of it!</a></div>
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This is the most restrained pizza I have ever made!</div>
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Muffin ate it and said<i><span style="font-size: large;"> "See? SIMPLE! DELICIOUS!"</span></i></div>
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He was amazed I could put anything LESS than 6 toppings on it!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Simple Green and White Pizza (spinach and cheese sauce)</span></div>
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1 batch <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/348942/wolfgang-pucks-pizza-dough" target="_blank">pizza dough </a>+1 Tablespoon italian herbs (makes Six 6-inch pizzas)</div>
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2 Tablespoons butter</div>
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2 Tablespoons flour</div>
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2 cups milk</div>
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1 Tablespoon herb&garlic cream cheese</div>
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1/4 cup cubed cheddar cheese</div>
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1 teaspoon vegeta (or seasoning salt)</div>
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1 Tablespoon corn flour slurry </div>
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1/2 onion, diced</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">1 box defrosted frozen spinach, squeezed dry </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">4 mushrooms, chopped</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">2 cups chinese greens, chopped</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">1 teaspoon vinegar</span></div>
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2 Tablespoons butter</div>
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Preheat oven to 425F (220C)</div>
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Melt butter over a medium heat, add flour and whisk together. </div>
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Add 1/4 cup milk and whisk quickly to remove lumps. Add in the rest of the milk and whisk.</div>
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Turn heat to high and add the cheddar cheese and vegeta.</div>
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Once sauce has thickened (about 5 mins), add cream cheese and corn flour. </div>
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Flash fry chinese greens. Add to spinach mix. </div>
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Take 1 handful of dough and roll out on a floured surface, into a 6 inch circle.</div>
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Repeat!</div>
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Place dough on baking tray.</div>
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Add 3/4 cup green vegie mix and spread out evenly.</div>
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Rice.<br />
<b><u>It's pretty good.</u></b><br />
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Brown rice.<br />
It's pretty<b> good for you.</b><br />
- It tastes <i>pretty bad.</i><br />
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Vegetables.<br />
<b>They taste REALLY good.</b><br />
<b>They're really good for you too!</b><br />
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Put em together and they balance out....<u> For sure. </u><br />
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A friend of a friend told me.<br />
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<b>White rice+vegetables </b>=<b> a happy stomach and/or life.</b><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (this may be untrue)</span></i><br />
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This is the type of meal that I make when my boyfriend and his bestie have been playing<b> a certain computer game</b> <i>(D3 4 LYFE YALL) </i>for approx 26 days straight. <u>I kid you not.</u><br />
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The first ingredient you will need is <b><span style="font-size: large;">rice.</span></b><br />
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The second is <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Beyonce's Schoolin Life. </b></span><br />
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'this is for them twenty somethings,</div>
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time really moves fast - you were just sixteen'</div>
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<u>Amen sister.</u></div>
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Although, I didn't have my first heels til I was AT LEAST 16. </div>
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<b>13?</b><u> Oh choo cray!</u></div>
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I am also great at writing physical love letters..</div>
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The veggies!</div>
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Muffin likes his fine and thin (thats what he said) HAHAHA.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>10 min veggies and rice</b></span><br />
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1/2 cup broccoli florets</div>
4 mushrooms, chopped roughly<br />
1 small onion, chopped roughly<br />
1 small carrot, sliced thickly<br />
1/2 cup eggplant, chopped roughly<br />
1/4 cup zucchini, chopped roughly<br />
4 green beans, chopped (4 - no more, no less!)<br />
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1 stick (stalk?) celery, sliced thickly </div>
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1 t finely sliced <a href="https://www.google.ca/search?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1280&bih=679&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=birdseye+chili&oq=birdseye+chili&aq=f&aqi=g-s2g-ms3g-sS2&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0i10l2j0i5i10l3j0i10i24l2.11409.14499.0.14689.16.15.1.0.0.0.173.1654.2j13.15.0...0.0.IP-CFvgkDBA" target="_blank">birdseye chili</a></div>
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2 t <a href="http://www.nestle.ca/en/products/brands/Maggi/LiquidSeasoning.htm" target="_blank">maggi seasoning</a> (yes, this is essentially liquid MSG) </div>
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1 T <a href="http://www.philamfood.com/KOON-CHUN-DILUTED-RED-VINEGAR-20.3OZ.html" target="_blank">Chinese red vinegar</a></div>
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1 spring onion, sliced finely</div>
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Fry on high heat, tossing often.</div>
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It's Katy Perry! </div>
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<i>Oh.... no no, that's me, silly! </i></div>
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<b>Forgive me Bloggers, for I have sinned.</b><br />
<b>It has been 3 weeks since my last post.</b><br />
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It's not that I lack inspiration, it's that<u> I completely and entirely lack funds!</u><br />
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For lunch yesterday I had <i>steamed cauliflower, nori, cucumber and vinegar</i> - <span style="font-size: large;">AS A MEAL.</span><br />
Dinner was <i>roast carrots and potatoes</i>!<br />
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I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say that these meals don't make for entertaining reading!<br />
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If you were to look in my wallet you would find, <b>about 7 trillion receipts</b> (why do I keep these?!) .. and<b> $40.</b><br />
Until next Friday, when I get paid...<br />
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<u>YEP. $5/day until then!</u></div>
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My list of things I would love to create is growing:</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">bagels</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">pumpkin gnocchi</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">cupcakes</span></div>
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<i>Hmm.. apparently anything containing carbohydrates!</i><br />
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So hold on to your horses, don't lose me now.. Just you wait...<br />
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<b>Just you wait, I tells ya! </b><br />
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Today I leave you with a photo of <b>my beautiful sisters wedding</b>, she's 4 years older than me and yet about 1 foot shorter! Bahaha. I'm the blondey along side her <3<br />
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It was an absolutely beautiful wedding, and at the end of the day, I'm thankful to be highly in debt right now, just because I got to see her get married in Australia!<br />
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I'm off <b>gallivanting in Australia</b> this week! </div>
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My sister's wedding on Saturday was absolutely stunning and full of delicious home cooked food.</div>
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<i>I now have a brother in law!</i></div>
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I shall now spend the rest of the week eating my way around Adelaide.</div>
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this is my home.. aint she a beaut!?</div>
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What should you eat when you're watching back to back NHL play off games?</div>
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<i>Noodles.</i></div>
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What should you eat when your boyfriend tests you on the names of the teams in the play offs and you continuously get them wrong?</div>
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<i>Noodles</i>.</div>
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<br />What team is going to win the play offs?</div>
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Why, <i>Pittsburgh Penguins</i> of course. I mean.. they're the penguins. </div>
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This salad is delicious.</div>
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<b>Spicy!</b></div>
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">Noodly!<br /></b><b style="font-weight: bold;">Simple!</b><b style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Spicy!<br /></b>(<i>did I say that already?)</i></div>
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spaghetti for 2 (approx 200 grams/8oz uncooked)</div>
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2 spring onions, sliced finely</div>
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1/2 cup matchstick cucumber</div>
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1/2 cup matchstick zucchini</div>
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1/2 cup matchstick carrot</div>
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1/2 cup matchstick celery</div>
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1 birdseye chilli, deseeded, finely sliced</div>
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1/2 cup cilantro, roughly chopped or ripped</div>
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1 Tablespoon grated ginger</div>
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2 Tablespoons toasted sesame seeds</div>
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2 Tablespoons chinkiang vinegar</div>
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1 teaspoon sugar</div>
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2 Tablespoons soy sauce</div>
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2 teaspoons angry nana chilli sauce</div>
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1 teaspoon black bean garlic sauce</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;">Muffin is one of those people who just picks up a foreign language like it's nothin...</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;">When we spent a month in Vietnam last year,<b> he learned many phrases, most importantly: </b></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>hai ly </b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify;"><b>cà phê sữa đá:</b> Two iced coffee with milk please!</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>hai ly rượu:</b> Two beers please! or.... </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>hai ly ba-ba-ba: </b><i>(ba-ba-ba, or 333, was the cheapest beer!)</i></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>What I'm getting at is:</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">a) my bf is very helpful in a foreign country</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">b) he likes beer</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">c) he REALLY likes coffee</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">d) it was his birthday this week</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">e) I BAKED HIM A COFFEE CAKE WHICH TASTED LIKE CA PHE SUA DA! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">my first ever vietnamese coffee experience at a coffee plantation :) </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 23px;">more of my ca phe sua da action in Vietnam</span></div>
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curly straws make it even better.... obvs.</div>
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Thus, I made extra icing and kept it white and <i><b>added some baileys </b></i>for another coffee hit! <br />
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And no, <i>I didn't remember to photograph it </i>until after it had been hacked in to..<br />
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<span style="line-height: 23px;"><b>BUT IT WAS DELISH!</b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 23px;">ps.. Happy 100th post to me! </span></div>
</div>vegiebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133289145592502476noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1037978606887862008.post-13657496369712416312012-03-29T11:18:00.000+10:302012-07-21T16:08:20.251+09:30The best vegan banana bread in the world. Yep, I said it.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">For 1.5 years I have held the key to<b> the best banana bread in the WORLD</b>, but have had to keep it a <i>sneakret! </i>(sneaky secret, of course)</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">WELL NOT NOW, KIDS. IT HAS BEEN UNVEILED.</span></b><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I looked back, and I received this recipe in Sept of 2009 - Woah!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It would be a lie to say that I haven't </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">made this approx 15 times.. </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">tis possibly my most often baked good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Basically you can go from staring at a pile of bananas</span><i style="font-family: inherit;"> (that's weird, why are you doing that?)</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to an entire loaf in 1 hour. </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">ONE HOUR, GUYS.</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><b><u>This recipe is perfect. </u></b>The only thing I change is that I normally just use regular AP flour, and I don't add nuts (as I never have them on hand). If I use AP flour, I usually also use only 1 teaspoon of baking soda and powder.<br /><br />Oh Oh, I also add 3 bananas instead of 2, I know Carla doesn't like nana's too much, but I like the extra nana taste :)</span></div>
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<b>OR, NUTTELEX AND AGAVE!</b><i> eh eh?</i> <u>See what I did there?</u><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">2 cups of gluten free flour*</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">2 tsp baking powder</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">2 tsp baking soda</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">1 tsp salt</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">1 tsp cinnamon</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">1/2 cup of vegetable oil*</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">2/3 cup of maple syrup*</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">2/3 cup of rice milk</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">1 tsp of vanilla extract</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">2 frozen bananas, defrosted in their skins</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">1 cup of walnuts, roughly chopped</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><b><span style="line-height: 19px;"><br style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /></span></b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celcius. Lightly grease a standard loaf pan or a small cake pan.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">2. Toast the walnuts on a baking tray in the oven until they just start to brown, cool them while you make the batter. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">3. In a medium sized bowl mix together all the dry ingredients (minus the walnuts). </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">4. In another medium sized bowl mix together all of the wet ingredients. Chop off the tops of the defrosted bananas and squeeze them out of their skins into the wet ingredients like toothpaste out of a tube. Weird huh! Mix the bananas into the wet ingredients then add to the dry ingredients until well combined. Gently fold the walnuts into the cake batter.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">5. Pour the batter into your loaf pan till just above half way. Bake for 45 minutes. A cake is cooked when you lightly poke it, it springs back and a skewer or a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean. If you cake is browning on the top too much but not cooked in the middle lower the heat a little and place a piece of baking paper on top of the cake.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">*notes: </b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">I find Orgran wheat free products to be the best. I use olive oil in mainly everything, if you find the taste too overpowering use canola oil or a blended vegetable oil. 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</div>vegiebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133289145592502476noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1037978606887862008.post-55469111462696667142012-03-13T14:47:00.000+10:302012-03-13T14:47:00.764+10:30Slug birthday cake and my extremely fun birthday day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Around about once a year I force my poor boyfriend to bake for me.<br />
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Specifically a cake. <b>I always want a cake. </b>Who doesn't want cake?<br />
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<i>You know who?</i> ... my boyfriend is who...<span style="font-size: x-large;"> <u>he doesn't even really like cake.</u></span><br />
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<b>WHAT HAVE A MARRIED*?!</b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">*i'm not actually married</span></i></div>
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You may very well remember last years birthday cake. <a href="http://vegiebug.blogspot.com/2011/03/rainbow-birthday-cake-ie-best-birthday.html" target="_blank">Quite possibly because it was the greatest thing I have ever seen.</a><br />
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Six layers of rainbow goodness - <b><span style="font-size: large;">AND EVERY LAYER WAS A DIFFERENT FLAVOUR.</span></b><br />
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He is a chef by trade. And like most chefs, <i>he absolutely despises baking. </i>(we're a good yin/yang!)<br />
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From the sounds and profanities and general vibe I was getting from the kitchen.. <b><span style="color: red;">he must really love me. </span></b>Because he really, <i>REALLY</i>, hates baking!<br />
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presents! presents! all the way from oz :) </div>
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the breakfast of birthday champions. </div>
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CRUMB LAYER! </div>
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(See that plate of rice? sometimes he'll just eat rice. Just rice. Do you see what I'm saying? A bowl of rice with some soy sauce... as a meal. Who is this crazy man in my life?)</div>
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SLUG! </div>
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YEP. My boyfriend calls me slug. But I guess I call him Muffin, so we're pretty even.</div>
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He used basic sponge cake and buttercream recipes and added extra strawberries because he knows I am obsessed.<br />
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<b>A delicious cake.</b></div>
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<b>A fabulous day.</b></div>
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<b>A lovely family.</b></div>
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<b>A cute boyfriend.</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Yeah. I think I'll keep him.</span></b></div>vegiebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133289145592502476noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1037978606887862008.post-54807284866609266132012-03-09T15:04:00.000+10:302012-10-08T07:56:03.248+10:30home made too-many-toppings pizza!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Sometimes I make pizza.<br />
When you decide to make pizza... <b><span style="font-size: large;">you'd better do it right.</span></b><br />
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<b>You'd better go all out!</b><br />
<u>You must make everything from scratch!</u><br />
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It'll probably fall apart when you try to eat it....<br />
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but it's pizza... <b>AND YOU MADE IT FROM SCRATCH! </b><br />
<i style="font-size: small;">(does anyone else type scrathc every time too?)</i><br />
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Living in a 2 person household means I don't make pizza <u>too too often</u>.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">He likes thick</span><br />
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He likes meat</div>
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<i>I like vegies</i></div>
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He likes less ingredients</div>
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<i>I LIKE MOOORRREEE</i></div>
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He hates crust</div>
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<i>I absolutely freaking adore crust - and anything bready in life <u>ever ever ever.</u></i></div>
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He likes his <b>as is</b>, from the oven</div>
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<i>I like mine covered in rocket!<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (arugula to you foreigners!) </span>and also with creamy spicy dill dipping sauce!</i></div>
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<i style="text-align: left;"><b><br />HE EVEN THINKS THAT IT TASTES BETTER <u>COLD</u> THE NEXT DAY</b></i><b style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i>Oh come onnnnnnn.</b><span style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b>The only thing we really both like is </span><i style="text-align: left;">easy cheese.</i><span style="text-align: left;"> No pools of oily cheese for me (or him). </span></div>
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Come to think of it... <u>my pizza is a very very greedy meal. </u>I just can't stop adding things. I get so excited.<br />
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Even when I try to go easy on the toppings.... I end up with a shit tonne of toppings! <u>It's a problem. </u><br />
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<b>YOU WILL NEED:</b><br />
1 batch <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/348942/wolfgang-pucks-pizza-dough" target="_blank">pizza dough</a><br />
veggies for topping<br />
tomato sauce for base<br />
cheese<br />
great hunger<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>SOUP.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I used to hate the stuff. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Maybe </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">hate</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is too strong a word... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I just thought it was a fake meal. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>All liquidy & no substance!</u> What a waste!</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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Thanks to Muffin, North America, South East Asia and my palate.. <u>I am now a soup lover!</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(I've always been a curly straw lover)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Sometimes when you're home alone, you make dumpling soup whilst listening to Lady Gaga and Beyonce really loud.. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>then later you eat 2 chocolate bars in a row and instantly feel really sick...</b></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><b>SOME people </b></i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>do that</b>... I mean.... So I've heard..</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
so they say..</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This soup is good for*: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">families</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><i>(*some of these are untrue)</i></span></div>
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The base soup is simple and then you <b>add your own special flavours </b><u>in the bowl.</u></div>
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That's right -<b> RIGHT IN THE BOWL, I SAID.</b></div>
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This idea works for many reasons. </div>
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One example could be that you personally <b><span style="color: red;">LOVE</span></b> the taste of sesame oil,</div>
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<b>heck, you would wear it as a perfume if you could... </b></div>
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but unfortunately <b>your boyfriend is all sesamed out </b>from the past 4 years of forced consumption..<i> he has now become bitter towards you and your relationship with sesame. </i></div>
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~ So he passes you the sesame oil (and seeds!) and he goes without <u>(such a shame)</u>. </div>
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<b>Again... so I've heard. </b></div>
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It's about your own taste buds.. <i>Mine goes something like this: </i></div>
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1/2 teaspoon chilli sauce/hot sauce/sriracha</div>
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1/2 teaspoon vegetarian oyster sauce<br />
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1/2 teaspoon black bean sauce</div>
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1/2 teaspoon pickled ginger liquid & 2 pieces sliced ginger</div>
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few drops sesame oil</div>
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sprinkle toasted sesame seeds</div>
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1 birdseye chilli, sliced, seeds removed</div>
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<u><b>But hey... I'm a complicated bug.</b></u></div>
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delicious broth, after added seasonings</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Noodle & Dumpling Soup.</b></span></div>
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1 cup water<br />
1/2 cup uncooked chinese noodles (or 2 min noodles)<br />
1/2 teaspoon stock powder<br />
2 chunks ginger<br />
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Bring water, stock and ginger to the boil. When your vegetables are almost cooked through, add noodles until cooked.<br />
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1 Tablespoon sliced onion<br />
5 broccoli florets<br />
1/4 cup diced eggplant<br />
2 big handfuls chopped chinese greens<br />
1/4 cup frozen soy beans<br />
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Heat a frying pan and throw in oil, onion, broccoli and eggplant. Season with salt and pepper.</div>
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After 5 minutes, add in 1/4 cup broth and chinese greens, soy beans and frozen dumplings. </div>
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Place lid on top until dumplings & soy beans are entirely cooked through, shaking pan throughout, about 5 mins.</div>
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Discard ginger from broth.<br />
Transfer broth and noodles to a big bowl.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eat it with someone special, feeling glee, joy and pure happiness.</span></div>
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<u>Sometimes you find that perfect cafe.</u><br />
Sometimes you find the <b>perfect dish</b> on that cafe's menu.<br />
Sometimes you go there on a weekly basis with one of your best friends and joke that you don't know what you're going to order this time.....<br />
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<b>"x2 flatbreads with a berry smoothie and a chocolate milkshake....</b></div>
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<b>Extra ice cream, please.</b></div>
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<b>Extra aioli, please."</b></div>
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<b>Sometimes you meet a boy and fall in love.</b><br />
<i>Sometimes that boy lives on the other side of the globe.</i><br />
Sometimes you move there with him.<br />
Sometimes you dream of that flatbread and cry yourself to sleep at night.<br />
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<b>BUT DON'T BE SAD.</b><br />
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Because one day your mum will email you a recipe*.<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">THEN YOU WILL REALISE THAT IT IS A MAGICAL RECIPE.</span></b><br />
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You will test said recipe...<br />
and just to make sure<b> <u>you will eat 5 flatbreads in 3 days. </u></b><br />
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And you will feel bloated.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(actually what my kitchen generally looks like)</span></div>
But you will know that it was the right thing to do.<br />
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For reals, guys, <i>I know this all sounds crazy</i>, but <b>if there's ONE recipe you make on my entire blog.... make it this bread.</b><br />
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You can use it as a sammidge like I have, or you can just use it as a side.. like naan bread! Or as a snack! <i>Heck, even breakfast!</i><br />
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lettuce, tomato, zucchini, capers, pickled ginger, hoi sin, mayo, dijon mustard, hot sauce.</div>
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So simple. So soft. So full of love.<br />
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An excellent vessel for anything your little heart desires.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Flatbread.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #2e2e2e;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Makes 8 flatbread.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #28282c;"><span style="line-height: 0.48cm;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #28282c;"><span style="line-height: 0.48cm;">1
pkt dried yeast (7 gm or 1.7 teaspoons)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #28282c;">1 tbsp sugar</span><span style="color: #28282c;"> </span><span style="color: #28282c;"><br />150ml lukewarm water, add as needed</span><span style="color: #28282c;"> </span><span style="color: #28282c;"><br />600
gm plain flour</span><span style="color: #28282c;"> (2.5 cups)</span><span style="color: #28282c;"><br />1
tbsp sea salt</span><span style="color: #28282c;"> </span><span style="color: #28282c;"><br />1
tbsp olive oil</span><span style="color: #28282c;"> </span><span style="color: #28282c;"><br />200gm
Greek-style yoghurt </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #28282c; font-family: inherit; line-height: 0.48cm;">Oil for cooking</span></div>
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<span style="color: #28282c; font-family: inherit; line-height: 0.48cm;">Put yeast, sugar and <u>50mL of the warm water</u> in to a small bowl and stir lightly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #28282c; font-family: inherit; line-height: 0.48cm;">Leave to activate in a warm place for 10 minutes or until frothy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #28282c; font-family: inherit; line-height: 0.48cm;">Place flour in a mixer and create a well in the centre.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #28282c; font-family: inherit; line-height: 0.48cm;">Add salt, yeast mixture, olive oil and yoghurt and combine until mixture comes together and there is no flour left.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #28282c; font-family: inherit; line-height: 0.48cm;"><i>Add in the extra water if it needs it - the mixture shouldn't be sticky. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #28282c; font-family: inherit; line-height: 0.48cm;">Mix on medium speed (or knead by hand) for 5 minutes, the dough should be soft and spring back when ready.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #28282c; font-family: inherit; line-height: 0.48cm;">Leave to rest for 15 minutes - THIS IS IMPORTANT, do not skip this step.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #28282c;">Heat a frying pan and add oil of your choice.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #28282c;">Roll out dough in to thin discs (it will puff up) and fry in pan for 4 minutes on each side, until brown and bubbly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #28282c;">Serve with whatever your soul desires! The combinations are endless!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #28282c;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">*I have no idea where it is from</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal;">zucchini, tomato, wilted greens, mayo, dijon mustard, hot sauce, fresh chili, sesame seeds. </span></div>
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<b>The sun is shining and there are cupcakes in my oven. </b><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Boy, does that sound like some sort of creepy metaphor!)</span></i><br />
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<b>This is what my happiness looks and smells like.</b><span style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: yellow; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Sunshine,</span></span><span style="color: yellow; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>cinnamon</b></span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> and<span style="color: red;"> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>love!</b><span style="font-weight: 900;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><br />Why yes, </span><i style="text-align: center;">yes I am emotional maniac</i><span style="text-align: center;"> this weekend. Thank you for asking.</span><br />
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<b>Yes,</b> I did visit the rocky mountains and cry at how beautiful they were.<br />
<b>Yes,</b> I did cry when I read the card my boyfriend gave me.<br />
<b>Yes,</b> I did cry when listening to a sad song whilst doing the dishes.<br />
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And then I baked these delicious morsels of cupcakes. <b>Ninja Vegan Carrot Cupcakes!</b><br />
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<b>There is nothing more therapeutic for me than baking. </b><br />
<i>Maybe running</i>... but that's just a guess, because I'm not a runner.<br />
But I'm sure I'd love it.<br />
If I was fit.<br />
And didn't have asthma.<br />
And owned running shoes.<br />
And tried running.<br />
Yeah.<br />
<u>I bet I'd LOVE it. </u><br />
I can just tell.<br />
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1 cup brown sugar<br />
3/4 cup vegetable oil<br />
3/4 cup apple sauce<br />
2 teaspoons cinnamon<br />
1 teaspoon salt<br />
2 teaspoons baking powder<br />
1 teaspoon baking soda<br />
2 cups self raising flour<br />
2 cups grated carrot<br />
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Beat together sugar and oil until combined and thick.<br />
Add apple sauce, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, baking soda and mix.<br />
Add flour and mix until all combined.<br />
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Spoon in to muffin tray, 3/4 full <i>(I put mine in cute </i><a href="http://www.google.ca/search?q=patty%20cases&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=ea1CT5W8IovUiALYxO28AQ&biw=1276&bih=679&sei=fq1CT_DXIc3UiALo8N3GAQ" target="_blank">patty cases</a>... <i>it's what we aussies call them!)</i><br />
Bake for 15 minutes until light brown in colour, but still soft to the touch.<br />
Leave for 10 minutes and take out of baking tray to cool.<br />
Top with cream cheese icing or tofutti cream cheese icing.<br />
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zest 1 lemon</div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">Then convince your boyfriend to come with you whilst you take a big box of them and drive around to visit all of your friends and give them 1! </span></b></div>
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<b>You gotta eat it. </b></div>
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<i>Some people don't. </i></div>
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Those people are<b> IDIOTS. </b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(personal opinion of course)</span></i></div>
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<b>"GOOD MORNING, SUNSHINE! You've been not eating for 8 hours - GET ON THAT SHIT." </b></div>
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For me, breakfast is the most <b>fun meal of the day</b> and I usually feel pretty excited to eat it!</div>
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I usually start the day with a glass of water and a big green t. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Green t is where it's at </u></span></b>- I am a firm believer in the goodness of green t - it makes me feel amazing!</div>
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Sometimes (usually on weekends) I'll do a big fry up as an ode to my British roots :p <b>Tomatoes grilled with thyme and olive oil, mushrooms fried in rosemary, grainy toast with hummus and baked beans. </b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Nobody will ever understand my love of beans.</span></div>
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Very rarely I'll go a plate of<b> french toast</b>, this one was coated in crushed cereal for a crunch!</div>
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Sometimes... <i>(actually just once)</i> because I'm a pretty crazed gal, I'll have a big bowl of <b>mac and cheese </b>and<b> half an avocado</b>! But it's healthy because I wash it down with a glass of water..</div>
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An even healthier option is that of <b>a coffee and a massive vanilla coconut cupcake</b> - don't worry, this one took me 2 attempts to finish. </div>
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An ode to my <b>Australian bean love</b>, goodness I miss them!</div>
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Lately I have been ALL about the <b>bagels</b>. On the side is<b> vegies, egg and sriracha! </b></div>
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Sometimes I'll make <b><u>the most</u> colourful breakfast</b> possible. </div>
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Sometimes I top a<b> bagel with ricotta cheese</b> that I've spiced up with herbs and delicious goods <i>(76382x healthier than cream chz)</i> then I top it with <b>mushroom and avocado and tomato</b> and then I <u>EAT IT!</u></div>
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Sometimes it ends up <i>just a tad </i><b>too big </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(that's what she said)</span> and thus out of focus! </div>
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Sometimes I am too hungry whilst cooking and <b>think I can eat far more than I actually can. </b></div>
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Sometimes I eat my <b>home made cinnamon muesli with berries and dried fruit and yoghurt and grapes and almond milk</b>!</div>
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What about choo? What's your favourite thing for breakfast? </div>
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Are you as crazy about it as I am?!</div>
</div>vegiebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133289145592502476noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1037978606887862008.post-12662926690018198812012-02-10T07:05:00.000+10:302012-02-12T07:49:16.187+10:30The perfect vegetable pie.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's pie time.<br />
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<b>Delicious wintery goodness pie time.</b><br />
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I made this pie and then saw many many other bloggers make pies quite similar.. I guess this is just what the Northern Hemisphere's Winter does to us all! <i>(makes us fat)</i><br />
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<u>Sometimes you don't want to toot your own horn</u>.. But seriously guys -<b> this pie was amazing.</b><br />
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Do you know what happens when you make an amazing pie and then leave to go adopt 2 kittens from the animal welfare?</div>
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Well, you have to message your boyfriend and tell him to bake the pie himself. And then you get home and realise <b>that he's not like you.</b>.. and <b>*GASP*</b> <u>he hasn't photographed it.</u> </div>
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<i>"no... sorry, I was hungry. I guess I should have known.."</i> </div>
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THUS. No photos of the whole beautiful pie ;)<br />
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1 cup broccoli florets, roughly chopped</div>
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1 cup cooked spaghetti squash (or pumpkin)</div>
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3 bay leaves</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(it's pretty good)</span></b></div>
</div>vegiebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133289145592502476noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1037978606887862008.post-81187127492809384022012-02-04T07:52:00.001+10:302012-02-04T15:36:31.909+10:30I made sushi and it was delicious!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sushi! Sushi! Sushi! </span></b></div>
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I scream, you scream, we all scream for sushi! <br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>how about THAT photo editing?!</i></span></div>
Yeahhhh.<br />
I'm just a little excited for sushi.<br />
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<i>Whenever I'm <b>THIS</b> excited, <u>I take a lot of photos.</u> Don't say you haven't been warned!</i><br />
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I've made sushi <a href="http://vegiebug.blogspot.com/2011/06/damn-straight-i-made-sushi.html" target="_blank">once before</a>.<br />
This time round I successfully managed to make sushi unhealthy... how did I do this?<br />
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<b>TEMPURA IS HOW! </b><br />
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Now I'm not saying that you also have to use tempura... it's just that tempura pumpkin is ALWAYS <i>my favourite sushi filling</i>. The crunchiness against the soft rice is divine! <br />
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<b>Don't knock it til you try it, Bucko. </b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I also did a little tempura mushroom - honestly, not so delicious. </span></div>
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This time I did my rice in a rice cooker (<a href="http://vegiebug.blogspot.com/2011/06/damn-straight-i-made-sushi.html" target="_blank">click this link</a> for how to cook rice on the stovetop).<br />
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2 cups of uncooked rice will make 4 large sushi rolls... withthatsaid.. <u><b>Mine somehow made 6 rolls. YES - SIX.</b></u><br />
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<b>That's a lot of sushi in a 2 person household. </b><br />
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Vegan Sushi:</span></b></span><span class="s2"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
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10mL sugar</div>
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nori sheets</div>
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vegies for the filling, thinly sliced:</div>
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cucumber</div>
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avocado</div>
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mushroom</div>
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pumpkin (pre cooked)</div>
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sesame seeds</div>
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Entirely cover sushi rice with water and leave to soak for half an hour. Strain and add more water, this time moving the grains around slowly with a cupped hand. Rinse one more time and notice the rice is now very very white.</div>
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1/2 cup corn flour</div>
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Ok.<br />
So it may just so be that <u>I am obsessed with pumpkin soup</u>.<br />
Or, to be honest, <b>all things pumpkin.</b><br />
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Can you guess the one vegetable that Muffin just really hates?<br />
<b>Yeahhh......... that would be pumpkin.</b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I know, what a weirdo.)</span></i><br />
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THUS, I naturally make variations of <a href="http://vegiebug.blogspot.com/2011/05/spicy-coconut-punkin-soup-to-kick.html" target="_blank">this</a> <a href="http://vegiebug.blogspot.com/2010/05/belly-warming-soup-of-goodness.html" target="_blank">soup</a> fairly often! He <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(doesn't)</span> loves it!<br />
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I love soups that start out with a roasted vegetable base, because I think it adds a lot more concentrated flavour than just boiling the be-jesus out of them.<br />
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You can easily make this soup in 1 hour, chuck everything in the oven and then blitz together in one big pot!<br />
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Who doesn't love that?!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Spicy yellow pumpkin soup.</span></b><br />
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1 Tablespoon garlic & chili paste<br />
1 teaspoon oil<br />
1 teaspoon cumin<br />
1/2 medium butternut squash, chopped roughly<br />
4 carrots, chopped roughly<br />
1 bulb garlic, sliced horizontally once<br />
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1 large onion, chopped roughly<br />
2 Tablespoons thai yellow curry paste<br />
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1 tin coconut milk<br />
1 tin vegie stock<br />
1/2 cup milk/soy<br />
yoghurt to calm and garnish<br />
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Preheat oven to 180C.<br />
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Mix together garlic chili, oil, cumin, squash, carrots and salt in a big bowl, toss to coat.<br />
Wrap garlic, flesh side down in foil.<br />
Pour everything on a baking tray and bake in oven until tender - about 40 minutes.<br />
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Fry curry paste and onion in large saucepan until tender.<br />
Add in coconut milk and stock.<br />
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Squeeze out garlic and add roasted vegetables.<br />
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Blitz with a stick blender and taste, if the curry flavour is too pungent then add more milk or water.<br />
<i>Every batch is different and in this batch I added almost 1 extra cup of liquid to balance out the flavours.</i><br />
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Season with salt and serve warm with drizzles of cold plain yoghurt.<br />
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For extra excitement, I like to bake the pumpkin seeds with a oil and a sprinkle of cumin and salt until crunchy and brown - about 10 minutes. Sprinkle on top... or just eat them like popcorn :D<br />
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Muesli.<br />
Granola.<br />
Cereal.<br />
Breakfast.<br />
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Whatever you happen to call it... <u>I made some.</u> And guess what? I<b>t was delicious!</b><br />
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Muffin and I don't really buy cereal because<i> you never know </i>WHAT'S in it and it is inevitable <i>too sweet</i> for my liking anywho.<br />
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Growing up, we were never allowed cocoa pops and <u>my dad ate bran every day</u>... Like, really dark bran that he would cover with soy milk and then eat an hour or so later....... in paste form :|<br />
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<u>I didn't even make that story up.</u><br />
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<b>Needless to say, I was never too much of a cereal fan!</b><br />
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I can (and do) eat this muesli for any and all meals of the day.<br />
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<b>Breakfast is better for dinner anyway.</b><br />
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With that said, eat this at breakfast and <i>it will fill up for many many hours to come.</i><br />
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Most of these ingredients you will probably have laying around the house - <b>SCORE! </b><br />
Does it get any better?!<br />
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It also happens to be way cheaper than any cereal you will find at a supermarket.. and with less preservatives.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Essentially, this muesli will change your life and warm the cockles of your heart.</span> </b>THERE, I said it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Home made muesli.</b></span><br />
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3 cups rolled oats<br />
1 teaspoon salt<br />
1 cup nuts (I used almonds)<br />
1 cup desiccated coconut<br />
1/4 cup sesame seeds (just try it - it's amazing)<br />
2 teaspoons cinnamon<br />
1/4 cup brown sugar (I top mine with honey when I eat it, so this additional sugar may be omitted)<br />
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (or enough to coat)<br />
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1 cup dried fruit, chopped (I like apricots and prunes)<br />
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Mix all ingredients except dried fruit in a big bowl.<br />
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Bake for 45 minutes or until brown, make sure you mix the muesli around every 15 minutes for even browning.<br />
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<b>AND THAT'S IT - HOW EASY IS THAT?!</b> <i>Minimum effort, maximum result!</i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">see Marilyn?</span></i></div>
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Top with <b>dried fruit, berries, grapes, yoghurt, honey and almond milk</b>! </div>
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Well.. there are no rules, <u>but that's how I like it!</u></div>
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<b style="text-align: left;">Ah</b><span style="text-align: left;">,</span><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ye olde humble pea.</span></i></div>
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Peas are up there as one of my favourite vegetables... <b>TOP 5 AT LEAST!</b></div>
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This dish happily brewed away in my mind (whilst watching Oprah - gosh love her) and then came together all lovingly, peacefully and perfectly in the kitchen afterwards.</div>
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Yes, it's pasta - which isn't exactly great for you, <b>BUT, </b>it's <span style="font-size: large;"><u>fulla</u> </span>green vegies and everybody knows <b>they are amazing for you! </b><br /><br />
RIGHT? <br /><u>Right.</u><br />
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I used <i>a mixture of rotini and conchiglie</i>, because I'm pretty out of control like that.<br />
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Speaking of out of control peas.. how about some adult pea costume action over here?!<br />
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<b>Quite possibly one of the best things I have ever seen!!</b></div>
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Although my mum will attest to the fact that <u>I've always been a fan of the humble carrot costume..</u><br />
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This is amazing. </div>
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<u>I think I need one.</u></div>
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<i>ALRIGHTY - back to cooking!</i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Minty green pea pesto pasta.</u></span></b></div>
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3 cups your favourite pasta (uncooked) </div>
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2 cups frozen peas</div>
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3 peeled garlic cloves</div>
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2 Tablespoons horseradish or wasabi (or half each!)</div>
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1 handful mint</div>
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salt to taste</div>
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1/2 onion, sliced</div>
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1/2 zucchini, sliced</div>
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1 cup broccoli florets</div>
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3/4 cup chopped eggplant</div>
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1 handful green olives, roughly chopped</div>
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Cook pasta to packet instructions, keeping 1 mug of hot starchy pasta water aside.</div>
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Cook peas and garlic in boiling water for 1 min - do not overcook them - <i>overcooked peas are the bane of my existence! </i></div>
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Strain and set into a blender. Add horseradish (and/or wasabi), mint, lemon juice, salt and a dash of either water or oil. Blitz until smooth, but still thick. Taste and season (you want it to be a little <i>too </i>lemony, salty and spicy - it will mellow in the pasta).</div>
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Fry all the rest of the vegetables until brown, tasty and evenly cooked.</div>
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Add strained pasta to vegetable mix and slowly add in spoonfuls of pea mixture (I didn't use all of mine). Add in hot starchy pasta water now to thin it out to desired consistency!</div>
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<i>What are you waiting for, punk? </i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">EAT IT!</span></b></div>
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