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article thumbnailBright Red Tomato Sauce Bright Red Tomato Sauce 6 kg ripe red tomatoes 4 apples – doesn’t seem to matter what variety 2 onions 2 tablespoons allspice 2 cloves garlic 1 1/2 kg white sugar 1/4 cup salt ground...
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article thumbnailCarrot, Ginger and Orange Soup 3 tsp crushed ginger 4 Tablespoons butter Cook over a low heat for 25 minutes Add 750 g peeled and chopped carrots 4 Cups of stock Simmer 30 minutes. Add salt and pepper, 1 cup of orange juice...
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article thumbnailChocolate Marshmallow Puffs Set the marshmallow in muffin tins (or egg poaching cups like the ones from Amway's Queen cookware set). Make a batch of  biscuits as follows: 4 oz (125 g) butter ½ cup sugar 1 egg 8 oz (2 cups)/ 250 g flour ½ teaspoon...
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article thumbnailCinnamon Topped Rhubarb Muffins If you have rhubarb in the garden it's probably going nuts like mine - here's a tasty and quick recipe to put this delicious plant to good use.   You Will Need: 1/2 c brown sugar, firmly packed 1/4 c butter,...
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article thumbnailCrisp Potatoes with Spinach and Leeks.Crisp Potatoes with Spinach and Leeks. 
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article thumbnailLuscious Kumara Egg Salad 10 button mushrooms, chopped in half. 5 marinated sundried tomatoes, cut up fine. 5 hard boiled eggs Good bunch of chopped chives 100g ham, cut up small. 1/3 a jar of Edmonds low-fat whole egg mayonnaise Whole cumin seeds Masterfoods...
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article thumbnailMarshmallow Bars If you want to bake like Nana, you really do need to use the weights and measurements she would have used, but feel free to turn this into metric measurements. Nana baked with butter, too. There wasn't any margarine around in her days. Cakes and...
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article thumbnailMum's Pumpkin Soup by Gladys Murphy Ingredients 1 medium buttercup pumpkin (dark green skin) 1 large onion 4 cloves garlic 2 tblspn olive oil 2 tspn curry powder (or more to taste) Salt and ground black pepper to taste 2 - 3 cups stock or...
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article thumbnailPlonk cake by Lauren Simpson - Auckland 1c sugar 1c flour ¼ tsp baking powder 40g melted butter Fruit for plonking (frozen berries work well, as do pears and apples, but pretty much anything you have will work) Slivered almonds Icing sugar (to...
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article thumbnailPumpkin Recipe by Elizabeth Potgieter 1 Onion 1-2 Celery sticks l Carrot Water 1 small pumpkin 1 tomato 2 baby marrows 1 large potato Method Fry one onion Add celery sticks Add carrot Add water Add small pumpkin with pips removed but not peeled, cut up into...
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article thumbnailPumpkin Soup by Sam the GoddessBaking the pumpkin first gives it a really different flavour. Ingredients 1 butternut, cut in half 1 tablespoon butter 1 medium onion, grated 3 1/2 cups of water 3 tsp powdered chicken stock 1 tsp powdered onion stock 1/2 tsp...
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article thumbnailRaspberry Fool This earliest reference to this classic English dessert dates back to 1658, and is still one of the most satisfying, easy, summery desserts in existence! The ingredients list is staggering (not): 250 ml cream 250g frozen raspberries...
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article thumbnailRoasted Tomato Sauce Recipe Ingredients Ripe tomatoes Salt/ ground black pepper 2 cloves garlic crushed 1 onion chopped 2 tablespoons tomato paste Fresh chopped basil, or parsley Drizzle of Balsamic Vinegar 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon ...
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article thumbnailSpicy tomato snack Ingredients: 2 Tomatoes 1 Red Onion 1 tsp Red chilli powder Salt to taste 1 Lemon Method: Finely chop onion. Slice tomatoes into 1/4 inch circles. Place chopped onion on each tomato slice. Squeeze lemon...
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article thumbnailSweet Ginger Lemon Syrup Ginger 3 inch piece 1-2 tbsps Lemon juice ¾ cup soft brown sugar or honey 1 tbsp. un salted butter Method Peel and finely chop ginger. Heat butter in a pan on low heat, add chopped ginger and let it brown for...
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article thumbnailTomato Relish Recipe Simply the best tomato relish: I got this recipe from my friend Amanda Hodson, it’s a classic, easy to make and very addictive.   1.5 kilos tomatoes 500 grams of...
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article thumbnailTomato Soup Tomato Soup: 2-3 onions 1 head of new season’s garlic 2-3 kilos of tomatoes Salt and lielilier Method Chop 2 – 3 onions, a head...
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article thumbnailTomato Soup for Freezing We have a tomato soup recipe which we have used for 40 years or more and shared with many friends who have requested it. Ingredients: 7 lbs tomatoes; 2 small bayleaves; 2 cloves; 3 large onions (sliced); 1 clove of...
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article thumbnailTomato Walnut Jam Ingredients 1 kg firm ripe tomatoes, peeled and sliced 4 cups granulated white sugar  2 lemons zested and juiced 1 cup walnuts chopped Method Put sliced...
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article thumbnailWinter Pesto I simply love pestos, tapenades in fact anything you can have on crackers or fresh bread I seem to be partial too. In the winter I love making this winter pesto recipe. The only problem I have is that it disappears fairly quickly after its been...
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article thumbnailWinter Vegetable Pasta Dish from Maureen Upjohn Cook in a little oil - one chopped onion, garlic, sweet basil, oregano, finely sliced/cubed pumpkin and finely chopped silverbeet (or any other veges that you prefer), let this cook for approx 5 minds then add 1 medium can of Italian...
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