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Yearly Archives: 2011

Potato and Swiss Chard Dauphinoise

Only a couple of days to go until I jet off to the Dordogne for 4 days of food styling and photography tuition with five other food blogging ladies looking to upgrade their skills.  Of course whilst we’ll be learning all about lighting, shooting angles and dressing of dishes from the experts I have no […]

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Almond Pesto

A I love pesto but my eldest daughter Emily is allergic to pine nuts so here is an easy, yummy version that I use instead. – Melani Almond Pesto 1 1/2 cups tightly packed basil leaves 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese 1/4 cup slivered Almonds (or pine nuts) 2 garlic cloves Just under 1/2 cup […]

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Veggie Soup with Almond Pesto

So you may have noticed that we haven’t posted for a while, in fact I think Lorna’s been given a fairly hard time by a few GF&H followers, what can we say, other than we’re sorry… but we’re happy to have you wanting more. We certainly have the will and desire to post much more […]

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Iced Sugar Cookies

Last week was Emily’s birthday and icing cookies is always a huge hit as a party activity. I have the set-up down to a fine art these days as we decorate cookies at their parties every year. As you can see from the photo’s above the kids do a fantastic job, the icing dries really […]

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Pizza Dough

As much as I love to cook sometimes the thought of making something I can buy ready-made at Wholefoods doesn’t always seem worth the effort, but whilst the ready-made dough is great for its ease, the taste isn’t always what I want. Recently I started getting pizza from a local place and was blown away […]

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