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CHICKEN BRINE

By Sheila Wilton
October 25, 2020
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This chicken brine recipe is made with lemons, honey, fresh herbs and spices, and produces a juicy tender chicken every time! A fool proof way for succulent and flavourful roasted … Continue Reading →

MOROCCAN VEGETABLE POT

By Sheila Wilton
October 22, 2020
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This warmly-spiced vegetable stew, sweet with parsnips and carrots and tangy with preserved lemons and dried apricots is the perfect dish for an Autumn evening. The Ingredient list looks a … Continue Reading →

BEEF BOURGUIGNON. Two

By Sheila Wilton
October 19, 2020
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Now Sheila as always assumed to call her version the “original and the best”. Her ego was truly boosted when a French friend of Ginette’s came for dinner and “proclaimed” … Continue Reading →

BAKED FENNEL WITH PARMESAN

By Sheila Wilton
October 19, 2020
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This is really used as a side dish, but with the addition of burrata cheese which is a pouch made from mozzarella, filled with cream and tied in a knot, … Continue Reading →

BUTTERNUT SQUASH BIRYANI WITH CUCUMBER RAITA

By Sheila Wilton
October 16, 2020
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I found this recipe on the BBC, good food. It is very spicy, so not for the faint hearted, but you can of course adjust the quantities. I enjoyed … Continue Reading →

CREMET D’ANJOU

By Sheila Wilton
October 12, 2020
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A traditional French dessert from the Loire Valley region. Sheila used Coeur â la Crème hearts that she lines with damp muslin. Cathy suggested you can use old yoghurt … Continue Reading →

DEEP-FRIED CALAMARI WITH LEMON MAYONNAISE.

By Sheila Wilton
October 12, 2020
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Fried calamari is a delicious seafood appetizer or snack made with deep fried squid that’s sliced into rings and coated with a flour mixture. Frying the calamari usually takes … Continue Reading →

HOT AND SWEET GINGER CHICKEN

By Sheila Wilton
October 12, 2020
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Sticky, messy, and quick, these are really delicious and tasty: as Diana Henry suggests hands should be encouraged. I just love her recipes, simple but with bags of flavour. … Continue Reading →

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