Thai Chicken, Cashew & Mango Lettuce Wraps with perfectly grilled, succulent chicken tenders sliced up in a crisp lettuce cup & tumbled with sweet & salty mango salsa & crunchy cashews. A perfect, throw-together summer meal.
Growing up mangoes were plentiful in our home. A dear family friend would send them by train from Innisfail in tropical far north Queensland where my step-father was born & raised, down to us in Sydney via the train. Sometimes they'd make it,
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Thai Chicken, Cashew & Mango Lettuce Wraps
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Thai Chicken, Cashew & Mango Lettuce Wraps
Thai Chicken, Cashew & Mango Lettuce Wraps with perfectly grilled, succulent chicken tenders sliced up in a crisp lettuce cup & tumbled with sweet & salty mango salsa & crunchy cashews. A perfect, throw-together summer meal.
Growing up mangoes were plentiful in our home.
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Rich & Chunky Pasta Sauce + 5 recipe uses for it that aren’t pasta
Rich & Chunky Pasta Sauce + 5 recipe uses for it that aren't pasta. You'd be right to assume pasta sauce is for pasta. No awards for figuring that one out. But pasta sauce is good for a multitude of other recipes, requiring no pasta. Wholesome, low carb food that's easy to prepare &
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Moroccan Beef Eggplant
Moroccan Beef Eggplant - perfectly grilled eggplant slices are topped with a warmly spiced beef mixture, fresh herbs & honey then drizzled with a creamy yogurt sauce.
I first shared a version of this recipes on my old The Fresh Aussie website a few years back. It was so popular
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How to Kitchen Basics
Easy Homemade 3 Ingredient Flatbread
Many of us love flatbread: whether it be garlic naan, a wrap or pita bread filled with veggies & meat, but have you ever stopped to read the label on the bread you're buying? It's mind-boggling how many ingredients are listed on the package of something as simple as bread? An average list can
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Homemade Fajita Seasoning
Homemade fajita seasoning is mind-numbingly easy to make & most of the ingredients are things you'll probably have in your spice cupboard. With none of the added crap.
Do you consider yourself a reader of food labels? I like to read anything & everything. I don't use a lot of
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What to do with that leftover ginger…
We've all done it: bought a piece of ginger for a recipe, used what we needed & left the remainder to shrivel away in the fridge or fruit bowl until we eventually chuck it out. Only then to need ginger for another recipe weeks later & then having to buy more & the whole process starts
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Spring & Summer
leek & parmesan quiche
Leek & Parmesan Quiche is perfect for a lunch with your girlfriends or as a light dinner served with a crisp green salad, some crusty bread & of course, wine.
Don't panic, but I made my own pastry for this recipe. I used a hot water pastry recipe I make for savory pies &
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mango cashew rice rolls
There’s something seductive about a ripe mango. Their heady fragrance. Their round, plumpness that yields to the gentle pressure of a squeeze letting you know it’s perfect to eat. Then you peel back their burnt orange skin to reveal the glistening, juicy flesh. Perfection.
Besides being
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Luscious Lemon Tart
This Luscious Lemon Tart recipe has been in my revolving recipe repertoire for years, 22 years to be exact. I first made it when I worked at the Australian Women's Weekly test kitchen in the heart of downtown Sydney. There I wrote, tested & styled recipes for cookbooks & magazines. I still
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Autumn & Winter
Lemony Blueberry Brown Sugar Crumble
Regardless of the time of year or the fruit in season, a crumble makes such a comforting, rustic dessert that can be thrown together at a moment's notice requiring no special ingredients or any sort of kitchen prowess. This Lemony Blueberry Brown Sugar Crumble is one of those recipes, with just
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warm roasted carrot, tomato & lentil salad
Warm roasted carrot, tomato & lentil salad is one of the many easy, fuss-free recipes I make that I hesitate to share because of its simplicity & rusticness. Wholesome foods that are inexpensive & quick to prepare requiring no great kitchen skills or any sort of snazzy appliances...I
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Roasted squash, cannellini & chipotle chili
Ladle this thick, smoky Roasted Squash, Cannellini & Chipotle Chili into warmed bowls & top with slices of avocado, fresh jalapeno slices, lime wedges & croutons for crunch. The perfect wintery, meatless meal that's both comforting & wholesome.
In my quest to eat better
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Features
5 easy no-cook tomato recipes
Tomatoes are one of the most versatile fresh ingredients we all love to cook with. What if, with a little chopping & some fresh herbs, you can have any of these bright, summery recipes ready in minutes without even having to turn your oven on, leaving more time to enjoy these balmy summer
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chicken, spinach & feta meatballs four ways
With one base recipe, in this case - chicken, spinach & feta meatballs, you can create several meals. I make these meatballs, quadruple the recipe then freeze the meatballs in four freezer bags to pull out at a moments notice. By adding a few simple ingredients you've got several meals you can
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PORK STARS – 7 awesome pork recipes for easy summer cooking
Pork has to the the versatile meat we regularly consume. Perfect to throw on the barbie, tossed into a stir-fry or even thrown into a slow cooker as the weather heats up (don't just use your slow cooker for the cooler months). Here are 7 truly delicious recipes showcasing this chameleon
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Lifestyle
Bedroom reno before & after
When we bought our home every room in the old house was a different color. The second most shocking room was what is currently our bedroom. Two walls were the hottest pink I've ever seen, the other walls were nuclear lime green. Being a fan of muted colors, this room made me quite uncomfortable
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Bathroom reno before & after
We bought an old house - 117 years worth of old. Thankfully the big things like the roof, windows, plumbing & electrical are okay. Every room in this house was a different color. The bathroom, which is tiny, was a dark sage green with dark cupboards & a tiny dark sink. All of it made the
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Nightstand before & after
We have a very big bed - both tall & wide. So tall in fact I need a step to get into it so I don't throw a hip out for the mount & dismount. When it came to finding a nightstand/bedside table for my side of the bed I couldn't find anything tall enough (looking back now I have no idea why I
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