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Coconut Prawn Laksa Recipe
Quick and easy takeaway style soup
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Cinnamon Toast Crunch
This is a crunchy mixture which embodies all the yummy flavours of a perfect piece of cinnamon toast. It can be eaten by itself or used in recipe to add an extra taste.
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Cinnamon Pecan Cookie Recipe
Full of toasted cinnamon, pecan and white chocolate basically a cinnamon roll as a cookie.
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Corn Chowder
A great soup on a cold day- full of corn, potato and red pepper spiced with tangy smoked paprika
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Lemon Meringue Pie
A great use for all your lemons!
This is not the simplest dessert to make but worth the effort. Start by making the lemon curd for the pie filling. I generally do this the day prior and leave in the fridge overnight, eating spoonfuls to just make sure it tastes ok !
The second step is to make the pie pastry and blind bake it. The key to good pastry is to make sure everything is cool.
Once the pie crust is baked, pour the lemon curd in and even it out then set aside and make the meringue. Spread all over the pie filling and bake until meringue is golden. Let cool for several hours then enjoy! The cool time is important as it gives the filling time to set so it won’t run everywhere!
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Basic Butter Pastry Recipe
A great basic pastry that goes nicely sweet filling such as Pecan Pie.
Remember the key to a good pastry is to work quickly with chilled butter and milk ; that’s what gives you a nice flaky crust.
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Seafood Chowder
A true nod to my East Coast of Canada heritage- a seafood chowder heaping with fish and a slice a old fashioned white bread
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Lemon Slice Recipe
A lovely lemony slice- perfect to get your vitamin C!
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interesting items
Mary Quant
Inspiring young women to rebel against traditional dress worn by their mothers and grandmothers, Quant turned a tiny boutique on the King’s Road, London, into a wholesale brand available in department stores across the UK, US, Europe and Australia. Quant’s success soon hit New Zealand, where her designs made fashion less exclusive and more accessible to a new generation.
Her empire was vast from styling fashion superstars like Twiggy to designing super cool dolls that make Barbie look like a prude- check out her Havoc doll with its firearms and motorcycle.
