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Recipe: French Quarter Beignets
A few years ago Adam and I travelled the length and breadth of the USA on a set of amtrak trains and greyhound buses, one of our favourite stops was New Orleans. It was a couple of years after Katrina, but the devastation was still oh-so-very apparent. We stayed in a little hostel that was the only [...]
Recipe: Baking Powder Biscuits
Last weekend was our Cajun/Creole/Deep-South cook-off. We were in the kitchen from 9am until 5pm when our family arrived to consume our creations. The menu ran like this: Popcorn Shrimp Crab Bisque served with baking powder biscuits Cornbread Jambalaya (shrimp) Gumbo (chicken and sausage) Macaroni Cheese Red Velvet cake Beignets So while I work through [...]
Recipe time! : Green tomato chutney
Nights are drawing in, it’s time to start preserving! Yep, we’re making loads of homemade presents again this year and started a week or so ago with the chutneys. This is a recipe we’ve not tried before, but since our garden produced a huge amount of green tomatoes that weren’t about to ripen any time [...]
Quick Salsa Recipe
So, you picked up the nachos, got the chili cooking and even boiled up some rice… but oh no! You forgot to pick up a jar of salsa! What to do! Well, I’m sure you have these simple store cupboard and weekly shop items to make a tasty 5 minute salsa fresca! What you’ll need [...]
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