"The Claytons Blog" :

Brownie? No. Slice but still nice!

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My recipe today started life as a Brownie.  Now you can call me doubting Thomasina, but my initial thought was that the words 'healthy' and 'brownies' were mutually exclusive.  Then though, I thought about it.  Now, don't get me[...]

Pressure Cooker Corned Beef

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This tasty, succulent corned beef was done in pressure cooker for just 40 minutes! Can you believe that? I haven't ventured far from my Pressure Cooker Chicken or my golden syrup puddings and really I don't know why. It save time in[...]

Practicing my slow eating

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What is it about Friday nights that makes me want to indulge?  Obviously I still see food as potential reward, which I am not sure is healthy (?) but it is, at this moment a fact.  At just 900g away (as checked yesterday) from a major[...]

Falafel

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Funny how things turn out really. I bought this lovely jar on Sunday at a market and then on Monday when I was at the fruit market I saw large bags of dried beans to fill the jar and emphasise the words written on there. One bean was chick peas[...]

Stoup

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I really like being able to make a big vat of soup.  Today was so cold, I think it got to just 15C (59F).  I find the healthy recipes I'm cooking require more thought than regular cooking.  Perhaps this is simply because this style of[...]

My progress

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Perhaps ironic that the weekend I am relaxing my routine a bit should be the time I choose to give everyone an idea of how I'm progressing with my new healthy outlook.  It's Mother's Day today (yesterday by the time this post appears), and we[...]

Citrus & Poppyseed Cake

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Technically, this did start it's life as an orange and poppy seed cake and it was what I was going to make except I only had one orange in the fruit bowl and no orange juice in the fridge. So I thought I will be able to make with what I had,[...]

Aussie Farmers - 1 month on - still some hits but a couple of misses!

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So a month after first finding Aussie Farmers Direct at the Sydney Family Show and having order now almost 10 times and tasted everything I have purchased so time a for another update. Has it maintained the service and quality?[...]

Pumpkin Plus Soup

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One of the funny yet cool things about The Complete Food Makeover is the use of the term 'food nerd'.  Julie Maree Wood is proud to be a 'food nerd' I think, and I wonder if I can end up being the same?  Right now, I feel I'm a[...]

I am officially impressed

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I felt like I was making a 'real' dessert!  Well of course I was making a real dessert but I didn't feel like I was making a low-fat excuse for a full-fat dessert, it felt as much fun as any pud to create - though easy-peasy.  My kidlets[...]