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Meat cake
So I think it’s time for an unashamedly gluten-laden recipe. Funnily enough this one coincides with my descent into the comfort-food time of the year…when every day seems like the perfect moment for...
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Sweet (and salty) success
If you’ve been paying attention I posted a recipe a week or so back, somewhat dubiously entitled Meat Cake. As promised, I experimented with a gluten-free version and whatdoyaknow…it worked a treat!...
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A big little week
It’s been a big week for little ol’ Needle&I. The Fair is only two weeks away now and I’m finally starting to see the fruits of my labour having settled into a mostly frenzied pattern of work. I’ve...
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Party of eight
I’ve been set to task this week. Not that I mind, after all it’s my kind of task. A good friend asked me to design a menu for a dinner party she’s having in a week’s time. She’s very good at stroking...
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The Grinch
I haven’t had much time to get creative in the kitchen this week. I’ve been preoccupied. With quinoa mostly, but more on that later. The usual dinner suspects keep doing the rounds, challenging our...
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Lemon, cardamon & pistachio crumble
I could’ve sworn summer holidays used to feel longer. Wasn’t it just days ago that I was coercing you all to make a Campari-laden strawberry cocktail? You might be needing that tipple now more than...
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Feijoa, lime & almond cake
If any fruit could evoke my childhood with one deep inhalation it would have to be the feijoa. There’s something mystical about its flavour, something remarkable that you can’t quite put your finger...
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Roasted carrot & caraway seed cake with orange mascarpone
It would seem I’ve found just time enough to sneak one final recipe in before we hit the road. I made a salad earlier this week which got me thinking that I could make a cake using similar flavours. A...
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Nutty, seedy loaf
So, it’s been a while since I last posted. Stating the obvious most likely. I’ve been running myself ragged getting the Spring 2013 range ready so I can finally start taking over the world. Every other...
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The ultimate cookies ‘n cream
I’ve concurrently discovered my ultimate cookie recipe as well as my ultimate dessert recipe. It’s a big call, I know. I can’t lay claim to the cookies…this recipe comes care of my favourite recipe...
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The tease
Just a quick little teaser for you today…I’ve had a recipe stockpiled for a while now which I’ve wanted to try out. It’s just come out of the oven, in all its glory, cooling down all too slowly before...
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Almond, coconut and orange cake with honey and mint syrup
It would appear I’m starting off my 2014 blogging year with a hiss and a roar. This enthusiasm and frequency is highly unlikely to continue once the busy year as I know it kicks in good and proper. It...
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Coconut, almond and tahini cookies
We’re completely addicted to tahini in our household. Our weekly rate of consumption has diminished only slightly in the last week or so after I discovered I was buying a 600gm jar at each weekly...
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Orange, almond & blueberry muffins
I think we all know that muffins are hiding behind a very tenuous guise of being a healthy baked option. Let’s be honest here. For all intents and purposes they’re mini-cakes that have somehow acquired...
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Pistachio, almond and coconut florentines
I had a little impromptu baking session this morning. I wanted something super quick to throw together which I could have on hand as a healthy sweet treat through the week. Florentines came to mind as...
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Lemon, almond and honey syrup loaf
Making new friends is a very sweet thing indeed. I think the older you get the more you appreciate the relatively rare occurrence of meeting people in somewhat unforeseen scenarios and finding their...
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Lemon and poppy seed muffins
I’m chomping my way through an influx of homegrown lemons which have generously been gifted to us over the last week or so. It’s a race against time as I try to do them all justice before they turn...
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Oaty, nutty bites
I feel like I’m perpetually on a quest to find nutritious snacks to throw into Thea’s lunchbox which don’t cost the earth and won’t put her teeth into the line of sugary fire that most store-bought...
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Vanilla apples with lemon and almond crumble
Is it wrong to eat pudding for lunch? Not in winter…and definitely not on a Sunday. In my book a hearty apple crumble is capable of encompassing many nutritional essentials…protein, carbohydrates,...
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Spiced banana, date and walnut loaf
It’s been quite some time between blog posts I must say. I’ve been a little on the busy side, to say the least, and sadly the first thing to drop out of my days is creativity in the kitchen. I’m a...
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