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Crunchy Garlic Chicken Recipe from Jamie Oliver
Another fantastic recipe from Jamie’s Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals. I’ve already made half a dozen recipes from this book that have been great. This came out really good but the crumb texture wasn’t quite what I expected, being a bit thick and globby because of the butter. I’m writing…
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Hamburgers from Jamie Oliver
The hamburger recipe from Jamie’s Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals is actually pretty darn close to my mom’s old recipe. He uses cream crackers crumbled up instead of bread crumbs and leaves out the Worcestershire, ketchup and horseradish. I really like the addition of the fresh parsley but if I…
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Chicken Biryani Curry from Jamie Oliver
I made some more great Indian curries the other night. The Patak curry pastes and cooking sauces are really good! I used the Pataks Biryani Paste with this curry last night. Basic genesis of the recipe comes from Jamie’s Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals, one of my favorite new cookbooks.…
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Parmesan Pork and a Giveaway
I was sent the cookbook “All You, Eat Well, Save Big” to review. It is a nice cookbook, with pictures of each meal, nice easy suggestions for side dishes and recipes for the main courses. They calculate a price per serving for each meal so you can get a rough idea of costs (although your…
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Roast Potatoes, Parsnips and Butternut Squash
Potatoes are on sale here: .99 for a 10 pound bag! Haven’t seen them that low in …. maybe ever? And I just made the most awesome roast potatoes, along with carrots, parsnips and butternut squash. I tried a new technique, essentially par boiling the veggies (other than the squash) for a bit before roasting.…