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The only thing I make when rhubarb season arrives rhubarb crumble! I like to add apple into mine so the filling isnt just baby-food-mush. Adore the tangy filling there is nothing else like it. Prevent screen from sleeping Serving with ice cream is a MUST! Theres nothing like rhubarb! This is one of those rare recipes where I cant offer flexibility becausethere is no substitute for rhubarb! Theres nothing like it the unique celery-like texture, bright red colour and signature tang....

A new big, bold, statementpasta saladto fall in love with! The crispy salami bits! Meet the star player in todays line up crispy salami. Prevent screen from sleeping Literally just chopped up salami, fried in a pan until crisp. Think, bacon.With even more flavour! Wait what do you mean youve never fried up salami before??!! OK, truthfully, I hadnt either until I started down this I want to make aninterestingpasta salad!...

Its the beef version of everybodys favouriteChicken Chow Mein, made with the convenience of ground beef. A neat trick in todays recipe is to scramble up an egg with the beef. It makes the beef bits stick to the noodles better, with the added bonus of upping the protein. Prevent screen from sleeping Another bonus: chow mein actually has a vast amount of noodle-shaped vegetables hidden in the noodles. A carrot, 2 heaped cups of cabbage and a heaped cup of bean sprouts....

Ginger and orange are lovely flavor companions. They are also quite a pretty color! Tofu usually appears on our table once a week, in some form. NASA photo A blank canvas I know some folks are hesitant about this spongy looking rather bland ingredient. Bake it and change the texture, and the sponge becomes more interesting! A good value I must say! Ive certainly used it in a pinch, its more expensive but a time saver....

So here it is! However, the rice is tastier if you add sushi rice seasoning which is just sugar and rice vinegar. Especially if you plan to serve these as plain snacks with no toppings. Nobu copy-catSpicy Tuna Crispy Rice Sushi rice Find this bang out of rice labelled as such alongside other rice at the grocery store. For the same reason, its the best bang out of rice to make rice cakes!...

This Spicy Tuna Crispy Rice recipe is a shameless copycat of a signature appetiser at the trendy Nobu restaurant. Bite sizecrispy riceis served with tuna in a creamy spicy dressing. So I copied it.And added a canned tuna option too. Or toppings as finger food! Nobu copycat: Spicy Tuna Crispy Rice Theres no feel-good story behind todays recipe. But you pay through the nose for it $30 for a very small serving....

Chicken marylands: such an under-utilised cut of chicken! Cheap, juicy, flavourful, hard to stuff up. Its like roast chicken, without the mess of carving. Prevent screen from sleeping Chicken marylands (aka chicken leg quarters) Chicken maryland is amassively underrated economical cut of chicken. Why its juicier because its a larger single piece of bone-in meat. Which means less juice-escaping-crevices by meat weight = juicier meat. What is a chicken maryland to you?...

Complete with essential add-ins: bacon, cucumber and celery. Every bite is perfection! TryGerman Potato Salad,Red Potato Salad with Charred Corn,Lemon Potato SaladandWickedly Delish Sweet Potato Salad. Dressing hot potatoes with French dressing is the secret! A Potato Salad youll make again and again… This is a potato salad recipe given to me by the mother of a friend. To respect her privacy, lets call her Mrs B. Dressing hot potatoes with French dressing is the secret!...

Affogato coffee, dessert and your after dinner drink, all rolled into one. This is what you have when youre too full for dessert! Just pour espresso coffee over vanilla gelato or ice cream, enjoy the melty swirls and dig in. Frangelico is my favourite liquor for affogato The Italians are genius. Affogato When was your last affogato? Its my go-to dessert at restaurants. Even if I claim Im too full, affogato doesnt count as its practically liquid, right?...

Sweater weather is officially here lets get cosy with Goulash! Think traditionalbeef stew with extra character! Goulash If you thinkHungaryand thinkhearty food, then Goulash is probably exactly what comes to mind. The sauce here looks thicker than when hot out of the oven because it thickens when it cools slightly. Unsurprising given it is Hungarys greatest food export! Is it a stew? Is it a soup? It sort of lies between the two in terms of the amount of broth vs the stuff in it....

Sweet, luscious, red through and through strawberries. It was a tall order, but I came up with a lovely dessert that pleased everyone. Always something special on Sunday My mom loved making cakes. Local strawberries, sweet and juicy, and red all the way through. Ah, the season is just too short! They were tiny little gems, the size of your pinkie nail, and picking them was quite tedious! But their flavor was beyond anything the commercial growers could produce....

The perfect combination of refreshing and firecracker heat. Its quick to make. I cant wait for you to become as obsessed as me. Prevent screen from sleeping Lets be defensive about our obsession together! Scared of the chilli? MakeSmashed Cucumbers with ginger sauceinstead! This cucumber smashing business Cucumbers are slippery suckers. Dressing just doesnt stick to it. Which is why Asians are so fond of smashing cucumbers. Which means more flavour in every bite....

Swirls of cheese, an insanely golden crispy cheese crust, and soft fluffy crumb. This cheese bread is every cheese-loving carb-monsters dream come true! Cheese Bread This is a bread youd struggle to buy. Instant yeast Because I just cant see any bakery cramming in as much cheese as I do. 250g thats half a pound! For un-missable cheese flavour. But if Im going to make a cheese bread, I want to do it right!...