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| Spinach, Beetroot & Egg Salad |
| Beetroot is an excellent source of fibre and is also packed with beta-carotene, Folate, potassium, vitamin C and iron |
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| Slow-Roasted Tomato & Steak Rolls |
| Meanwhile, heat remaining oil in a large non-stick frying pan on medium. Sauté onions 4 – 5 minutes, stirring, until tender. Mix in vinegar and sugar and cook 4 – 5 minutes, to caramelize. |
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| Miso Salmon Noodles |
| Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, cook noodles following packet instructions. Add broccolini and beans 2 minutes before end of cooking time. Drain, reserving 2 tablespoons cooking water. |
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| Cinnamon & Pear Porridge |
| Raw honey hasn’t been heat treated, so it retains all the antibacterial health benefits. Studies have shown it keeps free radicals at bay. You can find it in health |
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| Buttermilk & Blueberry Pancakes |
| Heat a large non-stick frying pan on medium. Spray with a little oil. Working in 2 batches of 4, pour ¼ cupfuls of mixture in pan. Cook 1 – 2 minutes, until bubbles appear on surface and underside is golden. |
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| Shape Up Your... Grilled Cheese |
| The childhood staple is enjoying a renaissance, with specialized eateries springing up everywhere but its nutritional profile is still in the dark ages (800 calories and 37 grams of fat!). |
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| Refueling During A Sweat Session |
| Once you compare foods by cost per serving size not per calorie, as previous studies have you see that nutritious options don’t have to put a pinch on your wallet. |
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| Cut The Crave : Ensure You Stop Any Food Urges |
| Want to stop automatically reaching for that afternoon fizzy drink, or tarnishing your week’s healthy eating effort with a carb binge? Whether it’s salt, sweets or the white stuff you’re after, you can out a stop to your cravings. |
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| A Variety Of Colors Helps To Keep Us Healthy |
| ‘Use by’ means food can be eaten up to the end of the ‘use-by’ date but not after, even if it looks OK. ‘Best before’ refers to food quality not food safety. When the date has passed, the food won’t be unsafe, but it might be past its best. ‘Display until’ is designed only for shop staff and doesn’t refer to food safety. |
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| ‘Kids Keep It Real, They Toss Your Ego’ |
| Being a mother changed me. It joyously gave me a second childhood and flooded me with love and laughter, which in turn gave me another, more beautiful way of looking at the world around me. It also stretched and strung me out – i was transformed by nights of colic and crying to morph into a different me: a very real and honest me. |
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| What It Feels Like When…You Have A House Husband |
| The first day was difficult. I work from our attic and I developed the hearing of a bat, flinching at every stumble or cry from downstairs. I missed her like mad. I looked at her baby pictures on my computer and I didn’t write a word. |
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| My Life With An Alcoholic (Part 2) |
| By the time my daughter was born, three years later, our marriage was over. Sam was completely drunk, comatose in the spare room, when, already having contractions, I drove myself to hospital. |
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| My Life With An Alcoholic (Part 1) |
| How do you cope when the man you married loves drinking more than he loves you? Clover Stroud tells us how her husband’s addiction destroyed their relationship – and how she finaly made the heartbreaking decision to leave |
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| Money-Wise Tips And Recipes |
| I defy anyone on this earth to consider Jill Fade’s crystallized edible flowers anything other than completely exquisite – guaranteed to supply the wow factor on a summer celebration cake. Jill grows all the flowers – violas, cornflowers and primroses are typical – at her Devon farmhouse without chemicals or pesticides. |
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| Naturally Sweet - Why Not Try It In Your Favorite Recipes |
| As the UK’s first blend of pure cane sugar and sweet Stevia leaf extract, Light at Heart is the natural choice for the whole family. You can use it just like sugar but, because it’s twice as sweet, you only need half the amount. |
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| Why We Really Broke Up (Part 2) |
| I can confirm that a French country villa, no matter how beautiful, is the last place on earth you want to be when you discover your boyfriend is writing poems to his ex, starting with the immortal lines, ‘Why did I leave you for a fairer flower/ When the fairest flower of all was in my arms the whole time?’ |
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| Why We Really Broke Up (Part 1) |
| Why did your last relationship end? Was he cheating with the cute receptionist at the gym? Were you doing long-distance, which meant more Skype time than real time? Maybe he was a teacher-slash-secret-porn-star who covered up his double life the whole time you were dating? |
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| Busy Women's Guide To Barbecue Heaven |
| If you’re partying through the summer and feeding lots of friends and family, it could be time to invest in alfresco cooking equipment that’s up to the job! |
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| Planning with Kids : Preparing for holidays - Driving with kids |
| We involve the kids in the packing process and ask them to help choose the clothes they should take. Once they’ve decided, I draw up a checklist for them to use when packing. As not all the kids can read yet, the checklist has both words and pictures. |
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| Pasta In Shrimp Pink Sauce |
| Using a ladle, scoop out half of the mixture and purée in a blender. Return to the pan. Turn on fire and cook at medium heat for 2 minutes. Pour in heavy cream. Boil then simmer for 2 minutes. |
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| Weekday Food … Ready, Set, Go! (Part 4) |
| To make the rice, soak it in the water for 30 minutes. Heat the vinegar, sugar and salt, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved. Cool. Boil the rice and water for 1 minute, reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Set aside, covered, for 10 minutes, then turn into a shallow dish and fold in the vinegar. |
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| Weekday Food … Ready, Set, Go! (Part 3) |
| To make the Yorkshire pudding, whisk the eggs, then add the milk and water. Sift in the flour and salt and whisk until smooth. Chill for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 220*C. Grease a square baking pan with the oil and heat in the oven until smoking hot. Whisk the batter, then pour into the pan. |
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| Weekday Food … Ready, Set, Go! (Part 2) |
| Braise the shallots in 2T olive oil, covered, for 30 minutes. Rub 2T flour with the remaining butter and whisk into the shallots until the juice is slightly thick. Spoon over the chicken. Add the mushrooms and sprinkle with parsley. Serve with the baguette. |
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| Weekday Food … Ready, Set, Go! (Part 1) |
| To assemble, layer slices of fillet, buffalo mozzarella, rocket leaves, a roast tomato and a dollop of tomato relish on one half of a toasted Portuguese roll. Top with Parmesan shavings and the remaining half of the roll. Serve with crispy polenta chips and aioli. |
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| TV Dinners …On A Roll (Part 2) |
| To assemble, layer slices of fillet, buffalo mozzarella, rocket leaves, a roast tomato and a dollop of tomato relish on one half of a toasted Portuguese roll. Top with Parmesan shavings and the remaining half of the roll. Serve with crispy polenta chips and aioli. |
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| TV Dinners …On A Roll (Part 1) |
| Heat a little oil in a large frying pan over a high heat. Lightly dust the butter bean patties with flour and fry until crisp and golden on both sides.Transfertoa baking tray and finish in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes until cooked through. |
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| Planning with Kids : Making time for play |
| In recent years I’ve realised how easy it is to get caught up in after-school activities, weekend sport commitments, play dates and the various other obligations that come with having young children. All of this can result in overstimulated, exhausted children. |
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| Planning with Kids : The joys of parenting |
| We’ve taken a planned approach to parenting our kids. This doesn’t just mean planning meals, routines and the like. We also take time to think about the way we want to parent: which strategies we’ll use and how we’ll work together. |
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| Seasonal Kitchen … BeetRoot & Bay (Part 2) |
| Toss the red onion and garlic In the olive oil. Scatter a layer of red onions over the pastry. Pack one layer of beetroot leaves on top of the red onions and crumble feta over the leaves. Cover with the remaining sheet of pastry, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with sea salt. |
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| Asian Pork Noodles, Fish Curry With Cucumber-Lime Salad |
| Cut 800 g kingklip into large cubes. Dip each piece into beaten free-range egg, then coat in chickpea flour. Chill while preparing the sauce and salad. Fry 1T curry powder, 2T turmeric, 1T ground cumin and 1T garam masala in a dry pan until fragrant, then add 70 g tomato paste and stir. |
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| Sandwich Prego Roll, Panna Cotta With Caramel |
| Prepare 1 x 60 g pack Woolworths vanilla-flavored panna cotta mix according to the package instructions. Melt 50 g white sugar in 1T water in a saucepan. When the sugarturns caramel in colour, remove from the heat and drizzle over the panna cotta. Garnish with fresh fruit. |
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