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80-21-35 or is it 40-21-50? I honestly have no idea what the ideal measurements are supposed to be. What I do now, for a fact, is that my waistline is no where near those ideal measurements! You’ve heard me complain about them time and time again, and you also heard me say I would be [...]

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Lavender brownies

If you live anywhere near our tiny little country, the chances are that you had the same amount of sudden sunshine as we did. Just when we all thought summer was over (after having never really arrived) it all of a sudden gets to be gorgeous weather. The kind of weather that makes you want [...]

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Thai dinner for two; We Feed Back

by Simone (junglefrog) on August 29, 2011 · 13 comments

in Current Affairs, Food and Drink

Spicy beef dish at Thai restaurant

When I met Ishay for the very first time during our Plate to Page adventure in Germany it became immediately apparent that she is a very socially engaged person. She is originally from South Africa where she lives with her Dutch husband (who came with her to Germany since they were on a vacation too [...]

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Goatcheese lemon pasta

by Simone (junglefrog) on June 19, 2011 · 22 comments

in Food and Drink, Italian, Recipes, Vegetarian

I see a flutter of wings when the magpie family lands on the windowsill right in front of my office window. It’s rainy and windy outside and they’ve taken the liberty to use our windowsill as a hide-out when it gets too wet in the trees. They are curious and I think the reflection in [...]

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Punjabi chicken curry

by Simone (junglefrog) on April 30, 2011 · 22 comments

in Asian, Food and Drink, Meat, Recipes

I was first pointed to the book from Anjum Anand by Soma from the fabulous blog ECurry. If you haven’t checked out her blog you should. It has loads of Indian recipes and beautiful photos too. Anyway Soma gave a review of the new book by Anjum and I just had to get that book [...]

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I know we all have the pressure of time and especially during these last few days before christmas, things can get slightly out of hand. Christmas menu planning, grocery shopping to make sure you have everything in house for the final meal and let’s not forget the actual cooking. Maybe not all of us have [...]

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When you receive an email from Ivonne and Lis asking if you would like to host the Daring Cooks for december, you just don’t say no! So I happily said yes and I thought it was an honour to be even asked, but as soon as the email was send; panick set in! O noooo, [...]

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Veggie wellingtons with a little chicken… :)

by Simone (junglefrog) on September 25, 2009 · 17 comments

in Food and Drink, Recipes, Vegetarian

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I had a serious amount of puff pastry left over from something I will tell you about in a few days… and I wanted to use it. I am not going in putting stuff in the freezer. I usually end up forgetting completely I ever made anything that went into the freezer. You see our [...]

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Angler fish with pancetta

What I try to do each week is to plan our meals a bit so that we at least have some decent food. The reality is that our lives are quite hectic so it is sometimes just not feasible to prepare a good meal and still do all the things we want. In my line [...]

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