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{Vegalicious} Ginger, parsnip and carrot soup

January 25, 2010
by F&F
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This soup is lovely hot or cold. It offers a sweet, yet, spicy warm flavor with beautiful creamy orange color.
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{Vegalicious} Pumpkin spice bread

November 25, 2009
by F&F
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The leaves have fallen from the trees, there is a distinct nip in the air, and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. These altogether mean pumpkin time at our house. You might use this versatile vegetable to make a jack-o-lantern, or only as a pump
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{Vegalicious} Red cabbage tarts

October 21, 2009
by F&F
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As the days grow shorter and cooler, we look forward to eating warmer meals with more pungent flavors and spices. Red cabbage is one of our favorite vegetables at this time of the year. It can be used in a number of ways, raw in salads, sauteed with
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Foraging for a grumble-free winter

October 14, 2009
by F&F
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I don’t normally mind the swing-about of the seasons towards winter: normally everything stays fresh and new and interesting until January (which, incidentally, is so disgustingly miserable and pointless that it should be illegal). But there’s one th
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{Vegalicious} Breaded aubergine with spicy walnut yoghurt sauce

September 30, 2009
by F&F
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It’s a funny thing about aubergines, most dids don’t like them, but suddenly when one becomes an adult, they’re considered quite tasty. Aubergine, also called eggplant, or brinjal belongs to the night shade family. The fruit is botanically classified
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Green tomato chutney by Matt Williams

September 8, 2009
by F&F
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Matt Williams is a marvellous cook. I know this because I spent a year watching his wife happily eating the extraordinarily delicious soups he had cooked her for lunch at work. His recipes are worth catching hold of, if you ever get the chance. And h
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{Vegalicious} The good, the bad, and the ugly zucchini

September 2, 2009
by F&F
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I think people have a love hate relationship with zucchini: I know gardeners do. There’s always the thrill of having the seeds successfully germinate – zucchinis are so good about that. Then there are the strong plants that grow so quickly with
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{Vegalicious} Grilled vegetable kabobs

August 4, 2009
by F&F
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Well, we’re approaching the peak of the garden season now, and our lovely garden is full and green. Admittedly, some of the green comes from weeds, but their blossoms bring the bees as well as flowers. It’s time to get out the grill and have some fun
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Kitsch cake

July 20, 2009
by F&F
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When I’m not digging, I love baking. Just love it. I don’t think there is a more lovely way of showing a visitor how pleased you are to see them than by baking a nice big cake. And when special visitors come, I bake them a nice big Kitsch Cake. The m
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{Vegalicious} Macaroni with Asparagus, Broad Beans and Rocket Pesto

June 20, 2009
by F&F
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Broad beans, also known as fava beans are an amazingly healthy bean, very tasty, and easy to grow. They are one of the early crops to plant out, as they don’t mind cooler weather, and in fact you’ll have fewer aphids if you do start them early. Broad
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Super summer salad

June 17, 2009
by F&F
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One of the loveliest things about growing your own veg is drifting down to your garden with a bowl and picking a fat crop of juicy salad leaves every morning. There are few greater supermarket rip-offs than those bags of salad leaves: insipid, watery
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Just-a-minute mint tea

June 5, 2009
by F&F
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Mint is a terribly exciting plant. It might look a bit dull, but when you discover that you can grow chocolate mint, orange mint, banana mint, ginger mint, moroccan mint, eau de cologne mint and apple mint, the plant suddenly gains a great deal more
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