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Rolled lamb loin with spinach, feta and pine nuts.⁣
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⁣A Sunday night roast to close out the weekend. I always enjoy the craft-project vibe of unrolling the lamb, filling it and tying it back up again.⁣
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⁣It went into the oven with a tray of red cabbage wedges, which roasted up dark and sweet, and some tiny new potatoes that I tossed in minty butter.⁣
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⁣#lamb #roastlamb #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #dinner #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

Thai fish cakes 🇹🇭 ทอดมันปลา tod mun pla⁣⁣
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⁣⁣Kicking off Friday night rustling up one of my all-time favourite drinking snacks. The little fish cakes are made with local snapper, red chilli paste and kaffir lime leaves, so they’re pretty sensational all by themselves. Wrapping them in cooling lettuce with a dipping sauce of sweet chilli, coriander, peanuts and cucumber takes them over the edge.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣Cheers for a great weekend, everyone! 🍻⁣⁣
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⁣⁣#fish #thaifood #chilli #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #dinner #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

Apples and blackberries baked under a cloud of sponge.⁣
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⁣A simple winter weeknight wonder.⁣
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⁣#apples #blackberries #fruit #dessert #sweet #baking #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #dinner #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

Lamb cutlets, tabouli, tzatziki.⁣
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⁣A quick dinner borrowed from my weeknight repertoire tonight because we were going to the movies and I needed something more substantial than popcorn and a choc-top for dinner.⁣
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⁣The tabouli and tzatziki were made leisurely this morning, so getting it on the table just needed the cutlets thrown onto a grill plate for 3 minutes a side and we were good to go.⁣
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⁣#lamb #tabouli #tzatziki #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #dinner #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

Chana dal with a garlic and mustard seed tarka.⁣
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⁣Golden chana dal – they’re chickpeas, not lentils – flavoured with cumin seeds, caramelised onions and garam masala. Just before serving they’re dressed with a tarka: hot oil quickly infused with, in this case, garlic, mustard seeds and a couple of pierced chillies for a hint of fire (they’re really more a pretty garnish).⁣
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⁣Skilled Indian cooks often make their tarka in a ladle or big spoon directly over a gas flame. That’s a recipe for starting a kitchen fire to a klutz like me, so I used a little frying pan.⁣
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⁣Everything is stirred together at the table for a lovely side dish, although I could, very easily, eat the entire thing by itself, by myself.⁣
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⁣Cross-cultural side note: chana dal make the silkiest, most sublime hummus you’ve ever tasted.⁣
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⁣#chanadal #chickpeas #indianfood #vegetarian #vegan #glutenfree #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #dinner #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

Salted peanut butter cookies for the rarely attempted #midweekbaking.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣I promised I’d bake for a work event tomorrow. One biscuit is missing for mandatory Quality Control Inspection 😋⁣
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⁣⁣#baking #cookies #biscuits #peanuts #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #dinner #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

Mushroom and smoked scamorza potato pie, for #sundaybaking⁣
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⁣In Naples this is a gattō, a cake. I made it as a pie, with potato on the upper and lower decks, and a filling of mushrooms and smoked scamorza cheese, a cousin of mozzarella.⁣
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⁣I’ve made this as the centrepiece of a vegetarian-friendly lunch before, with a zippy green salad alongside. Tonight it’s playing side dish to a slow-roasted chicken.⁣
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⁣Thank you to @williamssonomaaus for the lovely nonstick pie dish – it’s a beauty.⁣
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⁣#baking #pie #potato #mushrooms #cheese #vegetarian #glutenfree #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #dinner #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

Seared scallops, chilli, lime.⁣
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⁣A little Friday night treat.⁣
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⁣#scallops #seafood #chilli #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #dinner #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling