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Pasta with basil, mushrooms and chicken
View recipe: Pasta with basil, mushrooms and chickenYou could make this quick and delicious pasta supper as a vegetarian dish but I love this with leftover shredded roast chicken as part of my ‘one chicken, three suppers’ weekly menu plan. The basil gives it a lovely fresh flavour and cuts through the richness of the creamy mushroom sauce. Adding plenty of freshly…
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Lemon syrup loaf cake
View recipe: Lemon syrup loaf cakeI do love a fancy cake but sometimes the plain looking ‘Cinderella’ ones pack the best flavour punch. This lemon syrup loaf is made with buttermilk in the batter so it’s really light and moist. It’s perfect if you want to make it a day ahead of when you need it or to be able…
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Chocolate pavlova with raspberries
View recipe: Chocolate pavlova with raspberriesFull disclosure, I have never made a pavlova before I made this one because I normally leave that to my neighbour Lynne, ‘Queen of Pav’. Anyway, I bit the bullet and made this chocolate and raspberry beauty for my lovely family for a post-lockdown reunion lunch. It was a hit! 4 egg whites 200g golden…









