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Moroccan Sweet Potato Soup
This mild, richly flavoured soup is great winter comfort food.
Mixed seafood and vegetable stir-fry
A tempting and easy to prepare and cook Asian dish that's perfect for a midweek meal.
Mixed Berry Smoothie
This vitamin-packed drink makes a filling and nutritious breakfast if you are in a hurry. Combining proteins, calcium and anti-oxidants, this drink is sure to hydrate the brain and improve energy circulation.
Japanese miso soup
This miso soup owes its rich savoury flavour to the shiitake mushrooms, ginger and dried kombu stock.
Minestrone with Chicken Meatballs
In Italian, a minestra is a soup, but a minestrone is a BIG soup – a nourishing meal in itself. Tender and moist chicken meatballs and a host of seasonal herbs and vegetables enhance the depth of flavour in this delicious one-bowl meal.
Mexican Bean Burritos
A fabulous vegetarian bite that's deliciously healthy as well as fun to eat. The bean and vegetable mixture has a great spicy kick, and is combined with crunchy salad, grated cheese and creamy yogurt in tortilla wraps.
Orange and pecan biscuits
These are 'slice-and-bake' biscuits - the roll of dough can be prepared in advance and kept in the fridge. Then, whenever biscuits are wanted, you simply slice the roll into rounds, top with pecans and bake for a sweet treat.
Osso Buco
Osso buco is a dish of tender veal shanks that's perfect for any special occasion.
Rose Sparkle
A refreshing cocktail recipe with champagne and fruit chunks.
Roasted tomato, capsicum and chorizo soup
Bursting with rich Mediterranean flavours, this soup is a great choice for a fast, satisfying supper.
Roasted Pumpkin and Beetroot Salad
This elegant salad is easy to prepare and you can roast the pumpkin and beetroot while you are cooking other dishes. Serve it warm with some crusty wholegrain bread for a light but balanced meal.
Rhubarb and Apple Pie
Sprinkled with sugar and tangy with rhubarb and apples, this is a magical pie. If time is short, you can use ready-made shortcrust pastry.
Quick Ham and Cheese Quiche
With ready-rolled shortcrust pastry you can whip up a tasty, homemade quiche in no time, then leave it to bake. A colourful salad and boiled new potatoes go with it perfectly.
Quick Chicken Laksa
This popular South-East Asian noodle soup is very versatile; you can make it using chicken, tofu, mixed seafood or a combination of all three. Laksa paste is sold in jars in specialist grocery stores, larger supermarkets and online — it can vary [...]
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