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“Pasta oven bake with cherry tomato and feta.” Perfect for summer.
This dish can be served as vegetarian. What i love about this dish is the fact it is made in less than 30mins.
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Soto Ayam
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“Soto, also known as sroto, tauto, or coto is a traditional Indonesian soup mainly composed of broth, meat, and vegetables. Many traditional soups are called soto, whereas foreign and Western influenced soups are called sop. Soto is sometimes considered Indonesia’s national dish, as it is served from Sumatra to Papua, in a wide range of variations. Soto is omnipresent in Indonesia, available in many warungs and open-air eateries on many street corners, to fine dining restaurants and luxurious hotels. Soto, especially soto ayam (chicken soto), is an Indonesian equivalent of chicken soup. Because it is always served warm with a tender texture, it is considered an Indonesian comfort food. Because of the proximity and significant numbers of Indonesian migrants working and settling in neighbouring countries, soto can also be found in Singapore and Malaysia, and has become a part of their cuisine.”
This dish is perfect as a winter warmer during this time of year in the Australian winter. Usually my mom makes this dish served with fried chicken wings and fried potato mash called perkedel.
Carrot cake
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“Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. Most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting.”
Another lockdown entertainment baking in the kitchen.
Dukkha couscous haloumi salad
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“Couscous is a staple food throughout the North African cuisines of Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Morocco, and Libya. In Western supermarkets, it is sometimes sold in instant form with a flavour packet, and may be served as a side or on its own as a main dish.”
An inspired dish from Hellofresh. With couscous you can basically mix it with anything you like, which is something i’ve done for this version, a simple dish with few ingredients i had in the fridge.
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Banana bread
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“Banana bread is a type of bread made from mashed bananas. It is often a moist, sweet, cake like quick bread; however there are some banana bread recipes that are traditional-style raised breads.”
Growing up I was never a sweet tooth kind of person, but i quickly caught up with the trend. I’ve never either been much of a fan in eating banana’s but when it’s mixed into a sweet bread like banana bread, then that’s another story. It’s so easy to make, not super sweet in taste and is amazing with a cup of tea. When first moving to Perth at 18, all the cafes would serve the banana bread and i’d see customers always salivating over them and I always looked at them and thought “it looks good” but wouldn’t think more about it. Since Covid19 lockdown, this has basically become a weekly baking treat.
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Tomato and thyme soup
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“Tomato soup is a soup made with tomatoes as the primary ingredient. It may be served hot or cold in a bowl, and may be made in a variety of ways. It may be smooth in texture, and there are also recipes which include chunks of tomato, cream, chicken or vegetable stock, vermicelli, chunks of other vegetables and meatballs. Popular toppings for tomato soup include sour cream or croutons.”
Perfect as a winter warmer, this soup is my favourite during that time of year.
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