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Food - August 2006

Wholemeal Marshmallow Cookies

August 31st 2006 06:34
A volatile, experimental form of cookie. The marshmallows will inevitably melt, seeping its sweet pink goodness throughout the rest of the dough and leaving pockets of super chewy goo that will leave your jaws reminiscing of toasted marshmallows over a camp fire. Also, the use of wholemeal flour balances the soft sugary-ness, and gives the impression of a healthful snack, you see?



Ingredients:
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup white sugar
Icing Sugar
½ cup butter
1 egg
½ table spoon of vanilla essence
1 cup of wholemeal self raising flour
3/4 cup of marshmallows
Salt


Method:
Use an electric mixer to beat the sugar and butter. Add the egg and vanilla and continue to beat. Chop the marshmallows into small pieces, or use mini marshmallows if you can find them. Add the flour, marshmallows and a pinch of salt to the bowl and continue to beat. By now the mixture should be thick and hold together. Grease a baking tray and flatten tablespoon fulls of the mixture, leaving plenty of room between them for expansion. Cook in a pre-heated oven at 160 degrees Celsius for 10-15 minutes. Dust with icing sugar.


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Danish Health Policy Vs Australian

August 30th 2006 06:21

According to a recent article in SMH, experts in obesity claim that eating highly processed foods with little nutritional value and extreme fat, salt and sugar content can be just as physically damaging as tobacco and should therefore be discouraged as strongly on a national level. This is quite a big claim to make, especially since they suggest massive changes such as "physical activity rules for school students, a ban on all heavily processed fast foods and snacks from public schools and hospitals, unambiguous colour-coded labels to denote nutritional quality, taxation for unhealthy products balanced with subsidies for fresh foods, and prohibition of all food marketing aimed at children." They also speculative that this method would begin to be effective after only the first year of implementation.


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Spinach and Cheese Triangles

August 29th 2006 11:05
Spinach and Cheese Traingles (Serves 4)
Essentially, these are not really spinach and cheese triangles, they’re a lot more like spinach and cheese diamonds. This is a personal innovation. You see, when it’s a triangle shape all the cheese seeps out and leaves the pastry empty. A diamond shape holds the filling far more effectively.

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Electric Refrigerator Recipes

August 28th 2006 10:52
It’s amazing what you can find in the council cleanup if only you’re prepared to ferret through piles of disgusting garbage! The other night I was pleased that I made the effort to get down on my hands and knees to rummage around on my way home from work, even though it was night and the ground was unpleasantly damp.


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Sumptuous Pear and Almond Flan

August 25th 2006 05:01
This is something that my Mum has got down to a fine art and whips up for special occasions such as birthdays. She usually uses a kind of pear with a brown, slightly rough skin, though I’m not sure of the variety’s name. It’s moist and soft and always gets a great reception.

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High Tea at Vaucluse House

August 24th 2006 04:30
Vaucluse House is a nineteenth century harbour side estate located in the affluent suburb of Vaucluse. The house is open to the public and decorated with furniture and items that reanimate its past. You can still see the servant’s quarters, kitchen, herb garden and animal pens, complete with ducks, chicken and pigs.


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Gabriel gate is a fabulous chef who deserves the wide recognition he has received on television and in restaurants internationally. He has his own website and frequents live events. http://www.gabrielgate.com/home.html His credits include over fifteen cookbooks and one of France's highest honours, La Croix de Chevalier dans L'Ordre du Merite Agricole, for his contribution to promoting French gastronomy.

www.allenandunwin.com

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Further to my post on saffron, if you’d like to experiment with this expensive spice then try this recipe. And yes, I actually used real saffron in this!

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Review: The Mars Hill Cafe Parramatta

August 20th 2006 05:44
The Mars Hill Cafe is definitely one of Parramatta’s cultural hubs. This laid back artsy café is often frequented by local poets, musicians and artists.


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Ingredients:
1 packet of Linguini pasta
The zest of 1 lemon

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Featured Spice: Saffron

August 16th 2006 04:59
Saffron is an unusual herb as it is the dried form of the style and stigma (female reproductive organs of a flower) of the plant saffron crocus. The flowers are a gorgeous purple but the stigma is usually a bright orangey-red in colour and can be used in organic dyes as well as a seasoning in many dishes.
Each stigma must be hand picked from the crocus flower and it takes a whole football field worth flowers to collect only ½ a kilogram of saffron. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron) It is due to this extensive process that saffron is famously known for being worth more than gold!

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Lemon Spinach Pie Recipe

August 15th 2006 08:03
Ingredients:
2 Sheets puff pastry
½ a Chilli (see: http://www.foodherald.com/chilli-history-and-facts/ )

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Hot Chilli Earrings

August 14th 2006 09:51
How to make your very own hot chilli earrings...
Now you know how good chillis are for you (http://www.foodherald.com/chilli-history-and-facts/ ), you can also learn how to utilise their aesthetic value.

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Review - The Avenue Cafe Oatley

August 11th 2006 03:48
If you ever happen to be in Oatley drop in to the Avenue Café – Tea and Coffee Lounge. It’s a charming little place, reminiscent of times gone by, nestled away in an old heritage listed cottage. It is furnished appropriately with lovely dark wooden tables and gilt framed mirrors. If it is not too cold outside you might prefer to dine instead in the cheerful courtyard which seats more people than it may at first appear.

The Avenue Cafe - Tea and Coffee Lounge

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Mediterranean Cous Cous (Serves 2)

August 9th 2006 05:02
Ingredients:
Eggplant
½ Cup Cous cous


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POP UP SHOPFRONT THEATRE

August 8th 2006 11:57
I'd just like to take a moment to draw your attention to a fantastic production which I am priveledged to be a part of!!!! Its called POP UP and will be happening at the Shopfront Theatre in Carlton!!!

The flyer

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Shock Docs Obesity Feature

August 7th 2006 12:02
There is a program on Channel Nine called ‘Shock Docs’ which I suppose I now have to admit to watching. It airs at 9.30pm on Wednesday nights. I was horrified and transfixed by their recent hour long feature on obesity. It involved a parade of morbidly obese people who will literally die a premature death if they continue their eating habits.

http://www.sxc.hu

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Winter Warmer Recipe: Hot Cocoa

August 4th 2006 11:15
Today has been all stormy and cold, the perfect weather for snuggling under a blanket with a loved one in front of a good movie. We’ve also already established that hot cocoa is good for your skin.

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The Cook and the Chef

August 3rd 2006 08:12
The Cook and the Chef is a great little show that runs on the ABC on Wednesdays, 6.30pm. If you’re lucky enough to own a digital box top the program is also repeated at 8.00pm and 10.30 pm on Wednesdays and 8pm on Thursdays. These numerous alternate screening times are testimony to the show’s popularity.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/cookandchef/default.htm

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Hot Chocolate is Good For Your Skin!

August 2nd 2006 08:36
Recent findings suggest that hot chocolate drinks that contain high levels of flavonoids and antioxidants (chemicals found naturally in the cocoa plant as well as other fruits and vegetables) can be a step towards healthier skin. Specifically, this means skin that is smoother, better hydrated and less susceptible to sunburn. (http://www.blackmores.com.au/News/Detail.aspx?ArticleId=8566 )
www.morguefile.com.au

And next up I’ll be showing you how to make the most decadent hot chocolate that will warm you right through and leave your skin bright and shiny~!

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Cook Some Cookies!

August 1st 2006 08:29
- Peanut Butter and Almond Choc Chip Cookies -

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