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Individual Chocolate Chip Cookie Pots

These Individual Chocolate Chip Cookie Pots are microwave cookies baked in seconds with only minutes of prep work required. They are insanely good and just perfect for those moments when a few mouthfuls of something warm, soft and slightly gooey is all that’s needed to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Just picture yourself sitting on the couch, all rugged up with woollen socks on and a blanket draped over you, slowly eating this freshly made warm chocolate chip cookie cup. Maybe you have a dollop of ice cream on top, which is gently melting from the warmth of the cookie adding another delicious element of languid creaminess to each mouthful.

Go for it, you know you want to… Blondie

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Simple Indian Flat Bread

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Simple Indian Flat Bread – A wonderful addition to any curry is the flaky flat bread that you use to sop up all the delicious sauce.

This recipe is a quick version that works beautifully, especially if you roll it out nice and thin so you get the thin crispy, nicely tarnished bits on it.

You can also make flavoured butters to brush over the cooked bread, such as garlic or coriander melted butter.

This recipe can also be used for any recipe that requires a bread wrap such as gyros or falafel wraps.

Happy sopping! Blondie

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Mum’s Indian Chicken Curry

Mum’s Indian Chicken Curry – This recipe has been part of my mum’s food repertoire for years, decades even. It’s one of those dishes that is made to feed an army of friends and family.

As friends gather for a week away in a beautiful house in the country somewhere, turning up sporadically throughout the day, they will be welcomed with the delicious, warming aroma of this Chicken Curry that has been whipped up and ready to reheat as needed.

I make it with a lovely amount of gravy that is just perfect to be mopped up with some freshly cooked flat bread. The chicken I use is the chicken cutlet, which is the thigh with the bone left in. After the chicken has cooked I just remove the bone and pull the chicken into large shredded chunks but you can use a whole chicken cut up or breast or thighs without the bone, it’s entirely up to you.

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Batata Vada | Indian Potato Dumplings

Batata Vada | Indian Potato Dumplings – Deep fried anything is generally awesome and these Indian street food favourites are no different.

What makes these so delicious are the lovely indian spices that are in the soft potato centre and the crispy besan flour batter.

Indian Potato Dumplings are a fantastic food option for your next party as they are very quick to make and go well with an assortment of finger foods. Make a batch of Curried Green Tomato Relish to serve with them for a wonderful pairing of flavours.

Enjoy! Blondie

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Tamarind Glazed Pork Ribs

Tamarind Glazed Fennel & Cumin Ribs — Click image for recipe

Tamarind Glazed Pork Ribs – Who doesn’t love ribs? Especially when they have been slowly cooked so they just fall apart in your mouth. Team that with a sweet, tangy slightly salty glaze and you will be in pork rib heaven with this delicious recipe.

Along with the glaze, the spice rub has the two most perfect spices for pork and they are cumin and fennel. I love to keep them whole for this recipe as they are little bursts of flavour that complement the fattiness of the pork.

This is truely a finger licking-ly good rib recipe! Blondie

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Roasted Pumpkin, Spinach, Feta & Ricotta Rolls

Roasted Pumpkin, Spinach, Feta & Ricotta Rolls – I love these so much that I make a big batch of them and freeze them for lunches. They work really well as a dinner also. Rather than cutting them in half or thirds, leave them the full size and serve with a crisp garden salad and a zingy dressing.

These veggie rolls are packed full of delicious clean and fresh flavours so you don’t need to add extra spices, but you can serve them with a variety of spicy chutneys and sauces to change it up if you choose.

A quick, tasty lunch is only a moment away – Blondie

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Omenakakku – Mini Finnish Apple Cakes

Omenakakku – Mini Finnish Apple Cakes – Last weekend I found a bag of mixed apples in the fridge. Like a blank canvas the ideas started flowing. Maybe a crumble, crepes or a pie, I just couldn’t decide. Asking around I got strudel, apple sandwiches and crumble again. So many choices! Finally I decided to go back to my roots and whip up a Finnish Apple Cake.

The Finnish version doesn’t seem to be too different to a standard cake, maybe apart from the sour cream, but it certainly is a delicious treat and this particular recipe is now next to my Pulla recipe for sweet treat recipes to have on hand.

Overall, this isn’t an overly sweet dessert and the texture is soft, moist and dense without being too heavy.

Nauttia! Blondie

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