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Serves 2 Ingredients ¼ cup (60ml) maple syrup ¼ cup (60ml) water ½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes ½ teaspoon sea salt flakes ½ teaspoons cracked black pepper 2 x 200g chicken breast fillets, trimmed Roasted parsnips and steamed sugar snap peas, to serve Method Place the maple syrup, water, chilli, salt and pepper in a […]

Ingredients 4 chicken breasts Black pepper 8 fresh sage leaves 4 slices ham or prosciutto 75g butter 15ml (1 tbsp) olive oil Cake flour, for dusting, seasoned with salt Lemon wedges, to serve Method Flatten the chicken breasts by beating between layers of greaseproof paper. Grind pepper over one side of each breast. Place a […]

Fun with Washi Tape By Nadia Ten Cate Washi Tape – Kim from K Craft 082 574 7929 Requirements An assortment of washi tape rolls in colours that you like. Items that can be decorated; we used an office theme and a party theme in our projects. Instructions Ensure that your surfaces are clean and […]

First impressions count. Just ask Lisa Lynch – an expert in “home staging,” a popular practice of transforming the appearance of a home to increase its appeal to prospective buyers. Lisa and her team know the secrets to getting your house sold. The challenge is that they have to do this within a USD$1,000 budget […]

Ingredients 3 Scallops on the half shell 1 medium Tomato Juice of 1/4 lemon 1 garlic clove (finely chopped) Olive oil 2 tbles chopped Basil Salt and Pepper Method Step 1 Skin the tomato (sit in boiling water for 10 seconds to make that easy) then de seed and finely chop. Step 2Place the scallops […]

Easy, Moderate, Complex Yield: 5 servings Ingredients FOR GAZPACHO: 4 Lebanese cucumbers (OR 1/2 English Cucumber), in small dice 3  tomatillos, if tinned, quarter them. If fresh, cut in small dice. 3 green onions, cut in fine dice 1 clove garlic A small handful of fresh cilantro 1/4 cup  olive oil (60 ml) A pinch […]

Ingredients 2 large eggplants, sliced lengthwise and grilled 60ml sunflower oil 2 cinnamon sticks 2 bay leaves 5ml cumin seeds 1 onion, finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, crushed 700g lamb mince 5ml garam masala 5ml cumin powder 10ml coriander powder 750ml cooked Basmati Rice Salt to season 200g feta 62.5ml fresh herbs, chopped Dressing Combine […]

Sea views, fresh air and the beach on your doorstep – all factors that are seeing more and more people snap up homes along Britain’s brilliant coast. In this new series Charlie Luxton embarks on another nationwide tour to visit more of Britain’s best homes by the sea and find out why so many of […]