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The weather this week has made it so hard to focus on work! Who wants to be sat at a computer when it’s gloriously sunny outside? Instead, I’ve just been sitting in the sunshine, reading and drinking cocktails… not that I’m complaining about this, but I do feel a little bad about neglecting to do any work.
Anyway, today the clouds have returned, and so have I, with an easy and ridiculously yummy aubergine recipe – caprese stuffed aubergines!
I’m obsessed with the flavours of a caprese salad (tomatoes, mozzarella, basil) – it’s a classic combination that works in all sorts of ways. This time I thought I’d make an easy vegetarian dinner (one that would definitely have been included in last week’s post if I’d been more…
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