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The recipe book headlines with the promise of providing simple and delectable home cooking recipes and is divided into breakfast, morning tea, condiments, home-cooked meals, restaurant food made easy, savoury snacks and sweets. First off I have to state that I did not like the way that the recipes were laid out on the page. They are bottom aligned, leaving large white spaces between the recipe title and the recipe itself. This is something my OCD eye cannot relate to. The photographs however are amazing and make me want to try quite a few of the recipes. For breakfast options there are bubble and squeak blinis with mini mince balls and fresh vegetable confetti (page 4) as well as a more simple stewed dried fruit with vanilla bean and…
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