Cheesy pasta with red onion and bacon.

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Cheesy pasta recipe This is a very simple cheesy pasta recipe that is nutritious and easy to make and have on hand for a quick meal when living a busy life. It can be varied to make it a vegetarian dish. The recipe Cook 3 cups of pasta until quiteRead More →

Red kidney beans that are packed full of healthy nutrients.

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This spicy red kidney bean casserole is made with dried beans that are a food tonic. With or without meat it is very healthy and nutritious and great to have on hand for a meal when living a busy life. Introduction- bean casserole nutrition Red kidney beans (or other pulses)Read More →

Eggplant slices after crumbing and shallow frying.

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Crumbed eggplant This recipe is ideal for situations when you grow too many eggplants or purchase a big bargain bag of eggplant and there is more than you need for immediate use. Once crumbed and cooked the fruit shrivels somewhat and is excellent for frozen storage. It can be quicklyRead More →

Wholemeal flatbreads in oven preparing to make crisps by double baking at 110C.

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Wholemeal crisps This is a quick, simple and healthy recipe to make wholemeal crisps or biscotti from flatbreads. Many crisps for use with dips (hummus etc) are not healthy enough to match the dips on account of the salt and fat content and lack of dietary fibre. The wholemeal crispsRead More →

Sharpened teaspoon fruit scoop blade. This is an opportunity shop teaspoon that has been sharpened to form an improved cutting action when scooping flesh out of small curved fruit. A stainless steel loop has been welded to the handle so that it can be hung up on its own so that it does not run off with the other spoons.

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This is a simple teaspoon fruit scoop blade that is made as a tool to make fruit scooping easy, especially when there is a lot of fruit. Teaspoon fruit scoop blade I made this little sharpened teaspoon fruit scoop for scooping Feijoa flesh, but it can be used with otherRead More →

Pouring from hot food scoop that is made from a square ice cream bowl. The sagging of the bowl when hot helps to form an excellent narrow pouring spout for precision pouring. The bowl returns to a square shape when scooping the next portion of hot food.

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This post provides an index to find my cheap kitchen tricks that generally can be made cheaply from repurposed things, rubbish or things purchased at an opportunity shop and modified at home. Introduction to cheap kitchen tricks My tinkering with mechanical physical and chemical things for adventure activities spills overRead More →

Filter bag squeezer mad from a thin cutting board that has been folded in two.

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Filter bag squeezer This simple filter bag squeezer allows the cook to hygienically squeeze the juice out of the pulp or mush that is caught in the pantyhose juice filter. It can be used with hot or cold filtration. Previously, I have described a convenient fruit juice filter and aRead More →

Pouring from hot food scoop that is made from a square ice cream bowl. The sagging of the bowl when hot helps to form an excellent narrow pouring spout for precision pouring. The bowl returns to a square shape when scooping the next portion of hot food.

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A pouring scoop for hot food A square plastic bowl can make an excellent mess free and fast pouring scoop for hot stewed fruit, conserves, soups and stews. A bowl with a simple lip works best. The mess-free pouring scoop Simple square bowls as shown in the photo below makesRead More →