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Arkonites Place · 3M ago

Long time no bento!

It’s been such a long time since I wrote a blog post, I’m almost out of practice! Anyhow for Shizuoka gourmet , here’s my attempt at omurice for my bento at work tomorrow. Omurice is filled with rice and green onion, mixed salad on side, peppery watercress and cocktail beetroot. A small pot of fat-f
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Arkonites Place · 6M ago

Pho with rare beef

1 tbspn soy sauce 1 tbspn honey 2 tbspn fish sauce 2 sirloin steaks with fat removed 375g rice noodles 1 litre chicken stock 5 slices ginger 2 tbspn lime juice 1 cinnamon stick 2 tspn sugar 3 star anise 1 tbspn light flavoured oil 1 bunch bok choi 1 red chili put the soy [...]
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Arkonites Place · 9M ago

Monday Randomness

Pictures from my weekend. Can you tell I was a teeny weeny bit obsessed by the grape vine????
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Arkonites Place · 10M ago

Baked Mac and Cheese

I recently stumbled upon a recipe for baked mac & cheese over at Not Exactly Bento With kind permission from Jenn at NEB, I’m sharing my version of this amazing recipe with you!   This dish will serve 4 to 6 people as a side dish (or if your family are hungry hippos like mine, [...]
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Arkonites Place · 10M ago

Jam season!

  And so jam season begins. My blackcurrant bush yielded 5lbs of berries. We have picked these and made blackcurrant jelly! I didn’t follow an exact recipe, I simply washed and stewed the fruit in 500mls of water and then passed the pulp through a jelly bag. To the syrup I added one kilo bag [...]
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Arkonites Place · 1Y ago

Thai Green Curry

My friend Claire’s recipe for Thai Green Curry Serves 4 (or 2 very hungry people!) 4 chicken breasts Thai Green Curry Paste ( I used Sainsburys own brand) Fresh coriander 3 limes squeezed 2 sticks of lemon grass chopped in half sugar – 1 tablespoon 4 red or green chillies chopped garlic 2 cloves gra
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Arkonites Place · 1Y ago

Banana and Walnut Loaf

This is a recipe from my Mum for a yummy tea time treat, I hope you enjoy it!! Banana and Walnut Loaf  4 oz margarine 6 oz light brown sugar 2 ripe bananas 2 eggs 8 oz self raising flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 oz chopped walnuts 2 tablespoons milk (if needed) Cream the [...]
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Arkonites Place · 1Y ago

White Chocolate and Raspberry Muffins

A delicious treat to have in the afternoon with a cuppa!   Ingredients 275g plain flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 115 grammes caster sugar 1 egg 250 ml buttermilk 4 tablespoons olive oil 150 grammes raspberries (I use frozen raspberries, easier to get hold of and cheaper too!) Chocolate chunks (whi
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Arkonites Place · 1Y ago

Oatmeal and Raisin Cookies – A recipe revisited

I’m revisiting an old recipe of mine - Oatmeal and Raisin Cookies Twist the recipe slightly to cut back on raisins and add white chocolate chips instead oh and use 1 teaspoon vanilla essence instead of cinnamon. Mmmmmmmm!    
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Arkonites Place · 1Y ago

Marmalade!

I’ve just finished my first attempt at marmalade. I hope it turns out, it tastes good! (well the bit I scraped out of the pot when I had finished tasted ok) 12 lovely jars of golden-ness Oh by the way I used Pam Corbins recipe from the River Cottage Preserves handbook. So far I haven’t [...]
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