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"This is an awesome summer salad. The mix of the ingredients may seem odd, but I promise you everyone I have served it to has loved it. Hopefully you will, too. The Mango gives just enough sweetness to the dish, and the many textures and flavors work well together. You may adjust the amounts to your liking. I tend to like more fruit and cilantro with..."

Ingredients: cilantro, fresh ground pepper...

"These low-fat soft orange muffins are bursting with sweet orange flavour. By far the best orange muffin I have made. The original recipe is for orange date muffins but I often replace the dates with chocolate chips.
Dates have been a staple food of the Middle East for thousands of years"

Ingredients: dried dates, eggs, margarine...

"I found this on a hunt for non-alcoholic cocktails and mocktails to serve to my friends that don't drink at parties. I haven't tried it yet but I am adding it to the drinks menu for my New Year's party next week. It sounds like it would be fun for kids too."

Ingredients: cranberry juice, grenadine...

"A tasty chicken dish with easy-to-prepare salad greens, cherry tomatoes and red capsicums (or red bell peppers). Rocket, mesculun or baby spinach leaves are ideal greens. I always opt for baby spinach leaves. This recipe is from The Australian Women's Weekly's 'fresh food fast: delicious no-fuss healthy recipes'."

Ingredients: coarse grain mustard, eggs...

"This is another discovery in my quest to find non-alcoholic cocktails and mocktails to serve my guests at New Year. It packs a rather sweet punch. It looks a bit like red wine, so I am going to serve it in red wine glasses."

Ingredients: grenadine, ginger ale...

Ingredients: cornflour, ale, sausage links...

"A friend and I were experimenting with cocktails we like to drink as jello shots. We came up with this recipe and served them at our Cinco de Mayo Party. They were a HIT!!! They went down WAY too easy!!! I try to watch my sugar intake, so we used sugar free jello and sugar free red bull!"

Ingredients: cherry vodka, sugar-free black cherry gelatin...

"This is a slightly different stuffing, very tasty and if you don't eat fowl just have it as a side dish. This recipe is enough for 4 Cornish hens but if you are just cooking two put the rest of the stuffing in an oven proof dish and heat for about 25 minutes. In this way you can accommodate your vegetarians friends as well."

Ingredients: pepper, leeks, margarine...

"Celebrate the Year of the Dog with these Vegetarian Spring Rolls, or enjoy them at any time. From the latest issue of the Australian 'New Idea'."

Ingredients: dried shiitake mushrooms, fresh ground black pepper...

"From Notebook February 2006.
This recipe needs to be started at least 6 hours ahead or up to 1 day in advance."

Ingredients: honeydews, watermelon...

"Here's a recipe for basic black-eyed peas with bacon or hog jowl and spicy seasonings and herbs, along with garlic and vegetables. These peas are delicious with cornbread or corn muffins and seasoned greens."

Ingredients: lean bacon, dried red pepper flakes...

"This is my most favourite style of eating roti. Its a little heavy but I just love it!"

Ingredients: ghee, mint, salt...

"Roast pork with fuji apples and brandy gravy. This recipe was in the May 2006 issue of the Australian magazine 'super food ideas'. The preparation and cooking times below do not include the 15 minutes "resting time" in step 6. I have not yet made this recipe, but when I do I shall use Vegetable Stock Vegetable Stock for the vegetable..."

Ingredients: pork leg, olive oil, onions...

"An entrée dish with which to celebrate the beginning of the Chinese Year of the Dog. The won tons can be prepared ahead, to the end of step three. This recipe is from the February 2006 issue of the Australian 'Family Circle'. The dog is the eleventh sign in the Chinese zodiac and is symbolic of loyalty and protection against evil."

Ingredients: cornflour, Chinese red vinegar...