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 | Keep a large jar of premium tomato based pasta sauce in the pantry (5 Brothers
recommended) |
| Get the pasta cooking |
| Put the pasta sauce in a saucepan |
| Add: a few slurps of red wine, a handful of sliced mushrooms and a few pitted and
halved Kalamata olives. |
| Simmer gently until pasta is cooked. At the last minute add a little fresh chopped
basil to the sauce. |
| Combine and chow down. [Submitted by DC] |
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| Put on some spaghetti or fettuccini (no, not instead of your gold spangly boob-tube -
just into a large pot of boiling water.) |
| Whisk together a few tablespoons of olive oil and some lemon juice (from a fresh lemon
or the indispensable plastic bottle of juice you have in the fridge) in a largish bowl. |
| Whisk in a small pile of grated parmesan cheese |
| Pit and halve some olives (Yes, you have a jar of lovely Kalamatas nestling in the
fridge, and a natty olive pitter in the gadget drawer) |
| Pick a handful of basil (Yes, you do of course have some fresh basil growing, or have
thought ahead, harvested some and frozen the leaves in a freezer bag for future use).
Chop roughly. |
| Add olives and basil to dressing |
| Drain pasta when it is cooked. |
| Add to dressing |
| Mix it around with some tongs, then serve, making sure to distribute dressing, olives
and basil roughly evenly between the serving plates |
| Work out your own proportions by trial and re-trial (error is not all that likely) |
| Serve with crusty bread - as a starter or a late night snack. |
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| You need a jar of tandoori curry paste, plain yoghurt, chicken breast fillets, rice,
veges, papadums |
| Mix Tandoori paste and yoghurt together (see jar for instructions), and smear on
chicken. You could adopt the Two Fat Ladies "bare hands" method, but
you'll end up with orange hands. Your choice. But don't forget the bright red
nail polish. |
| Cook the rice. |
| Grill the chicken. |
| Steam or microwave veges (eg carrots, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, capsicum).
Throw in a few mustard seeds and a sprinkle of garam marsala if you want. |
| Spray papadums on one side with non-stick canola spray, and zap in the microwave on
absorbant paper for 30-45 seconds each. Yes, they go all crunchy!! |
| Assemble and eat. |
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| Warm a cup of cream in heatproof dish in microwave. Do not boil. |
| Break up 125g dark chocolate into pieces, put into cream and stir until chocolate is
melted and the sauce becomes smooth - this will take a while. |
| Out on good quality vanilla icecream |
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| Premium icecream/gelato, with strawbs |
| Ask a guest to bring along something special. It will taste as good! |
| A fruit platter |
| A selection of icecream treats - Magnums, Paddle Pops, Frozen Yoghurts etc. |
| Chocolate biscuits and hot milk |
| Frozen dough cookies (no need to own up) |
| Melt a few Mars bars in the microwave (carefully) as a choc-caramel sauce for premium
vanilla icecream |
| Fortune Cookies. (Adventure Club: Pull out the fortunes and replace with your won) |
| Condensed from The Surreal Gourmet and The Surreal Gourmet Entertains. [Submitted by DC] |
| Crush a packet of Maltesers and sprinkle on icecream. (Jamie Oliver) |
| Note: Cookings does not encourage short cutting on desserts, but it you
have to . . . . |
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