

Baked Chicken Thighs
Ingredients 8 chicken thighs (bone-in skin-off or on) 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 4 medium sized potatoes 1 large carrot 2 coloured peppers 1 Purple Turnip I also added a handful of coriander leaves For the Sauce 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp whole grain dijon mustard 1 tbsp mustard 2 tbsp honey 6 cloves garlic (minced) ¼ tsp red chili flakes  Method Preheat the oven to 425℉. Place the chicken thighs in a bowl and season them generously with salt and pepper. Whisk all the sauce

Manique Abayasekara
Dec 12 min read
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Elf cookies for Christmas
Ingredients 185 g butter 1 cup castor sugar 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 2 1/2 cup flour 1 egg 1 egg yolk Icing sugar to dust (optional)  Method Preheat the oven to 180°C In a food processor mix the butter, sugar and vanilla until smooth Add the flour, egg and egg yolk and process until the mixture forms a soft dough Take the dough out of the processor and knead slightly bringing it together in ball and wrap it in cling film and place in the fridge for 30 minutes. Dough in mix

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 302 min read
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Crispy Chicken with Sticky Sauce
Ingredients 2 chicken breast fillets 5 tbsp vegetable oil 2 eggs 3 tbsp corn flour 10 tbsp all purpose flour ½ tsp salt ½ tsp pepper ½ tsp garlic salt 2 tsp paprika  Sauce 1 tbsp Sesame oil 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced 1 tbsp Chinese rice vinegar/white wine vinegar 2 tbsp honey 2 tbsp sweet chili sauce (depending on the brand and how spicy you like it) 3 tbsp ketchup 2 tbsp brown sugar 4 tbsp soy sauce  Total of 4 bowls  Boiled Rice Sesame seeds Scallions  Method Was

Manique Abayasekara
Nov 302 min read
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