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Minestrone soup

This is a fabulous recipe. It’s packed full of goodness and should keep you healthy and slim (ish) during the winter months. Let’s start with the ingredients. 1. A few cloves of garlic: 2. A medium brown onion: 3. Bacon (you’ll have to visualise this one!). 4. Crushed or diced tomatoes (I prefer diced but Continue reading
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Chicken cacciatore

This dish is such an oldie and so delicious. The best part about it is that people will think it involves a modicum of effort. But there’s a cheat at the heart of this recipe (which you needn’t reveal to your diners) which makes it one of the easiest recipes in the Retrokitchen. It’s been Continue reading
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Spaghetti bolognese

I love this recipe. I’ve had spag bol everywhere from takeaway joints to seemingly swish ristorantes. I don’t recall anything as tasty as this. Of course, it’s about as Italian as Domino’s, but a whole lot nicer. I daresay it’s an English recipe from when old Mum was there in the 1960s. Well, put it this way, I Continue reading
