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No Knead Cheese & Onion Beer Bread for Australia Day!

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000

“Honey do you mind vaccuming today?” I asked Mr NQN last Saturday. “Errr okaaay….later” he said looking at me with a measure of suspicion. I’m sure he wondered how a perfectly lovely weekend day had suddenly turned hideous. About twenty minutes later, I heard some expletives from the lounge room. “&*(&(&(!!” he yelled and then [...]

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Make Your Own Microwave Buttered Popcorn in 2 Minutes!

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:16 +0000

I’m pretty sure Steve Jobs was sitting behind me one summer’s day at the beach. I should explain. Many years ago I sat on the beach with Mr NQN and said to him “I want a phone that can play music, take photos and access the internet.” Mr NQN is a glass half empty [...]

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Merry Christmas With Some Fancy & Festive Mini Turkey & Cranberry Meatloaves!

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:00:48 +0000

I was just thinking the other day how times change. Call it an end of year reflection but when I was little all I wanted to do was live in the Brady Bunch house and go out with Greg Brady. I wanted to eat meatloaf which was what Alice seemed to make a lot. I [...]

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Easy Eggnog Fudge

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:00:56 +0000

My family were rather strange eaters when we were growing up. My father wanted nothing more and nothing less than Cantonese food whereas the rest of my family and I craved other things. We’d watch ads on television where families sat down to roast dinners and vegetables and wistfully gaze at the images of families [...]

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5 Minute Enoki Mushroom & Shallot Omelette

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:00:33 +0000

I was interviewed the other day on the phone and the journalist asked me if I had any tips for any potential bloggers. One of the best pieces of advice I can give is to make use of the medium as much as possible. The advantage for blogs unlike print mediums is that we can [...]

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Chocolate Crunch Cake & Making Your Own Xmas Hamper

Not Quite Nigella — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:00:03 +0000

A few days ago I woke up with a start, let out a strangled “Arrrrrrgghhh”, partially woke up Mr NQN and then scrambled out of bed as if I had found a horse’s head in it. Do you ever have those times where you forget about things? I just realised that in the chaos of [...]

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Chorizo Sausage Rolls

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:00:18 +0000

I have an excellent memory. Well I should clarify, I have an excellent memory for food. Names and so called “important things” …well unfortunately not. Last week I was in New Zealand and I had met so many people and animals (with human names) that when someone asked me about “Tom” I said in a [...]

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NQN’s Hellish Halloween Party!

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:00:29 +0000

So there I was, waiting for a batch of blood for my annual Halloween party. Not the human kind mind you, but nevertheless a batch of blood. The only problem? It was about to arrive when I was going to have a meeting with my book publishers at Penguin to discuss publicity for my upcoming book. “What [...]

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Beggar’s Chicken

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:00:35 +0000

A few years ago when I was first getting to know Mr NQN’s family, B.B. (Before Blog) I was always the cake maker for family birthdays. I still am at times, although because of the amount that I travel I can’t promise that I can make a cake. And one time I made a cake, [...]

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Low Fat Chinese Tofu & Eggplant Hot Pot

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:00:01 +0000

**Update: I know that subscribers haven’t been receiving their daily emails for today and tomorrow. We’re working hard on fixing this as soon as possible. Thank you very much for your patience my lovelies! xxx** Sometimes I’m not a very good wife. Sometimes I do things that I want and drag Mr NQN along as [...]

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