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Friday, 27 November 2009
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Thanksgiving Menu
Appetizer
Homemade guacamole with ranch corn chips
Baked stuffed mushroom caps
Clams Casino
parsley, bacon, white wine reductionMain
Roasted whole organic turkey with thyme rub and stuffing
Simplified from an original recipe by Heston Blumenthal and adapted by Gwyneth Paltrow
Sides
Southern creamed corn
with baconBaked sweet potato
Dessert
Pumpkin Pie with Madagascan Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Organic baby Japanese pumpkin, cardamom and nutmeg with caramelized toasted pecans
[edit]This was the moistest turkey I've ever made, I'm still gloating (and bloating) over it now. I modified this recipe with stuffing and a thyme butter rub, basting with a mixture of its juices, chicken stock and honey at the very end for the crisp golden skin. Use the leftover stuffing (mix with cheese while warm) for stuffed mushroom caps, and oven roasted with a bit of breadcrumbs on top for that crispy topping
Yes, I'm Australian. But there's an American in the house that needed to feel right at home (and he did!)
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
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Liz Hurley's meat
Liz Hurley has launched a range of “guilt free” snack bars… and wait for it, beef jerky, appropriately packaged with a picture of her in her cowboy hat and pink cowboy boots, flogging sweet sweet air dried beef. (No, we’re not kidding!)
Elizabeth grew to love beef jerky while living in California, where it is as readily available as candy. Made from air dried strips of organic silverside, it is high in protein, low in fat & only 74 calories a bag. The perfect snack for anyone following the Atkins or any other lo-carb diet.


There are oat bars and fruit bars as well, but they are not nearly as exciting as beef snacks that can be carried around in one’s Fendi purse on the go.
You will have to browse through a catalog of her swimwear and various scantily clad photos of her (some completely un-clad at all) before you find the snacks for sale, but there’s a free offer until the end of November: “A free oat bar with every bikini sold”. (I’ll take four!) you can buy yours now at: http://www.elizabethhurley.com
What’s next? T-Pain Asprin?
Monday, 16 November 2009
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R P

The power of a good character created by an infectious writer. I never noticed the crooked nose until now?
Friday, 13 November 2009
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Quick Getaway
Off to Mollymook for the weekend... and checking out Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant, swimming with sea turtles, reading a book… catching up on some much needed R&R.
Mollymook LagoonForecast for Saturday
Fine. Mostly sunny. Light to moderate northwest to northeast winds.Batemans Bay : Fine. Mostly sunny. Min: 12 Max: 29
Forecast for Sunday
Fine. Southeast to northeast winds.Batemans Bay : Fine. Min: 15 Max: 29














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