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(+) My Set Lunchtime Menu (Aside From the Duck Salad), My 50th Review (-) No Vegetarian Option (*) (On Ciao since: 11/2001)

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(+) Delicious and fairly healthy (-) None (*) (On Ciao since: 11/2001)

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(+) A Christmas cake's a scrumptious treat (-) Too rich with so much else to eat? (*) (On Ciao since: 03/2002)

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(+) If you love cheese you will like these (-) If you don't like cheese please read anyway (*) (On Ciao since: 11/2001)

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(+) Delicious, healthy, filling (-) Some include dumplings... bleugh! (*) (On Ciao since: 04/2002)

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(+) Tastes wickedly naughty! (-) High KCals, Gets eaten too quickly (*) (On Ciao since: 03/2004)

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(+) tasty, no additives, cheap (-) takes time and vanishes too quickly (*) (On Ciao since: 11/2001)

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(+) Healthy, low fat, comforting (-) Need to do some chopping ! (*) (On Ciao since: 05/2003)

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(+) A Delicious Salmon recipe, Perfect for Christmas (-) Time-consuming to prepare (*) (On Ciao since: 11/2001)

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Budget Recipes

(+) Great if you enjoy cooking! (-) None that I can think of except ...you may not enjoy cooking! (*) (On Ciao since: 04/2003)

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Low Fat and Diet Recipes

(+) Healthy Dishes, Including Deserts. (-) You May Not Like The Food (*) (On Ciao since: 05/2002)

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(+) SEE REVIEW (-) SEE REVIEW (*) (On Ciao since: 11/2000)

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Recipes for Bread

(+) No scary chemicals in and it tastes like angels tripping over your tongue (-) No real instructions, has to be made by the seat of the pants, it takes ages and you, your kitchen and everything else will be covered in flour and co (*) (On Ciao since: 04/2003)

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Recipes for Sauces

(+) Easy peasy! (-) You're cooking! (*) (On Ciao since: 06/2002)

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Recipes for Salads

(+) You get my lovely recipe (-) You get my lovely recipe? (*) (On Ciao since: 11/2001)

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Beevorm@LeedsCityCentre

Advantages: My Set Lunchtime Menu (Aside From the Duck Salad), My 50th Review
Disadvantages: No Vegetarian Option

Welcome to my 50th review. Having had this discussion with a few of the Ciao members I am lucky to call online friends, I have decided to make good the claim that I can actually cook *grin* So, the review below is what I would have on my reasonably pr ...

beevorm 17.02.2007 · Read full recipe
Ciao members have rated this recipe on average: very helpful
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Squabble and EEEEK

Advantages: Its nice when you dont use vodka....
Disadvantages: You dont get lucky if you do use vodka......

After my last couple of heavy going reviews I thought I might treat you to another installment of Clinton's Cuisine…… Today is last night's tea …….Squabble and Eek….. Shelle and I first made this a couple of years ago whilst holidaying in the la ...

Pink-Ice-Queen 18.02.2007 · Read full recipe
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Pancake Pleasures!

Advantages: Quick ,Easy, Versatile, Cheap ( depending on the filling!)
Disadvantages: Temptation to eat too many!

PANCAKE DAY - 24th February 2009 Pancake Day approaches and it is usually a day for which I am totally unprepared because it's a moveable feast. This year I am shopping early! Most will know this is the secular title for Christianity's Shrov ...

suesie 19.02.2009 · Read full recipe
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L.A.'s five-point chilli challenge!

Advantages: really tasty, tried & tested for veggies and meat-eaters alike, easy-to-find ingredients
Disadvantages: VERY HOT, if you don't like spicy food this really won't be for you!

Since becoming a vegetarian, my repertoire of fresh meals that work well with veggies alone or quorn pieces and mince has been sadly halved and due to intense boredom (and the current scare over ready meals and processed food) I have been scouring recipe ...

Lancashire_Angel 20.02.2005 · Read full recipe
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" Im feeling hot hot hot " !!!

Advantages: Theyre as easy as pie to make !
Disadvantages: Youll be forever asked to make em once everyone knows you can !!

~~~ Dedicated to the one and only Patriciat ~~~ During the past week I have read one or two ops on these so called 'authentic ' Indian ready meals and boy have they made me feel mad ( thats the ops not the authors ) !! My bugbear ? Well theres nothi ...

hiedihi 30.11.2004 · Read full recipe
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