This is another healthy recipe, perfect for those of you who fancy losing a few of those extra pounds you gained over the Christmas period.  Both the broccoli and cauliflower are excellent detox ingredients, while the chilli is great for releasing endorphines – those natural feel good chemicals in your body.  Garlic is a great ingredient too, with detoxifying and antibiotic properties.  It’s also great for keeping away the vampires!

Broccoli & Cauliflower Pasta

This already being the second week into January, you’ve probably broken all your resolutions, spent all your money on the sales, and are now feeling pretty depressed what with all the doom and gloom about the recession, job cuts, and so on.  Still you can cheer yourself up by at least feeding yourself well, can’t you?

Oh, and a tip which sounds so obvious but is so important.  It’s really easy to overcook pasta but the key to this and any other pasta recipe is to not overcook it.  This honestly makes the different between “just a pasta dish” and a great pasta dish.

And another thing!  I’ve used penne here, but I’m sure any other similar shaped pasta such as fusilli would work just fine.  This recipe is also my entry to Weekend Herb Blogging, being held over at The Backyard Pizzeria.

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In January just about everyone needs a little detoxification; I know I do!  With that in mind, our seasonal food blogging event “In The Bag” is back with a Detox Special to help us all out.
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Broccoli is a really super healthy vegetable that is underused in the kitchen, high in vitamin c and fibre as well as being a natural diuretic with anti-carcinogenic (cancer reducing) properties. Phew – I feel healthier just talking about it!

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I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very merry Christmas. I’m sure Santa will be bringing you all exactly what you’ve been asking for – if you’ve been good, that is (and if that’s the case then why not let me know what you receive, by way of a comment?).

So here’s the story in brief; my Wife loves Baileys Truffles and expects them every Christmas without fail.  I decided that instead of buying them for Christmas I should make them; simple truffles are, after all, the easiest thing in the world, with only a couple of ingredients and no real cooking involved.
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It is always an honour to host the legendary food blogging recipe event “Weekend Herb Blogging” and something I always look forward to doing – even if this time I am extremely late, for which I apologise!
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You know how sometimes you have a recipe which you’ve started but isn’t quite ready yet? This is one of those…A top secret “bun” recipe which I’ve been working on with my Wife for a while now.

I know, I know, I haven’t posted in over a month but I’m this weeks guest host for the great food blogging event “Weekend Herb Blogging”, and how could I possibly pass up on that opportunity?!