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Nava

Jan 19, 20213 min read

New York cheese cake

New York Cheese Cake What do you make a New York Jewish girl when she invites you over for shabbat dinner? A New York cheese cake of...

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Nava

Jan 14, 20212 min read

Baked Brie Nirvana

This spectacular brunch treat is divine and the world’s easiest, impressive dip. It’s a fusion of Paris and Beirut. My mum has been...

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Fettucine with spinach in béchamel sauce

Nava

Jan 12, 20212 min read

Fettucine with spinach in béchamel sauce

Too many cooks spoil the broth. Or do they? I was really lucky to have Zuriel a friend of mine who happens to be a chef, come over and...

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Nava

Jan 9, 20216 min read

The salad of heroes

The Day of Living Dangerously An Eastern suburbs tale Good morning, ladies and gents. I suggest you put the kettle on, relax, go back to...

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Nava

Jan 6, 20214 min read

Middle Eastern Pizza/Pie You choose

Lachm Bi Ajeen Meaning ‘bread with meat’ Going to Jerusalem on Saturday was one of my favourite family outings. It was a rare treat for...

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Nava

Jan 2, 20212 min read

Happy birthday Eve

I made this incredibly easy cheese cake by Donna Hay for my friends' birthday. I have made this many times over and it is a delicious...

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Nava

Dec 31, 20201 min read

Best wishes to all you wonderful people

May the new year bring you joy, love, good health and laughter. I look forward to cooking, baking and sharing my recipes in the new year...

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Nava

Dec 30, 20202 min read

Cherry and Hazelnut cake

This is my last recipe for the year falks (but not my last post, so stay tuned) This delicious cherry and hazelnut cake is dedicated to a...

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Nava

Dec 28, 20202 min read

Schug the tastiest chilli paste

Nothing goes better with Schug (yemen chili paste) then Melawach(check out my Melawach recipe) Schug, Yemen chili paste I have never met...

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Nava

Dec 27, 20201 min read

Mellawach a taste of Yemen

Being a dutiful wife to my ex-husband meant (among other things) learning how to cook traditional Yemen food. The first item on the menu...

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Nava

Dec 23, 20201 min read

Merry Christmas

I would like to wish all you wonderful people who are near and far, a safe and happy Christmas. With lock downs in place I know it's not...

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Nava

Dec 22, 20202 min read

Elton John Salad

Making this salad, made me think of my Elton John story, so I decided to name it after him. With Christmas a couple of days away, I...

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Nava

Dec 21, 20202 min read

ASPARAGUS TART

Asparagus tart with the most delicious mustard sauce I wanted to have some simple recipes up my sleeve before I left for Melbourne to...

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Nava

Dec 15, 20202 min read

Peanut chilli chicken

It’s almost the end of the end of the year folks and the last thing you want do is to slave over a stove right? Let's face it we’re all a...

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Sting like a bee and float like a butterfly

Nava

Dec 12, 20203 min read

Sting like a bee and float like a butterfly

Bee sting cake One of the stories that goes with this cake is that the baker, while inventing the cake got stung by a bee and decided to...

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Nava

Dec 9, 20202 min read

STUFF IT !

Middle Eastern people love to stuff EVERYTHING. My granny would stuff me in a zucchini or in an eggplant and serve me on a platter if she...

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Nava

Dec 8, 20204 min read

Cappuccino cake

Friendship I had some friends come over for dinner last night. Some I see regularly, some I haven’t seen for years. As I was making the...

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Nava

Dec 6, 20202 min read

To nosh or not to nosh?

To my partner, who’s half English, to nosh is to eat, but I’m using the term in the Jewish sense of a snack. You say potato I say more...

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Nava

Dec 6, 20204 min read

Tropical fruit Pavlova

I love pavlova, and I don’t need to wait for summer to make it, but I do love the mango and passion fruit topping that comes with summer....

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Nava

Dec 3, 20203 min read

TARTE AU CHOCOLAT

TARTE AU CHOCOLAT How nice does that sound Tarte au chocolate, instead of chocolate tart, go on, you gotta admit it feels like it already...