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When the air gets crisp and cool, soup begins to call to me. Hot soups, steaming soups, rich soups, the aroma of homemade soup takes me to the warm kitchen of my childhood.
The pressure cooker was the high-tech tool of my Mum’s kitchen. She used it for soup that she always made up [...]

A recipe today. All that earlier talk about rissoles got me thinking. I suppose the old rissole, a favourite on my childhood plate, is a bit fatty for some of you health conscious types.
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Parmesan and Lime Prawns with Angel Hair Pasta

What you need

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
4 spring onions, finely sliced
2 red birds’ eye chillies, finely sliced
grated rind of two limes
500g green prawns, shelled and deveined, tails left intact
125g Australian Parmesan Cheese, shaved

What you do

Cook pasta to al dente, drain, and reserve ½ cup [...]