By Tamaryn Green – former Miss South Africa, Model, Entrepreneur and Medical Doctor.
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Recipe Credit: The South African Mushroom Farmers’ Association
Serves: 4
INGREDIENTS:
2 tomatoes
4 potatoes
30ml vegetable oil
1 cinnamon stick
1 onion, sliced into rings
2-3 curry leaves
20ml curry powder
5ml ground turmeric …
Serves 4
Ingredients:
400g pasta of choice
200g block feta cheese
1 large red onion
500g portabellini mushrooms
± 6 fresh thyme sprigs
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
Olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
To serve:
Fresh thyme leaves
Parmesan cheese
Method:
Preheat oven to 200˚C fan on.
Slice mushrooms fairly thickly and slice red onion into petals.
Place the block of feta into the centre of a large…
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