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Valentines Day recipe – Strawberry chocolate tarts

Jayani SenanayakeFebruary 13, 2017

I’ve never celebrated Valentine’s Day. Not even once. I am rather annoyed with how commercialized everything has become over the years. Roses, fancy candies that cost you an arm and a leg, expensive Valentine’s Day dinners – it’s ludicrous how muc... Read More...

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Habala pethi aggala (A healthy Sri Lankan rice flakes snack)

Jayani SenanayakeFebruary 7, 2017

When I was small, weekend afternoons always brought in treats. My mother being a working woman would be more or less at leisure during the weekend and we know that this is when the good stuff comes out. The sound of grating, pots bubbling, cutting an... Read More...

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Sri Lankan Treacle tart – Fight against Food Waste

Jayani SenanayakeAugust 5, 2016

You know your recipe is winner when your fussy eater husband says “I’m so glad I married you” after taking one bite of your dish. This is my take on the English treacle tart and this was born on a day when I was racking my brain about how to use u... Read More...

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Oatmeal cherry bake – Made with homegrown Barbados cherries

Jayani SenanayakeJanuary 24, 2016

To wander among the lush foliage, rejoicing in the fragrant breeze carrying the sweetness of forever blooming flowers, to pick your own produce from your own tropical garden dappled with bright streaks of sunlight surrounded by the many songs of wing... Read More...

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Delicious creamy lime squares

Jayani SenanayakeOctober 10, 2015

My aunt has a large lime tree which at a certain time of the year, bears so much fruit that she doesn’t know what to do with, when you are fed up with the lime juice, the pickle and the lime cakes and your teeth are protesting at the slightest mentio... Read More...

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Sri Lankan Love cake – Essentially Sri Lankan

Jayani SenanayakeOctober 5, 2015

If you’ve never had a piece of the world famous Sri Lankan Love cake in your life, you clearly have wasted your life so far. This is one of those wonderful hybrid yummies that evolved from the island’s colonial past, along with the decadent Christ... Read More...

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