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Scottish Oat cakes – A 4 Ingredient Recipe

Jayani SenanayakeApril 7, 2020

Scotland – the land where myths and legends are part and parcel of everyday life, where passion reigns its people and also, where the national animal of the country is a unicorn. The land of my dreams – ah Scotland! It wouldn’t be wrong to say that ... Read More...

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Nutty Fruit Rolls

Jayani SenanayakeDecember 26, 2017

Well, I’ve done it again. What is it you ask. It is posting a recipe that was meant for Christmas after the day because I was too lazy to do the work related to it. There is no excuse. However I shall comfort myself with the fact that you wi... Read More...

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Apple & cheese breakfast loaf – A healthy breakfast recipe

Jayani SenanayakeAugust 24, 2017

Grab a packet of sugar-laden cereal off the shelf and gobble it down with some milk –. Or slather a slice of bread (that too grabbed off the shelf) and wolf it down and call it breakfast – that’s your breakfast these days. Have you thought about the ... Read More...

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Kos ata kalu pol maluwa – Sri Lankan Jack fruit seed curry

Jayani SenanayakeAugust 1, 2017

From the ancient days, the jack tree was so useful that it was considered akin to a God by Sri Lankans. Every part of the tree is put to use - the young fruit of the tree makes for a delicious polos curry (which is often compared to pulled pork), the... Read More...

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Mango breakfast smoothie – Coping with tough times

Jayani SenanayakeFebruary 2, 2017

2017 had the most unpleasant surprise waiting for us. Just as we were getting things back in track for the blog and whatnot, life ladles out calamity. This time, calamity comes in the form of dengue – a potentially fatal fever carried by a tiny mosqu... Read More...

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Red bean buns – A healthy snack for all times

Jayani SenanayakeJanuary 18, 2017

I must confess. This is an experiment that went absolutely right. What happened was that I had a whole box of boiled kidney beans from an earlier recipes just sitting in my fridge. Since I am not too fond of having kidney beans by themselves and s... Read More...

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Winged bean mallum aka dambala mallum

Jayani SenanayakeApril 8, 2016

As a child, I detested winged beans. As a working woman, my mother did not often have the time to both cook and look after us all the time, so it was our domestics who did the cooking during the week days. I hated the way they prepared the dish, s... Read More...

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Homemade sesame rolls – One of the most beloved Sri Lankan food recipes

Jayani SenanayakeApril 3, 2016

There are many woes of not being able to stay at your own place after marriage, especially when you are a foodie like I am. First and foremost I miss my mother’s cooking. I may have mentioned this earlier, but I come from a family of exceptionally gi... 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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