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Liz McClarnon's food diary - Liz McClarnon

Television personality and Celebrity Masterchef Liz McClarnon dishes up a weekly serving of foodie trivia including personal culinary experiences and fantastic recipes to try at home

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Feb 11

Liz's pizza omelette

Pizza omelette
All the kids I know (godchildren included) know that Aunty Liz is not too shabby in the kitchen but all they ever want to make is Pizzas (the youth of today hey?! Ha!) I want them to have fun but cooking the same thing over and over again with them gets a tad tiresome. So when I started the...
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Feb 05

An Indian omelette

Indian omelette
The great thing about eggs (apart from they're packed with vitamin D – which women need) is that people are just starting to realise that you can use them for main meals and they're not just a breakfast. I have a great recipe for you today which is traditionally your typical breakfast...
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Jan 28

Forget the pastry quiche

Forget the pastry quiche
I love having the girls over for a few glasses of wine to watch Downton Abbey (can't believe it's not back on our screens until the autumn – yuck!). Our boyfriends aren't too keen on period dramas so we all congregate at mine every few episodes. Sometimes they get a bit hungry and...
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Dec 17

Fresh pea soup to warm your winter

Forgive my absence but it seems Panto rehearsals take up a lot of time and energy. Looking towards Christmas i will be posting some great (but different) heart warming dishes but I thought today (and in keeping with my 'get fit for stage' routine) I'd offer you some healthy soup...
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Nov 12

Cooking a little taste of India

Liz and Bala
I had a great day on Tuesday with a fabulous chef I know called Bala – he has a great Indian restaurant in Soho called Carom. For a long time now I've wanted to master Indian cooking because I enjoy the food so much, so I asked him to teach me a few things... There is so so much to learn...
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Oct 29

Libby's pumpkin pie

Libby's Pumpkin Pie
In keeping with the time of year and that I have a great friend from Boston who lives over here, that I make Thanks Giving dinner for every year. So I thought I'd share a great recipe with you that I found for the classic Pumpkin Pie... This recipe has been shared in America since 1950, by...
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Oct 05

Cheesey recipes which won't give you nightmares

Last week was my favourite week! (No, not Christmas week or Buy-Your-Friend-A-Very-Expensive-Handbag-Week) but CHEESE WEEK!!!! WOOHOO! Now that made me very happy! Cheese is my chocolate! It's true! Unlike most, I never crave the 'Cacoa goodness' (as one of my friends...
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Sep 24

A brilliant fare at Ashburton fair

Liz McClarnon with a chick
Many a time I've written about the fabulous foodie town of Ashburton in Devon – but I just can't stop as it never ceases to amaze me! Last weekend I was there for their food festival which has now been happening for three years. It was honestly like no other....
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Sep 17

Getting a Brazilian in the heart of Liverpool

Liz McClarnon at Bem Brazil
It seems that these new Brazilian restaurants are popping up all over the place now. I've been to a few and really enjoy the idea of waiters walking around offering all the different meats including chicken hearts, garlic cap of rump, chilli chicken, smoked gammon, pork ribs and at least...
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Aug 24

Friendly Thais

Thai food
The 'Friendly Thai' on Whetstone High street in North London does exactly what it says on the tin, it's a very sweet Thai restaurant - pretty simple really. We had some lovely dishes there, all pretty tasty, authentic and different although they do offer a few things like spare ribs and...
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