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Satay Peanut Sauce

10 April 2019 By Amber Hatcher Leave a Comment

Chicken satay

The satay peanut sauce is much loved in our household. It goes with almost everything, from the traditional chicken and meat skewers to any vegetable you can lay your hands on. This recipe will give you a decent portion. If you think you have too much, this sauce freezes very well. Defrost in the fridge overnight. The recipe calls for dried chillies. Be careful to buy ones that are on the larger side - ie the size of your fingers. The tiny ones are a different type of chillies and can be  ...

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Barcelona in a weekend

18 September 2015 By Amber Hatcher Leave a Comment

Barcelona in a weekend

https://youtu.be/uXu_Jki7qwE Barcelona has to be one of my most favourite European cities to visit on a weekend. The journey is short and it can be made on a cheap airline to save on costs. I have visited Barcelona a few years ago and I knew from my previous trip that we should stay as close to La Rambla as we can in order to enjoy people watching whilst having a lovely meal on the avenue. La Rambla has numerous little restaurants serving fantastic Spanish tapas. There is also an ...

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Kindness of strangers at the Soup Kitchen

7 September 2014 By Amber Hatcher Leave a Comment

Kindness of strangers

I volunteer to cook at a local soup kitchen for the homeless once a while. The last time I cooked for them I cried copiously. No, it was not that I hated the task. On the contrary, I do enjoy it and put in a lot of love in the food preparation. It was the onions - peeling and chopping 2kg of onions. The fumes emanating from them will inevitably get to me and I start to cry. A good friend of mine, having seen me cry so much, bought me a pair of Onion Goggles for my birthday earlier this year. ...

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Amber Hatcher is an avid traveller and loves to share her excitement and joy of her journeys and experiences. Good wholesome and healthy food is her other passion. Amber earns her living in the banking and clearing world and also has a property business.

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