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COOKERY NOTES
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Meat Balls in Tomato Sauce with Eggs
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Middle Eastern Cooking, page 59

Serves 6

For the sauce:
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    * 1.5 large onions
    * 3 tablespoons oil
    * 2 cloves garlic, crushed
    * 750g tomatoes, peeled and chopped
    * salt
    * 1 teaspoon ground paprika
    * .5 teaspoon ground cumin
    * .5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    * bunch of parsley, finely chopped

For the meat balls:
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    * 750g minced lamb
    * small bunch of parsley, finely chopped
    * small bunch of coriander, finely chopped
    * a few mint leaves or 2 teaspoons dried mint
    * salt
    * 1 teaspoon ground paprika
    * 1 teaspoon ground cumin
    * 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    * .25 teaspoon ground ginger

To finish:
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    * 6 eggs


Chickpeas and Spinach
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Middle Eastern Cooking, page 79

Serves 6

175g chickpeas, soaked for 1 hour
salt
1 kg fresh spinach
5 cloves garlic, crushed
1.5 teaspoons ground coriander
4 tablespoons oil

Total shopping list:
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    * 7 tablespoons oil
    * 7 cloves garlic
    * 6 eggs
    * 2 large onions
    * 175g chickpeas
    * 750g tomatoes
    * 1kg spinach
    * 2 bunches parsley
    * 1 bunch coriander
    * 750g minced lamb
    * mint leaves
    * 2 teaspoons ground paprika
    * 1.5 teaspoons ground cumin
    * 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    * .25 teaspoons ground ginger
    * 1.5 teaspoons ground coriander

Prune Juice Smoothie
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 * 300ml prune juice
 * 1 celery stick
 * 100g blueberries

Blend with ice and top with sesame seeds.

Blueberry Vodka Spritzer
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 * 60g blueberries
 * 80ml vodka, plus 2 tbsp
 * Juice of 1 lime
 * 60ml raspberry cordial
 * 500ml lemonade
 * Ice
 * Lime slices, to garnish (optional)

In a bowl, mash the blueberries with 2 tbsp of vodka, then add 1 tbsp of this mixture into each glass.

In a large jug, add the rest of the vodka, the lime juice, cordial and the lemonade and mix.  Add ice to each glass, pour over the spritzer and top with a slice of lime.