Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for blistered beans with gnocchi Trapanese | The new vegan

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Post date October 13, 2024

ICYMI: Intense flavours and textures combine in this dish of gnocchi and green beans doused in a mouthwatering, toasted almond pesto When I’ve eaten something delicious, it evokes two things in me: total joy, but also a fear that it was, potentially, a one-time-only event. Usually, this combination of joy and fear will catapult me into […]
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Government directs Te Puni Kōkiri to conduct Māori Language Week in English September 17, 2024
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Government celebrates fact that New Zealand’s healthcare is so good people are queuing up for it at 5am September 17, 2024
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Heartwarming: Thoughtful driver uses indicator to tell you what they’ve just done September 17, 2024
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NPC teams will now be allowed to actually use the Ranfurly Shield in play September 17, 2024
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Police say they won’t respond to bomb threats anymore as ‘it’s never anything’ September 16, 2024
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Air New Zealand flight attendant named CEO after one year on job November 30, 2021
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National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
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Super Saturday recap: Patrick Gower doesn’t know what he’s supposed to do October 16, 2021
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Traffic light system: Fewer beneficiaries being sanctioned October 15, 2024
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Almost 400 more sections added to controversial subdivison plan without public consultation October 15, 2024
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How much less than asking price should you offer? October 15, 2024
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