What do you do when it's dinner time, and you haven't got any ingredients ready for the meal?

What if (perhaps as a result of being an ultralight hiker), you also have a huge surplus 500g sachet of tuna?

Tonight these particular stars aligned, and I ended up making these amazing Tuna Patties: http://allrecipes.com.au/recipe/15705/tuna-patties.aspx

I did tweak the recipe considerably, though:

Ingredients:

• 2-3 large potatoes, peeled and cubed for mashing
• Optionally, swap one of the potatoes for a kumara or some pumpkin
• 500g …

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Jeez I just discovered I've only posted a single recipe on this. Time to change that.

Chicken for dinner tonight. I was feeling a little adventurous, and definitely wanted some miso involved, but also felt like cayenne pepper and shallow-fried chicken strips. Here's the result! This went really well on a base of bulgur wheat, and with a side of stir fried veggies.

Ingredients

• Two chicken breasts, skinless
• 2 tsp miso paste
• 2/3 cup plain flour
• 2 tsp celery salt
• 1 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 2 tsp smoked …

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I had the urge to make a homemade alfredo the other night. I found a recipe called "Better than Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce", which is pretty descriptive, I guess. I made a couple tweaks here and there, though.

I usually stray wildly from recipies whenever I decide to follow one, but having not made an alfredo sauce before, I largely stuck to the guide. A couple changes I did make, though:

• Instead of adding the garlic and cream together, I heated the butter and fried the garlic to bring out …

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