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The Happy Foodie’s Classic Easter Feast

This Easter at The Happy Foodie table, we’re revisiting some of our favourite classic recipes. We feel like an Easter feast isn’t complete without roast lamb, nor a show-stopping dessert with promises of Summer. To make sure your Easter meal is also steeped in tradition and flavour, we’ve put together a Classic Feast for you to enjoy this Easter.

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Through The Happy Foodie

Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of the most enduringly popular children’s books ever written. Whether it’s your child’s favourite bedtime story, or you have happy memories of...

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Cook from the Book: The New Vegetarian

To celebrate the release of Alice Hart’s The New Vegetarian (published on 17th March), six members of our team have been trialling and testing recipes at home. So far the results have been largely delicious. See how they got on here.

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7 Interesting Ways to Use Eggs

There is more to eggs than poaching. While, in its simplicity, a plain egg is delicious, we think it’s time to celebrate the versatility of the humble egg. Here we’ve listed 7 different (but delicious!) ways to use eggs. Eggcited to see what we’ve chosen?

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Cook from the Book: Groundnut Stew from The Groundnut Cookbook

Digital Designer, Mica, cooked from The Groundnut Cookbook this week. See how she got along with the recipes in her own kitchen.

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Easy and impressive brunch recipes

Check out some of our all-time favourite brunch recipes, including sticky cinnamon buns and Yotam Ottolenghi’s famous shakshuka.

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Mary Berry’s Foolproof Mother’s Day Menu

We imagine that Mother’s Day in Mary Berry’s house is a fairly special, not to mention delicious, affair. In her most recent book, Foolproof Cooking, Mary shares her favourite failsafe recipes for delicious dishes every time. So while Mum puts her feet up this Sunday, rely on our Mary Berry Menu for a classic Mothering Sunday dinner that’s foolproof, of course.

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Cook from the Book: Chocolate and Banana Loaf from The Primrose Bakery Book

Our digital content producer, Lottie, is on the hunt for the perfect banana bread. Last week she tried making the Chocolate Banana Loaf from The Primrose Bakery Book. See how she got along with the recipe…

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Hemsley + Hemsley’s Hand Picked Mother’s Day Gift Guide

Stuck for a Mother’s Day gift idea? Not to worry! The Hemsley sisters, Jasmine and Melissa, have put together a handpicked Mother’s Day Gift Guide bursting with buys your foodie mum is bound to love. 

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Cook From The Book: Traditional Fish Curry From Amazing Malaysian

Our Email Marketing Manager, Zainab, tries cooking from Norman Musa’s Amazing Malaysian at home. Read how she got on with his Traditional Fish Curry recipe.

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Amelia Freer’s Mother’s Day Menu

Amelia’s debut cookbook, Cook. Nourish. Glow. is packed with recipes that are kind to the belly, without sacrificing flavour. So this Mothering Sunday treat your mum to a celebratory feast minus the slump! We’ve picked three of our favourite recipes to create a menu that’s healthy, comforting and will have your mum grinning come Mother’s Day.

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Cook From the Book: Vegetable Egg Fried Rice from Amazing Malaysian

Our YouTube manager, Joanna, gets to grips with Norman Musa’s Amazing Malaysian and tries out the recipe for Vegetable Egg Fried Rice at home.

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