Month: May 2015
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Winter Warmers: Minestrone Soup
Literally meaning ‘the big soup’ in Italian, minestrone is technically a hearty stew – soup made from vegetables, dried beans and pasta. A range of beans can be substituted for kidney beans, including cannellini, lima and borlotti. Serves: 4 Prep time: 25 min Cook time: 65 min| Special equipment: large saucepan Nutrition: good source of…
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Oxford Word of the Month – May: Spill
spill – noun: the deliberate creation of vacant positions in a cabinet, political party, or organisation. In recent months in 2015, we have seen an attempt by Federal backbencher MPs of the Liberal Party to put forward a spill motion. Had this motion been successful, it would have led to a spill, where (in this…