lemon juice

Chicken Salad Indienne (photo by Yali Shi, http://photogenic.asia)

Chicken Salad Indienne

This may all be prepared a day ahead to this stage. Just stir everything and taste again for seasoning before serving. …


Smoked Chicken and Mango Salad (photo by April Joy Gazmen, Flickr)

Smoked Chicken and Mango Salad

I like to serve this on a fairly flat round platter, surrounded with coarsely shredded cos lettuce, garnished with clusters of cherry tomatoes, …


Tuscan Tuna Salad (photo by marsy, stock.xchng)

Tuscan Tuna Salad

Leave for about an hour for the flavours to develop. Best eaten at room temperature. …


Baked Rigatoni with Meatballs (photo by Tim Trautmann, Flickr)

Baked Rigatoni with Meatballs

Making the meatballs is fairly tedious, but they may be made ahead and frozen – thaw completely before using. Also delicious served as finger food. …


Crustless Mixed Vegetable Quiche (photo by Martina Frietsch, stock.xchng)

Crustless Mixed Vegetable Quiche

Use almost any vegetables of your choice, just ensuring that you have the total amount of vegetables specified in the recipe; green beans are very good as are peas, also broccoli. …


Wheat Loaf (photo by Agnes Scholiers, rgbstock.com)

Wheat Loaf

Slightly more tomato than specified makes for a juicier and ultimately tastier roast. …


Lamb and Tomato Koftas (photo by Daniel Cubillas, stock.xchng)

Lamb and Tomato Koftas

This is an excellent recipe for informal entertaining, and can also be served as cocktail finger food – in which case use whole cocktail tomatoes and only 2 meatballs per skewer. …


Lemon Curd (photo by Musical Linguist, Wikimeida Commons)

Lemon Curd

This lemon curd will keep in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks. …


Sesame Chicken Fingers (photo by Shailesh Humbad, Wikimedia Commons)

Sesame Chicken Fingers

This is wonderful finger food, but also makes an excellent light meal served with an Asian vegetable stir fry or a couple of salads and noodles or rice. …


Honey Mustard Baked Chicken (photo by Photos8.com)

Honey Mustard Baked Chicken

Best served hot – an excellent, if messy, finger food. …



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Dinka's Cookbook is a collection of recipes that have been tried and tested over many years and that have stood the test of time. Because Dinka ran her own catering business for many years, some of these recipes have really been tested, in the most difficult circumstances, by the most discerning customers.

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