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    Easy and delicious family food

    Welcome to VJ cooks, where you will find loads of tasty recipes the whole family will love. From easy midweek meals to desserts and baking there is something for everyone.

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    Layered Yoghurt Pots

    A stack of Nuts and Seeds Muesli Bars on a wooden chopping board

    Nuts and Seeds Muesli Bars

    A piece of apple pie sitting on a white plate with pouring cream over the top.

    Lattice Apple Pie

    A close up chocolate muffins on a wire rack.

    Easy Chocolate Muffins

    A strawberry Panna cotta in a glass on a white plate.

    Strawberry Panna Cotta

    Served steak and creamy garlic prawns served with a side salad on a white plate

    Steak with Creamy Garlic Prawns

    A cooked potato top pie in a glass pie dish on a wooden bench

    Potato Top and Mince Pie

    A close up of a bowl of French Onion soup

    French Onion Soup

    A bowl of Lemon Curd Ambrosia on a white table.

    Lemon Curd Ambrosia

    Sticky Asian Meatballs

    Cooked pumpkin and feta tart with the corner sliced party removed, sitting on baking paper on a wooden chopping board.

    Rustic Pumpkin and Feta Tart

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    Birds eye view of a chcolate fondant on a plate with a scoop of vanilla icecream.

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    One Chocolate Bailey Truffle sliced in half showing the chocolate filling. Reminder truffles sitting on a wooden chopping board

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    Caramel coconut slice sitting on a blue plate.

    Coconut Caramel Slice

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    Ham hock and bacon soup served in a white soup bowl with a blue napkin underneath

    Slow Cooker Bacon Hock and Barley Soup

    Cooked lamb and mint pie showing the pie mixture with a fork

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    A large Pork and Apple Pie on a wooden chopping board.

    Pulled Pork and Apple Pie

    Slow cooked beef brisket on a large baking tray with masked potatoes on the side.

    Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Brisket

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