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Italian Quickies eBook

This collection of my favourite Italian recipes has been tried and tested at the cooking school and at my dinner table for many, many years. Italian food is not complicated, but it is honest, sophisticated and authentic. Italian food just somehow brings families, friends and moments together.

I hope you will love these recipes as much as I have enjoyed cooking them and eating them over the years.

I will take you through some of the basics like breadmaking, pasta and gnocchi-making skills, with delicious traditional and new ideas to serve on your Italian-inspired table.

 

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Italian Quickies Paperback

This collection of my favourite Italian recipes has been tried and tested at the cooking school and at my dinner table for many, many years. Italian food is not complicated, but it is honest, sophisticated and authentic. Italian food just somehow brings families, friends and moments together.

I hope you will love these recipes as much as I have enjoyed cooking them and eating them over the years.

I will take you through some of the basics like breadmaking, pasta and gnocchi-making skills, with delicious traditional and new ideas to serve on your Italian-inspired table.

 

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Quickies Eat Yourself Sexy Ebook

EAT YOURSELF SEXY QUICKIES COOKBOOK…

HEALTHY EATING | HEALTHY RECIPES | LOSE WEIGHT SAFELY

This book is written by a chef who loves to keep fit and eat sexy, delicious food.  Get ready to get excited about cooking again!  Perfect for anyone who wants to level up their cooking skills AND achieve a healthy, balanced diet without sacrificing flavour.  These meals are sexy enough to serve at a dinner party, weeknight meal, or just to live happily ever after in your kitchen at home.

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ What you'll get:

✅ Feel more 'cheffy', happy and confident in YOUR kitchen:  You'll also get access to Chef Mel's BONUS comprehensive knife skills course, BONUS support in the Facebook group AND a PRINTABLE action plan, shopping list and prep list.

✅ Support and guidance:  Feel like you are part of the happy foodies family that are also cooking their way to extreme sexiness.  Chef Mel's Facebook group is full of people just like you.  It's fun AND it really works!

✅ Boost Your Energy Levels:  The recipes in this book are designed to give you sustained energy throughout the day, without relying on caffeine or sugar.

✅ Enhance Your Mood: Eating a balanced diet has been linked to improved mental health and well-being. By following the recipes in "Eat Yourself Sexy," you'll give your body the nutrients it needs to feel its best.

✅ Maintain A Healthy Weight: The recipes in this book are designed to help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight, without feeling deprived or hungry.

✅ Save time and money: Eating healthy doesn't have to be expensive or time-consuming. With "Eat Yourself Sexy," you'll learn how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals quickly.

Celebrity Chef Mel Alafaci The Happy Chef or "Queen of Culinary Bling" spent countless hours perfecting these recipes, experimenting with different ingredients and techniques to find the perfect balance of taste and nutrition.

With Eat Yourself Sexy, you're not just getting a cookbook - you're getting access to all the secrets of a Professional Chef. You'll learn how to use spices, herbs, and other ingredients to create flavours that are out of this world. You'll discover new cooking techniques that will take your meals to the next level. You'll gain insight into the science behind healthy eating so you can make informed decisions about what you put into your body.

So what are you waiting for? Purchase the Eat Yourself Sexy QUICKIES cookbook today and start your journey towards a healthier, happier you!

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Culinary Quickies Online Course – less than 30 days to a complete transformation

Culinary Quickies ONLINE cooking course with Chef Mel In 3 days, you'll be inspired and changed forever...in 30 days, you'll be transformed for life!   Culinary Quickies online course will guide you to culinary awesomeness in just 3 days or...

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Chef Mel’s Edible Petal Bling

Chef Mel's Edible Petal Bling

Use as a beautiful pop of colour and a dash of dramatic glamour your dishes

I've been using edible petals for ages, I think they are just so pretty and they show that lovely 'cheffy' flair that we all like to achieve when entertaining...or just spoiling ourselves!

I use these edible petals as a decoration on my favourite cocktail, just on the ice and then sip the cocktail through a straw.  I also use as a beautiful pop of colour and a dash of dramatic glamour to salads, desserts, cupcakes and even soups.

You'll find heaps of uses for this amazing blend of petals,  I've blended these for maximum colour with pink and red rose petals, dramatic cornflower, safflower, calendula and seasonal bloom.s

I can't wait for you to try these on your next Aperol Spritz, Gin Cocktail or cupcake!

Tag me when you use these, I would LOVE to see you use these YOUR way.

Happy Cooking

Chef Me

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Chef Mel’s Porcini Mushroom Dust

Chef Mel's Porcini Mushroom Dust

A concentrated mushroom powder that is ready to stir through cream, soups, stocks, risottos and so many more dishes.  You won't need to use much of this amazing mushroom powder, the flavour is intense and immediate.

Having this easy to use powder in your spice draw means you can pimp up your next bolognaise, sauce, or any weeknight meal that needs a bit of flavour.  Perfect to dazzle and amaze your guests at your next dinner party!

Happy Cooking

Chef Mel

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Chef Mel’s Sexy Black Salt Flakes

  • Sexy Black Salt Flakes

We all know salts have recently come back into fashion but beware...this one is the sexiest of them all! Serve on own in a pinch-pot, bash up with pink peppercorns, or use combined with your selection of dried or fresh petals to bling up anything that needs a sexy seasoning.

 

With glamorous and dramatic triangular salt flakes that are full of crunch and personality, these salt flakes from Cyrus will be an amazing addition to your pantry.

 

I also use these dramatic black flakes to garnish the rim of my margarita glass for a dramatic cocktail!

Happy Cooking!

Mel Alafaci (nee Townsend)

The Vanilla Zulu

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Chef Mel’s Culinary Spray Tan – Ras el Hanout

Culinary Spray Tan Ras el Hanout: designed by The Vanilla Zulu Chef Mel Alafaci

What is Culinary Spray tan?

This fragrant mix of turmeric, ras el hanout and seasoning can be mixed to a paste with oil or water and then rubbed into your next leg/shoulder of lamb, roast chicken, vegetables or beef and will give your food not only colour and a 'sun tan' , but wonderful mysterious flavour too! Your friends and family will be begging you for your secret!  This is a Moroccan/North African spice blend that will add a bit of colour and personality to your everyday or special event cooking.

 

 

Mel Alafaci

The Vanilla Zulu

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