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Jul 30

Spinach Ricotta Lasagna Recipe with Tomato and Cheese Sauce – Vegetarian and Healthy

This is the lasagna pasta I served with the focaccia bread that I made for my friends the other night. There are a lot of steps, but once you taste it, it is all worth it….It makes your house smell sooooo good. This is a healthy Vegetarian lasa (read full article)

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Jul 23

Fresh Focaccia Bread Recipe

My two friends are coming over for dinner tonight so I made fresh spinach ricotta lasagna, and what goes well with homemade pasta? It would have to be fresh homemade bread, mmmmm…I can smell it now, so I thought I would serve fresh focaccia bre (read full article)

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Jun 20

Blueberry Cheesecake Dessert Recipe with Orange Zest – Individual and Full Size

We are going to a friend’s house tonight for dinner. I am very excited because somebody is cooking for me, it is usually the other way around. This I don’t mind, but it is such a treat to have somebody else do the cooking. I guess I shouldn’t l (read full article)

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Jun 16

Roasted Parmesan French Fries (Yam or Potato)

While I was making pork tacos tonight I felt like making some fried fries to go with it, but for a healthier choice I went for roasted parmesan French fries instead. Here is the recipe and ingredients I used, they’re very tasty. Roasted parmesa (read full article)

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Jun 09

House Greens Salad With Tuna or Chicken and White Beans With Dressing Recipe

This tuna salad is a healthy, refreshing, and hearty salad to have for lunch or dinner. Very easy to make and ready in 10-15 minutes. Preparation: 10-15 minutes Serving: 2-3 people House greens with tuna and white beans ingredients 100 grams of mixe (read full article)

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Apr 25

Greek Spanakopita Recipe With A Healthy Tzatziki Recipe Made With Spinach and Phyllo

This Greek classic recipe is my favourite savoury pastry to eat. I made this Spanakopita for lunch today and served it with a traditional Greek salad. I don’t make this very often because my husband and I will eat the whole pan in one sitting. It&# (read full article)

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Apr 16

Healthy cornflake oven roasted chicken sticks

Oven baked chicken pieces breaded with cornflake mixture and pesto on stick skewers. Serve for a party as appetizers, or bbq and serve with sweet chili sauce. (read full article)

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Apr 05

Beef Steak Recipe with marinate – Filipino Style

This beef steak recipe is one of my favourite Filipino dishes to prepare, I however have never made this recipe as good as my dad. I was always playing with the recipe and changing it, but this time I think I got it right…I recommend using lime (read full article)

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Apr 03

Creamy Potato, Bacon and Leek Homemade Soup Recipe

Another rainy night in Vancouver…So what goes good with the rain? A nice fresh hot homemade soup, that is what’s for dinner tonight… Creamy potato, bacon and leek soup recipe 4 medium size Russell potatoes, diced 2 large leeks, washed a (read full article)

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Apr 02

Cous Cous Side Dish Recipe

This is one of the side dishes that I served with the spicy pork kabobs. Serve with any main dish or serve at a bbq or picnic by itself. With the left-overs you can make a really good salad with it the next day. I will put up a really tasty recipe fo (read full article)

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Feb 23

Spicy Pork Sirloin Kabobs / Skewers with Marinade Recipe

I served this the other night for dinner when our friends Paul and Michele came over for dinner. I use a flat grill that works with my stove top as I have no bbq, but use a bbq if you have one. This flat grill is amazing though, I even turn the grill (read full article)

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Feb 14

Baked Brie Cheese with Sautéed Onions Recipe

You need something to serve that looks fancy but really easy to make? Make this the next time you have a wine and cheese party, how about tonight? Have an Olympic party! Trusts me people are going to wonder how the onions are so sweet that it brings (read full article)

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Feb 09

Vegetables cooked in coconut milk (Ginataan Gulay) Filipino Recipe

I invited my sister Regina and my 1 year old niece Keira over for lunch today. I looked in the fridge to see what kind of vegetables I had and found eggplants, snake beans, squash, tomatoes, and onions. I immediately thought of a classic Filipino dis (read full article)

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Feb 05

Seafood Chowder Recipe

My friend Nafisah asked me to make her a seafood chowder recipe the other day so here it is Naf, enjoy! Tell me how it turns out… Seafood chowder recipe Ingredients: 5 tablespoons of butter 4 tablespoons of flour 1 medium size onion, diced 2 la (read full article)

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Feb 01

Apple crumble recipe with phyllo pastry

Apple crumble in phyllo pastry – individual sized recipe This apple crumble looks really fancy but is actually really easy to make… Preparation: 20-25 minutes Cooking time: 15-20 minutes Serves: 8 people What you’ll need: Phyllo (read full article)

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Jan 30

White Bean Pesto Salad Recipe

I bought some pork chops yesterday for dinner and needed a side dish to go with it, so I looked in the fridge and found some pesto I had made a couple nights before, and a can of white navy beans in the cupboard. I decided to make a quick salad to go (read full article)

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Jan 27

Pesto Recipe

Pesto is one of the staples in my kitchen, I use it for everything. It is so versatile you can use it to flavour any dish, for example serve your pesto with pasta, salads, paninis, slices of baguettes, or pizza! yummy! Also use with dips and marinate (read full article)

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Jan 25

Filipino Style Baked Empanada Recipe – Chicken Pork Vegetable

I was at my mom’s house last week and my aunt Evelyn has asked me if I knew how to make empanadas from scratch. Well I have the day off from work today so I thought I would try it. I have not made empanadas for years but it turned out really well, (read full article)

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Jan 24

Lumpia (Filipino Spring Roll) Recipe

This is a Filipino classic, you cannot have a Filipino get together without serving lumpia. This is one of the items that are always in my freezer, you never know who will show up at your door. I recommend doubling this recipe because you can keep th (read full article)

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Jan 21

Home Made Parmesan Olive Oil Crackers Recipe

These crackers only take 20-25 minutes to make and you can customize them different each time with different herbs and spices. Your guests will be impressed that you served them home made crackers of your own creation! Parmesan Olive oil crackers ing (read full article)

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