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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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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 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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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 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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Jan 17

Seafood Vegetable Linguini Recipe

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Jan 05

Chicken / Vegetarian Thai Curry Recipe

I learned this recipe while traveling in Thailand. I have altered it many times over the years, but it always turns out wonderful. I personally always double the recipe because it tastes so good the next day. If you would like to to make this recipe (read full article)

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Jan 04

Vegetarian Frittata Recipe

This dish is one of the easiest recipes that I can share with you. This classic Spanish dish is very healthy and tasty! You will need: 1 large potato/yam or sweet potato ½ of a medium onion 1 large tomato A small bunch of fresh or frozen spinach 1 (read full article)

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Dec 15

Roasted Tomato and Garlic Soup Recipe

This Roasted tomato and garlic soup recipe is very tasty: You will need a blender for this recipe…….. -25 to 30 roma tomatoes (try to use roma tomatoes because they are very sweet) (cut in half) -1 medium onion (diced) -1 medium red bell (read full article)

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Dec 15

Quiche Recipe

For my Quiche recipe I use: -Pillsbury already made pie crust (cut into 12 even circle or leave as 2 pie crust) -3 pieces of hotdog or sausages (cut into 1/2 inched diced) -1/2 of a medium broccoli (diced) -1/2 of a medium yellow onion (minced) -1 l (read full article)

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Oct 10

Turkey Chili

Here’s an idea for you to use up all that left over turkey from Thanksgiving; Use your favorite chili recipe, there are plenty on the web if you don’t have one. Substitute the ground beef for turkey! Easy… Make sure to dice the turk (read full article)

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Oct 03

Hello!

My name is Jessilyn Laurel and I hope you love to cook as much as me. I thought I would start a blog to share with you some of my creations that I come up with, as well as some tips, tricks and different ingredients that I use while cooking and bakin (read full article)

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