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Cooking tips & tricks plus different recipes that I have come up with over the years. Check out what's cooking tonight. Welcome to Jessilyn's Kitchen!

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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)

Appetizers, baked, cooking, dill, Dinner Recipes, feta cheese, filo, fresh, Greek, healthy

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 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)

Appetizer, Appetizers, baked, brie, Chardonnay, cheese, cooking, crackers, Dips and Sauces, jessilyn

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 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)

Appetizer, baked, cooking, deep fried, Dinner, Dinner Recipes, Dips and Sauces, Filipino, food, jessilyn

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 18

Fresh Salsa (Pico de Galo) Recipe

This salsa is really good with fresh tacos, on top of fresh grilled chicken breast, or grilled pork chops. Try this out for your next dinner, it’s really easy to make, all you need is a food processor and these ingredients…. Fresh Pico d (read full article)

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Jan 17

Seafood Vegetable Linguini Recipe

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Jan 16

Hummus Dip Recipe with Pesto

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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 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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