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Red Wine Stewed Pears from the Pressure Cooker!
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
Sweet and tart at the same time, no dessert stuns more with it's beauty than wine stewed pears! Just peel, stew and serve! From the Hip Pressure Cooking website, with permission.
Simple Tomato Sauce
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| Prep Time: | 0 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 90 Minutes |
A versatile and easy tomato sauce.
Potato and Ham Chowder
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
This was thrown together for lunch in a mere 30 minutes. I had several leftovers - I've listed which components were leftovers.
Garden Gazpacho
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 0 Minutes |
Garden Gazpacho is a perfect meal for warm weather. I decided to make this when the temperature reached 105 and I did not want to turn on my oven or stove to make dinner. It is an extremely refreshing soup that is served chilled.
BLT Pasta Salad
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| Prep Time: | 30 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
This pasta salad is easy to make and is great for BBQs and potlucks!
Chickjen & Spinach Meatballs
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
This recipe is a great alternative to regular spaghetti and meatballs and is easy enough to make on a weeknight.
Roasted Pepper Halves with Bread Crumb Topping (Peperoni Arrostiti)
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
Adapted from: Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen. These make a delicious appetizer or side dish. Enjoy and Cook with Love, Catherine
Kielbasa with Peppers, Onions, and Tomatoes
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
This was a bit of a throw together meal the other night. I have had Kielbasa sitting in my freezer for awhile, and wasn't sure what to make! This dish came together great, and its really easy! I served it with a little rice, and a side of spinach. Enjoy!
Sassy Stuffed Peppers
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
I think everyone's mom or family member had a recipe for stuffed peppers they remember from their youth. Maybe not everyone feels this way, but I always loved stuffed peppers. This recipe is different than my Mother's, but still very very yummy. I mixed i…
Herbed Potato Salad
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
This is a really delicious salad that has almost no fat in it. It’s great flavor comes from the vinegar, herbs and salt. It’s also very versatile, it’s wonderful hot or at room temp but I didn’t care for it cold. Since it has no mayonnaise it can…
Garbanzos
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
Garbanzos is a Spanish dish, best discription is a chickpea stew, very popular as a Tapas or a main dish on the Canary Isles. Ideal when entertaining large numbers, the recipe is for 4, but can be increased easily. As with most well flavoured foods, it c…
Insalata Di Ceci - Corsican Chickpea Salad
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 0 Minutes |
If you like chick peas you'll love this salad. It takes no time to make and waits nicely on the counter until your ready to use it.
Jamaican Beef Patties
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 25 Minutes |
Adapted from Eating Well Magazine. These make a great appetizer or a fun snack. Enjoy with love, Catherine
Creole Tomato Soup (Low Fat)
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
I truly hate the tomato soup that you get in cans and have as far back as I can remember. I had red bell pepper so that is what I used in this recipe even though it ask for green. The chunks of tomato, pepper and onion with the fragrant and flavorful herb…
Pollo al mattone
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
I love to barbecue, it’s my American side claiming its culinary rights. Whenever I fire the coals and host a backyard cookout, I like to throw a lot on the grill, so besides the classic burgers and franks I usually fuse in some Italian grigliata mista (…
Crazy Mixed Up Beans and Rice (And Chicken Sausage too!)
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
As you may have noticed I like rice a lot, and beans, AND chicken sausage. I could literally live off rice and beans, and be completely happy. When I was in Puerto Rico last year, I would eat rice and beans almost twice a day. I would save any dinner left…
Chicken Gumbo with Andouille Sausage
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| Prep Time: | 0 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 120 Minutes |
I love a good thick spicy gumbo. The restaurant I work at has the best gumbo ever. I wanted to recreate my own version to make and enjoy at home. In gumbo, roux is key and if burned or undercooked can result in not so good gumbo. Since my favorite gumbo f…
Herb Flounder with Lemon Vinaigrette
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
A little fat can be beneficial if you choose the right type. Our bodies actually need fat to help in the performance of vital functions, such as transporting vitamins, protecting organs and maintaining healthy skin and hair. Olive oil and Omega 3 fat foun…
CREAMY CARROT SOUP
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
The past too weekends were super tiring for me as I was busy looking for a house. Rents in any part in Bangalore has become a total killer. Also it was Monday yesterday and I had a very tiring and hectic day at work . To add to my misery I was the last dr…
Caribbean Lobster Ceviche Don Q Limon
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 120 Minutes |
“Cook for people with love is the most important ingredient” is the leitmotiv of Dominik Wirz, Executive Chef of Hilton Ponce Resort in Puerto Rico. Today we have his delicious recipe for Caribbean Lobster Ceviche Don Q Limon… Dominik’s innovativ…
Pork Spring Rolls
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
I made these spring rolls prior to going sailing. Wrapped tightly enough, they're great for portable goodness.
Riso alla pilota
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| Prep Time: | 40 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
And to think that until recently, 'I did not like rice. Besides, the origins and culinary traditions of my family does not provide a lot of use since I live in Novara, surrounded by rice paddies I missed the wonderful world of rice. And the first time los…
Green Chili and Chicken Enchiladas
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
Enchiladas with green chili and homemade enchilada sauce
Pinakbet (tagalog)
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
Actually, this has been originated in Ilocos Provinces here in the Philippines but as time goes by, people in Manila have finally created a new version of this dish by simply adding ingredients, that differ from the original pinakbet of Ilocanos. My mom i…
Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Butternut Squash & Bacon Risotto
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| Prep Time: | 0 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
I made this dish a few days ago for dinner. Sometimes we get into dinner grooves (especially when there is chili in the fridge), and need a new dish to snap us back to variety. This dish is really delicious! We grilled the pork tenderloin whole with a bit…
