Spinach Soup
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
This is a simple and satisfying soup to have on a cold fall evening. Enjoy!
Barbecueing Meat the Sicilian Way
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
Here is an excellent lamb dish grilled the sicilian way. For those concerned about the health hazards of charcoal-grilling producing carcinogens called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), no need to worry. Use leaner meats that drip less fat. Fat, wh…
Smoked Eggplant & Yogurt Dip
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
Raita is a yogurt based sauce or dip. Usually, raita is very simple with either some cumin or some mint and cucumber, or pineapple pieces, etc. But this is a very flavorful raita with smoked eggplant, garlic and ginger. I had it first along with a very de…
Shrimp & pumpkin in coconut milk
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
This is a Kerala (a South Indian state) recipe called Konju Pulungari. Konju means shrimp and pulungari is a curry with coconut milk and something sour, either vinegar or tamarind. Pumpkin is a festival vegetable in South India. This dish is originally ma…
Pork Vindaloo & Coconut Rice
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
“Vindaloo” is derived from the Portugese word “Vinha De Alhos” i.e. from the 2 main ingredients in it, which were "Vinho", meaning wine or wine vinegar, and "Alhos", meaning garlic. It was originally a vinegar and garlic based watery stew made wit…
Chicken Kofta in Walnut Gravy
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| Prep Time: | 30 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 25 Minutes |
CHICKEN KOFTA IN WALNUT GRAVY RECIPE is 1 of the best chicken dish you want to eat it is very good and delicious it is 1 of the my fav. try it out and then invite your friends and family to show them a new thing on the table that make you a good cook in t…
Bengali Fish Stew with Mustard
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
I love the taste of this traditional Bengali river fish stew with mustard served over steamed rice. It's very simple to make and it doesn't require many ingredients. When this stew is served outside Bengal, it usually has a thicker gravy to which onions,…
Crockpot Meatball Chili
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 0 Minutes |
My husband really loves to bite into chewy food, including oatmeal raisin cookies and thick slabs of ham. A few years ago, I wanted to improve my chili recipe to give it more "biteable" substance. So I tried substituting meat balls for crumbly ground beef…
Sausage Gravy Egg Baskets
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
WOW! My ultimate goal when creating a recipe is to serve up what I call “The Wow Factor”. What is the “Wow Factor”? When my guests say “Wow!”, when they take their first bite then I know it’s a winner! This recipe does just that!
Oven Baked Coconut Shrimp
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| Prep Time: | 30 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
These oven baked coconut shrimp can be served either as a starter or as a main dish. It takes a bit longer time to make it, but most of its prep time is just marinating. While baking in the oven, it gets a little crispy on the outside, but stays juicy ins…
Garlic & Parmesan Pasta
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
A simple side dish that gets rave reviews.This dish has a wonderful aroma.
Cucumber and Roasted Peanut Salad
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 5 Minutes |
This salad is very easy to make yet is so flavorful with roasted cumin and black mustard seeds that add nutty taste once you bite into one. Crunchy peanuts add a nice contrast to fresh and juicy cucumber that was marinated with lime juice and little bit o…
Coconut Creme Brulee
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
This coconut Creme Brulee is so delicious served with fresh berries and whipped cream. It's much easier to make than you might think!
Stuffed Tofu with Ginger Soy Dressing
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
Tofu, or bean curd, which comes from the Japanese word tōfu, which itself derived from the Chinese word dòufu, which originally means "bean curdled". It is a soft white food, made by coagulating soy milk and pressing the curds into blocks. There are ma…
Green Tea Ice Cream
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
This is my home-made ice cream that you won't need an ice cream maker but use one if you have it. The taste of green tea isn't very strong and is nice against the rich taste of heavy cream and eggs.
Pan seared porkchops
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 25 Minutes |
This is a simple way of fixing pork chops. They are tasty and can be fixed in a number of ways. You can add sauces to them like barbecue, berry vinaigrette, of tomato sauce. I chose to just put salt on mine. I made a few with barbecue sauce, and one with…
Ricotta-Spinach Stuffed Eggplants
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
This ricotta and spinach stuffed eggplant was inspired by Moussaka-filled Eggplants. It can be served as a vegetarian starter or main dish. Ricotta cheese can be substituted with cottage cheese or paneer.
Fried Zucchini
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
Sicilians eat very little dark meat. Sicily is an arid island, we don’t have much in the way of pastures. Cows are raised primarily for lactation, and production of cheese. Most meat is imported, except for chicken, goat, rabbit and some other wild gam…
Simple Fried Eggplant
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
This fried eggplant is so simple, but yet a very delicious side dish. It's a little bit crispy on the outside, but very soft and juicy inside. It is a Bengali way of preparation.
Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti Casserole
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 35 Minutes |
I made this dish for Ron's sister Julie and her hubby Chad after they had little Drew. It looked so yummy Ron and I had to make it for ourselves. The picture does not do this casserole justice because it is so yummy! Enjoy!
Shallow-Fried Masala Fish
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
This South Indian style fried fish is very aromatic and flavourful, slightly tangy, with a nice kick from chillies and garnished with sweet caramelized onions. It goes well together in a meal with curries with gravy or can be served by itself with plain r…
Chicken Stew with Coconut Milk (Kerala style)
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
This chicken stew with an aromatic coconut milk gravy is a great comfort food. This recipe is from Kerala, a state in India, where they use a lot of both fresh coconut and coconut milk in their cooking. Creamy coconut milk makes this stew very soothing, c…
Apple Pie In A Jar
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 40 Minutes |
This is an easy recipe and great to have on hand. I make this every year from the apples off of our trees. I then have a quick dessert on hand. You can put it in a pie shell, make a crisp topping, or put it over pancakes or crepes.
Tomato Vegetable Soup
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
For a 5 year old a mystery is magic! That is how it was for me that beautiful sunny morning when my parents woke me from my sleep and announced that something was waiting for me and all I had to do was to find what was hidden somewhere in the house, What…
Polpette di Tonno - Tuna cakes
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 5 Minutes |
We have been enjoying crab cakes for quite a while now, thanks to our New England friends. In the Veneto region of Italy polpette di tonno, or tuna cakes, have been around forever, but are sadly so undiscovered in the United States. Polpette di tonno are…

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