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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
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When it’s just to hot to cook, let alone eating a hot dish, like it is here in Naples, Italy. This main or side dish is perfect and nutritious. Also you can add more vegetables (there is no limit, go crazy!). Can be served with good crusty bread or garl…
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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.
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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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…
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| Prep Time: | 20 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 30 Minutes |
This original recipe that I’ve been working for a while is gluten free and lactose free. So everyone can enjoy it! Can you believe it?...
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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…
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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Nice way to get your kids to eat their greens.
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
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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.
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
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These caramelized peaches are very soft and velvety with a subtle taste of cinnamon and clove. They can be either grilled or baked in an oven. If you use peaches that are not completely ready, still a little bit sour, it will give a nice contrast to sweet…
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| Prep Time: | 15 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 45 Minutes |
If you made a resolution to eat healthy in 2010, this roasted cauliflower and leek soup is a great tasting way to start.
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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…
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 105 Minutes |
This is one of my favorite things to make to give to friends during the holiday. This is a rich creamy caramel sauce that is positively addictive. My friend texted me to tell me she couldn't stop eating it. I assure you this is not a problem. it is a prob…
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| Prep Time: | 35 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 10 Minutes |
Ron and I have been on a bit of a salmon kick the last few weeks. I love grilled salmon and am always trying to find new combinations for the grill. This may seems like an odd combo, but trust me, it is delicious. Neither the mustard or the lime are overp…
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 5 Minutes |
This simple salad takes advantage of late summer vegetables. It is fresh, satisfying, and delicious.
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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This Recipe was given to me from one of my bookclub friends. She brought it to one of our annual summer barbeque potlucks. We all loved it. I begged her for the recipe and now I am sharing it with you. You may use fresh ingredients if they are in s…
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| Prep Time: | 25 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
I've been on a wild romp to find ingredients for the perfect Pad Thai (the Thai restaurant I used to go to all the time was shut down by the Health inspector...awkward). I've tried tons and tons of recipes for Pad Thai, and this one I improvised is th…
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
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Salsa means sauce in Spanish. Mexico is a very diverse country in which the many regions yield a big variety of dishes and salsas. Every family has their favorite recipes,their favorite type of salsas they like most, but one thing is for sure; in Mexican…
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| Prep Time: | 10 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 15 Minutes |
I often enjoy cooking with wine. The aromatic quality of wine enriches any meal. This dish of pork fillets sauteed with onion, sage and mustard is perfectly complemented by a dry white wine.
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
| Cook Time: | 20 Minutes |
I use Nigella Lawson's incredibly simple recipe for raspberry jam (from How to be a Domestic Goddess). But instead of raspberries, I use ripe cloudberries. They are just as juicy as ripe raspberries. The flavor of this jam is like the flavor of raw s…
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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…
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| Prep Time: | 5 Minutes |
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This high protein crab salad is quick, easy, clean and super yummy! The smoked paprika gives it a unique flavor twist. I needed a quick quick mini-meal after surfing and I stumbled upon a can of canned crabmeat in our pantry......a few minutes later, vo…