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Chorizo Pulao

Chorizo Pulao

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 25 Minutes

This is a Goan style pulao - an aromatic dish made out of rice that is first browned in oil and then cooked with spices and vegetables. This particular pulao is very popular in Goa and is traditionally made using spicy Goan sausage, which can be replaced…

Edamame with Coarse Sea Salt

Edamame with Coarse Sea Salt

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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes

Edamame, a slightly premature & firm soybean, is a staple appetizer in Japanese cuisine and is very popular in North America due to the growth of sushi restaurants. This dish is packed with protein and makes for an excellent appetizer or snack. You can bo…

Mashed Potato

Mashed Potato

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 25 Minutes

Hubby and I both love Mashed Potatoes but we don't buy those ready packs from the store. We always want to be in control of the food we eat. One thing we both avoid in food is too much salt. We checked the salt contents of each package and we just could n…

Herbed Potato Salad

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…

Teriyaki Salmon

Teriyaki Salmon

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes

Teriyaki Salmon is a great way to cook salmon and it's really very simple. Make certain not to let the glaze burn.

Chilean Sea Bass with Tomato-Basil Sauce

Chilean Sea Bass with Tomato-Basil Sauce

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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes

This is a lightly-seasoned dish that lets the flavor of the fish come through. Whatever you do, don't use a heavy hand with the salt and pepper.

Sausage Pasty

Sausage Pasty

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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Non-traditional, but oh-so-good, these pasties go together easily and bake quickly for a warm and delicious handheld dinner.

Sandwiches stuffed with pumpkin and bacon

Sandwiches stuffed with pumpkin and bacon

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Prep Time: 90 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes

morsels of bread dough from the surface enriched with pumpkin seed brittle.

Never Fail Dill Pickles

Never Fail Dill Pickles

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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes

These pickles are extra crispy and packed with flavor. Easy as 1...2...3, there will rarely be a commercial jar in your refrigerator ever again.

Summer Broiled Shrimp and Fresh Herbs

Summer Broiled Shrimp and Fresh Herbs

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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 5 Minutes

Fresh garden air, warm sunshine, cool wine and finger lickin' good broiled shrimp. Guess who is happy that it's summertime?

Egg Fried Rice

Egg Fried Rice

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes

Tasty Indo-Chinese recipe. Quick and easy to prepare.

Pan seared porkchops

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…

Idle Hand Bars

Idle Hand Bars

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Prep Time: 25 Minutes
Cook Time: 5 Minutes

These sinfully delicious peanut butter and chocolate dessert bars are out of this world. As a "sweet" fanatic married to a "salty" fanatic, it's always a struggle coming up with desserts that can be shared and devoured with equal gusto. These bars are the…

Oven Roasted Potato Salad

Oven Roasted Potato Salad

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 25 Minutes

Roasting the vegtables in a potato salad rather than boiling them brings deeper flavor with so little effort.

Savory Meat Strudel

Savory Meat Strudel

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Prep Time: 45 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes

I threw this together using a sweet bread dough that was new to me (i.e. untested) and the friends who were over LOVED it. Claire aptly named it "Breakfast In Bread" because it sort of had a sausage-biscuit taste.

Chicken with Basil Sauce

Chicken with Basil Sauce

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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes

Here's a dish that I made for my dieting, since I have gain a few kilos. This 164 kcal per 1 person, so it's very light and delicious dish.

Homemade Raviolis

Homemade Raviolis

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Prep Time: 40 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes

My grandfather taught to how to make pasta dough when I was a girl. I later learned how to make raviolis. This is one of my grandfather's favorits things.

Coleslaw

Coleslaw

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Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes

My favorite coleslaw recipe. The key to this recipe is finely chopping the ingredients.

Honey Pecan Chicken

Honey Pecan Chicken

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Prep Time: 45 Minutes
Cook Time: 35 Minutes

A lovely baked chicken for fall featuring the taste of honey and a crunchy baked pecan crust.

Pork Chops and Rice

Pork Chops and Rice

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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes

This recipe was my Mom’s and was something that she whipped up quickly after a long day at work. It is very easy to make and doesn’t cost much either (buy the pork chops in bulk, and freeze what you don’t use). This meal is a nice change from the…

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