I have tried to cook with different cactuses before since it is very tasty marinated or in various salads. This time I decided to try to cook something more 'serious' with it. Very tasty, flavorful and satisfying dish.
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Irish Lamb Stew with Vegetables
If you love comfort food you will like this recipe! Everything cooks together to create a rich blend of flavors and the juices keep the meat from turning dry. Lamb can be replaced with beef. This stew can be cooked in small pots, like I did, or in a Dutch oven. If you really want to make this dish...
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Blueberry Pie
That was the most delicious pie I had ever eaten, just melts in your mouth! Not difficult to made, and does not take too much time. Best cooking with fresh berries. Blueberry can be replaced with cherries or other sweet-sour fruits or berries. You can add pectin to the filling....
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Thai Chicken Legs
Buttermilk Blini
These blini can be served with different fillings: meat, fish, vegetables, mushroom, fruits, berries, sweet filling like jam, chocolate, whipped cream, or honey, or simply with sour cream on top.
Baked Salmon
This salmon can be cooked on the grill in foil as well as in the oven in parchment paper. You can use a cedar board soaked in water for 4-8 hours instead of foil. Different herbs can be used depending on your taste, such as rosemary, marjoram, oregano, thyme, tarragon, sage, basil, or lemon grass. The sauce is aromatic...
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‘Italian Wontons’ with Balsamic Sauce
Cannoli
This deep fried crispy waffle tube-shaped shell, with sweet cream cheese and chocolate inside is a traditional Sicilian dessert and very popular in Italian-American cuisine. Usually containing ricotta cheese, but you can add mascarpone cheese or whipped cottage cheese to it as well.
I thought about making cannoli for a long time and finely it happened! I ordered stainless steel cannoli forms...
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Smoked Salmon on a Gas Stove-Top
Our family loves fish and especially smoked salmon. In the summer we often smoke fish on our grill! However, now that it’s winter and very cold outside, of course it doesn’t work (well it does but no one wants to watch the grill for hours when its 0 degrees outside) but we were really hungry for smoked salmon...
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Homemade Corn Tortillas with Puerto Rican Shredded Pork with Pico de Gallo, Guacamole and Black Beans
Usually on weekends we love to cook dinner with the whole family. I think it's a great family tradition, and benefits all of us, parents and kids. And with big pleasure everything is eaten :) This past weekend we cooked together again one of our favorite cuisines, Mexican! We decided to make tacos, it’s a perfect choice for dinner...
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