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Crepes with Nutella and Peaches

28Mar

Simple and easy recipe. These crepes can be served with a sweet topping (like honey, whipped cream, chocolate, jam and etc), fruit, meat or vegetable fillings. In this recipe, you can also use other fruits like bananas or berries/strawberries, etc. More photos....

Roast Beef with Cactus and Vegetables

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24Mar

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. (more…)...

Irish Lamb Stew with Vegetables

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15Mar

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...

Thai Chicken Legs

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27Feb

I cooked this chicken in the oven, placing it on the wire rack. Juicy tender meat with a nice spicy taste. You can use chicken breast as well. (more…)...

Buttermilk Blini

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21Feb

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

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20Feb

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...

Smoked Salmon on a Gas Stove-Top

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06Feb

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...

Homemade Corn Tortillas with Puerto Rican Shredded Pork with Pico de Gallo, Guacamole and Black Beans

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27Jan

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...

Peking Duck

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02Jan

Peking duck is one of the more famous of Chinese dishes. The duck is rubbed with honey and baked in a special oven, usually served with steamed pancakes (or 'mandarin' pancakes), spring onions, cucumber sticks and sweet bean sauce (Tianmianjiang which can be replaced by Hoisin sauce). There are many recipes for Peking duck, some are easy and some are...

‘Potato’ Cakes

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20Dec

These 'cakes' I've loved since childhood. My family and kids love these as well! Don't be confused, these don't contain any potatoes and are a sweet dessert instead. It's another Slavic dessert dish with many options for cooking, with the addition of biscuits, breadcrumbs or cookies. They are usually in the shape of small potato and light inside...

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