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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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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Couscous with Olives and Cilantro
Pumpkin Buns
Light and airy buns made from pumpkins, a perfect dish for fall and also great idea for Thanksgiving! They are slightly sweet and quite easy to make from scratch, they'll look festive on your dinner table. The rolls are still good for the next day also so you can prepare in advance, just warm them up a little before...
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Pumpkin Risotto
Paella with Chicken and Chorizo
Paella is a national of Spain, particularly in the Valencia area, made of rice, saffron, and additionally seafood, chicken, vegetables and sausages. Traditionally paella is served on Sundays or on March 19 which is St. Joseph Day. There are several versions of the origins of this dish, the first derives from the Latin word "patella" which translates to pan....
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Zucchini pancakes
Crispy pancakes with a nice soft center. They taste like the zucchini version of 'deruny', Ukrainian potato pancakes. It's better to use older squash or zucchini, they have less liquid so the dough is thicker and much richer flavor. You can add fresh garlic instead of garlic powder, the flavor is a little stronger. The herbs you can change depending...
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Sweet and Sour Sliced Pickles
A quick and easy recipe for crunchy sweet and sour pickles with a little spice. I like this version because the pickles aren't so sweet and you can still taste the cucumber flavor. You can use small or large cucumbers.
The marinade will not cover completely the cucumbers at first since the cucumbers will have more juice after they marinate...
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Tuna salad with eggs and anchovies
Besides making a salad, you can instead make stuffed eggs. Just finely chop the egg yolks, anchovies and tuna, mix with mayonnaise and stuff with these egg whites. Garnish with herbs.