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Double Chocolate Mousse Cookies

‘Double Chocolate Mousse Cookies’ for #baketogether. They were delicious and very chocolaty; a big hit at home! I did two versions. From the original site: One bite ensured cookie happiness…

Baked Brie

After I got married, I wanted to come up with a dish I could bring to holidays with either my family or his, something that would be my signature thing. But I had no ideas. My brother’s wife is a vegetarian, so their wedding reception (just six weeks after mine!) was meat-free. Where our cocktail […]

Health Cookies

A tasty cookie that has a lot of good for you ingredients in it. From the original site: O.K. these are probably not that healthy, but It does have many of the ingredients found in a granola bar recipe. It is a tasty recipe and will make it again. So here is the recipe.

Cinnamon flavored apple preserves/jams/jelly

Enjoy the delicious homemade cinnamon and vanilla flavored apple jams with a slice of bread. You will enjoy the freshness of fresh apple. Ingredients: Apples – Used 7 medium sized apples Lemon juice – juice of 1/2 lemon or citric acid 2 cups of water Sugar – 11/2 cups Optional Ingredients – Skip all these […]

Green Chile Stew

Green Chile Stew from the famed Pink Adobe Restaurant in Santa Fe, NM uses seasonal Hatch chiles to their best! Fragrant, flavorful, perfect pork stew! http://www.shockinglydelicious.com/green-chile-stew-from-the-pink-adobe-hatch-chiles/ From the original site: My light bulb moment came when I mused that Hatch chiles are grown in New Mexico, so an authentic New Mexican treatment of them would […]

Easy Country Style Chicken in 20 minutes

This recipe was overlooked at Restaurant impossible TV program, I added my personal touches to it and it came out great. To define great I will explain: my fiancé, who doesn’t like chicken, was consuming it, as if it was his favorite sausage, not a chicken… I used cornmeal here, because I love adding it […]

Cabbage Beef Pockets

A savory beef and cabbage filled bread pocket. We make a lot and freeze the leftovers. They freeze and reheat really well and make a great last minute meal. From the original site: A tradition in my husband’s family for as long as I have known him. It is a bread pocket filled with meat […]

Budin de Huevos – Egg Bread Pudding!

I made this recipe by accident one day while trying to make a version of tres leches cake batter using the ingredients I had on hand, mainly cake flour and not all purpose flour. What came out was most certainly not a tres leches, but it was still pretty delicious. I have called this my […]

chicken and waffles cupcake
Chicken and Waffles Cupcake!

I heart @thenovicechef.  Check out this too funny Chicken and Waffles Cupcake! Jessica says: You know how most people see the line & stop? I run wayyy past it. I am so far gone, I can’t even see the line anymore. This cupcake is going to split all of us into two groups. People who […]

Tres Chiles Chocolate Cake with Habanero Hibiscus Caramel

This is the chocolate chile bomb. A contest entry…. Marx Foods supplied the chiles and I supplied the chocolate! Here is the final product… complete with a habanero hibiscus caramel sauce. Vote for the cake if you think it’s worthy! Voting url : http://marxfood.com/blogger-dried-chile-recipes/ It is also in the original post! From the original site: […]

Torta Maria Luisa – Maria Luisa Cake

This is a Latin twist on a traditional Victorian Sandwich cake, also called a Victorian Sponge Cake. The zesty orange marmalade filling makes the cake oh so elegant and perfect for any fancy occasion. Even non-cake lovers won’t be able to say no to this cake! From the original site:  Nobody knows for sure why […]

A great use for leftovers

(a foodwhirl re-run.. so good we ran it again!) Okay, so remember that roast pork I made a little while ago? Well, it makes a lot of meat, and we always try to freeze some to use at a later date. Last night I didn’t feel like cooking anything elaborate, so I looked in the […]

Claypot Chicken Rice – Without Claypot

Quick & easy way is to cook Claypot Chicken Rice – combine all ingredients and pop everything into the rice cooker. From the original site: Have you experienced this before? Open the fridge and the mind goes blank.. open the freezer, the mind goes blank.. then open the fridge again, stare blankly into the fridge […]

Vegetable Rice

1 Pot Meal – Rice cooked with Vegetables, easy to prepare, wholesome vegetarian meal. 1 Pot meal is one of my favourite type of dish when I’m lazy to cook From the original site: This week is dedicated to ONE DISH MEALS, my favourite meal to prepare because I am feeling lazy. There are days […]

Dairy Free (& Gluten Free) Fettuccine Alfredo

This dairy free alfredo sauce recipe is thick and bubbly in no time. Adding shrimp and asparagus promotes fettuccine alfredo from a side dish to a main course! The base recipe can be used to make it as a vegan side dish or the dairy free sauce can be used as a base for chicken […]

Mango Jicama Salad.

This is hands down one of my favorite warm weather dishes. Whether you serve it on the side or just enjoy it as a snack, it’s so fresh and delicious! This mango jicama salad is not only healthy but very filling and the cayenne pepper kicks up the flavor and adds a little spice. Plus, […]

Roasted Peach & Plum Ice Cream

A delicious, low cal ice cream. I love the depth of flavour that roasting fruit gets. Add a vanilla bean and it gets addictive. From the original site: This is one of those recipes lurking in my folder, adapted from a breathtakingly delicious looking post on Sips and Spoonfuls, devoured, yet for some reason it […]

Leche Poleada with Empanada Dippers

This is my new twist on a traditional Salvadoran food, empanadas made out of plantains (empanadas de platano). In El Salvador, empanadas de platano are usually eaten coated with sugar. In this recipe I make a vanilla egg custard (leche poleada) that I use to both dip the empanadas into, as well as to fill […]

Truly Tender Meatballs in Rich Tomato Sauce

True to its title,these are truly tender meatballs in a rich tomato sauce.Ricotta makes the meatballs tender and delicious. From the original site: I knew I had to make this without wasting another day … the tiresome teen had been begging me to make some for ages. Heed Jennifers advice … do it now!

Chicken Kabsa – Arabic Rice Dish

Kabsa is an Arabic favorite rice dish in many Gulf countries. This is a chicken version of the Kabsa recipe, Shannon’s SIMPLIFIED version – a 1 dish meal. I love cooking this dish when I’m in a rush and the beautiful flavours from the spices gives a warm aroma to the whole house. From the […]

Jamaican spice bun with a citrus glaze

A quick and easy recipe for making raisin bread with a Jamaican twist. It’s a great bread for breakfast or tea time! From the original site: Moist fruit bread with a pretty sugar glaze – how can you resist that?

Pflaumenkuchen with Ricotta

My twist to the Pflaumenkuchen, with some ricotta added to it as topping.A dusting sugar & drizzle of cream completes the magic! From the original site: My very last stash of plums found their way into this yeasted dough German Plum Cake {Pflaumenkuchen}. Twitter seems to have taken over as the menu planner for me […]

Green Tea Ice Cream

Home made green tea ice cream, authentic green tea flavor with macha powder. From the original site: When I tasted this ice cream, I was surprised how authentic the taste was and it brought me right back to Japan!! If you know what I’m talking about and miss authentic Japanese green tea ice cream, then […]

Shrimp & Pork Wonton

Simple Japanese wonton recipe – traditional Chinese comfort food with a Japanese twist. From the original site: I will probably cook this soon as wontons are my kids’ favorite. Wontons are served differently in various part of China. For example, in the Canton area, it’s famous for wontons to be served with noodle and enjoyed […]