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Grilled Eggplant Rolls with Feta, Mint and Chilli
Some women buy shoes, others like me buy cookbooks. I have cookbooks that are still beautiful, shiny cover, new book smell... others have dog ears and stained pages. If I had to choose which ones to...
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Thai Pork Satay
You can travel by taking an air plane, a bus, your car, the train... or by opening Madhur Jaffreys cookbook "Curry, Curry, Curry". She has compiled more than 200 curry recipes from all around the...
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Italian pasta salad
My relationship with pasta salad had a rough start. The first time a pasta salad crossed my path was at a student party, the pasta was way beyond all-dente and drenched in store bought mayonnaise, the...
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Spanish Chicken en Papillote
Our July 2012 Daring Cooks’ host was Sarah from All Our Fingers in the Pie! Sarah challenges us to learn a new cooking technique called “Cooking En Papillote” which is French and translates to “cooking...
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Green Couscous Salad with Lamb Chops
This Green Couscous Salad keeps its promises, you get different shades of green and as a bonus different textures, soft broad beans, crunchy green beans and bursting capers. Every bite is a surprise. I...
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Risotto milanese with tomatoes and king prawns
Whenever I travelled abroad I ended up buying some local specialty only to discover that at home the great espresso doesn't taste as good as in Rome. But to every rule there is thank God an exception....
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Zucchini and Carrot Salad with Basil
Summer Time is Salad Time! And this Italian salad with zucchini, carrots and lots of fresh basil is one of my favourites. Because of its ingredients I call it Zucaba Salad, if you come from Great...
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Pineapple Rosemary Sorbet
June was cold and rainy and I begged for summer, so now that I am sweating because of a heat wave, I cannot really complain. You can imagine how difficult that is. So I decided to make the best of it...
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Salad Bella Italia!
When I go to a restaurant I always ponder for hours over the menu, trying to make my mind up. On our honeymoon we went to Rome and once we ate in a perfect restaurant, the food was great but most of...
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Chicken with Cornmeal-Herb-Crust and Summer salad
Rachael of pizzarossa was our August 2012 Daring Cook hostess and she challenged us to broaden our knowledge of cornmeal! Rachael provided us with some amazing recipes and encouraged us to hunt down...
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Black Paella with Squid and Shrimps
Our Daring Cooks’ September 2012 hostess was Inma of la Galletika. Inma brought us a taste of Spain and challenged us to make our very own delicious Paella! I made a paella with squid ink, squids and...
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