Mr. Smith on February 1st, 2010

Ingredients:
250 g shrimp
6 corn tortillas
¼ butter stick
2 tomatoes, chopped
½ onion, chopped
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp parsley, chopped
Salt and pepper
Vegetable oil
Preparing:

Fold tortillas into a cone shape and fasten with toothpicks.
Fry in oil u…

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Mr. Smith on January 6th, 2010

Ingredients:
1 can of squid
¼ cup tomato sauce
10 cherry tomatoes
6 basil leaves, chopped
1 European baguette
4 tsp olive oil
1 clove of garlic, minced
Salt and pepper
Preparing:
Cut the tomatoes in four.
Thoroughly mix the squid with tomato sauce, ba…

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Varada on January 3rd, 2010

Hope you all had a great vacation. I could not post anything here for last few months, but hopefully I can post something once in a while.
Rasam is very common in South Indian meals. Usually it is very watery and does not have any vegetables like sambar which is thick and has vegetables. Rasams [...]

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Spiceplace on September 17th, 2009

Break out that rarely used Waring Blender to make this quick and easy Salsa for your chips. This recipe is an absolute ease to make. No cutting and dicing just a couple whirls of the blender does the trick.
Here’s what you need:
2 Medium/Large Fresh Vine Ripe Tomatoes
1 Large Red Onion
1/2 bunch Fresh Cilantro
Grill the [...]

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Larissa on August 23rd, 2009

I kept quiet for awhile in my blog but keen to get back to my Italian cooking adventures. I just returned from Fiji holidays where experienced broad variety of different seafood based dishes. Inspired by that and searching through similar Fijian style recipes for dinner I decided to prepare an absolutely simple [...]

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Larissa on August 23rd, 2009

I kept quiet for awhile in my blog but keen to get back to my Italian cooking adventures. I just returned from Fiji holidays where experienced broad variety of different seafood based dishes. Inspired by that and searching through similar Fijian style recipes for dinner I decided to prepare an absolutely simple [...]

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Shilpa on August 19th, 2009

I am always in search of simple and easy recipes for our lunchbox. I recently started preparing lunch on previous day to make my mornings a little bit less stressful. This is one simple dish that makes its appearance very often in our boxes.
Tomato-capsicum rice is something I have been cooking for a long time [...]

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Larissa on August 2nd, 2009

Original Italian name: Tiella di Verdure
Place of origin: Apulia, Puglia (Southern Italy)
Every time when I cook something from Italian cuisine I know exactly the taste of the dish promise to be rewarding the effort.
This time I decided to cook  new vegetables dish which I am completely unaware of the final result. I have various vegetables [...]

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Larissa on May 22nd, 2009

Original italian name: Fagiolini al Pomodoro
I have been away from the blog for a while but now getting back to track to share more new interesting italian recipes that I have been cooking during this time.
The salad with green beans and tomatoes is the real summer favourite. The main ingredients for this salad are riped [...]

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Varada on May 15th, 2009

Saar/saru is a very thin soup kind of dish which can be consumed with rice or like soup. I am a big fan of all kinds of sarus as they are very easy to make and very tasty.
I have many childhood memories associated with tomato saru.  While growing up, my grandmother was incharge of our [...]

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