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Potaje de Vigilia (Spanish Fasting Soup with Beans, Thickened with Bread)

January 15, 2012 By Laura 4 Comments

This time of year always brings with it a dilemma: you want healthy and light after weeks of feasting but at the same time for many of us it is cold outside and we want warming and hearty.  Year after year I seem to turn to the same solution: bean soup.

Filed Under: beans, chickpeas, easily made vegetarian, eggs, greens, New Year's resolutions, potatoes, Spanish cuisine, spinach, stews Tagged With: beans, bread, chickpeas, eggs, fried bread, garlic, Lenten recipes, olive oil, soup, Spanish, spinach, stew, vegetarian

Simple Nam Prik Pao Fried Rice

December 27, 2011 By Laura 4 Comments

I have a fabulous post to share with you about the meal I made for Christmas Day–but it will take a moment to organize, especially in the recipe department.  I wanted to get something out in the meantime, and this simple, short post about nam prik pao, or Thai chili jam fits the bill perfectly.

Filed Under: eggs, misc, pantry cooking, rice, sauces, Thai dishes Tagged With: chili jam, eggs, fried eggs, fried rice, nam prik pao, Thai

Be A Good Cookie! Meringue Cookie Flavors for the Holidays and Cookies for Kids’ Cancer

December 13, 2011 By Laura 14 Comments

I had a very hard time writing this post.  Striking the right tone seems important, yet it is eluding me.

Filed Under: chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, coffee desserts, cookies, cooks' tools, dairy free baking, eggs, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, meringue, mint chocolate, misc, Uncategorized Tagged With: #CookiesForKidsCancer, blogger outreach, cancer, chocolate chips, coffee, cookies, Cookies for Kids' Cancer, Holidays, meringues, mint chocolate, OXO, peppermint, spatula

The Spiced Life Style Sambal with Veggies, Eggs, Cashews and Rice (and Turkey?)

November 24, 2011 By Laura 2 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving! I know everyone is featuring fantastic things to do with leftover turkey right about now.  But… I hate turkey.  I personally think we have been brainwashed as a nation to think that the driest, most boring meat imaginable should be the centerpiece of our most food-oriented holiday feast.  But I won’t go on… 

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Filed Under: eggs, Indonesian, Malaysian, misc, mushrooms, rice, salsas, sauces, Singapore dishes, Thai dishes, zucchini

Bobotie (South African Curried Beef Casserole)

June 13, 2011 By Laura 13 Comments

Have you ever found a cookbook that nobody has ever heard of by an author no one has ever heard of and it turns out to be one of your most reliable, successful cookbooks?  I’ve written about this book before, but I just have to reiterate it again: David Ricketts’ Home Cooking Around The World… 

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Filed Under: African dishes, beef, casseroles, cookbooks, curry powder, eggs, ground beef, reviews

Meringue Cookies: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip & Bittersweet Chocolate

March 17, 2011 By Laura 8 Comments

And just as I got nice and caught up with blogging, we set about moving The Spiced Life to WordPress.  And all blogging stopped–as well as tv watching, phone calls, and laundry, as we set about figuring it all out.  Actually my husband did most of the figuring, while I have just tried desperately to… 

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Kefta Tagine Bil Beid (Moroccan Meatball Tagine With Tomato & Eggs)

February 12, 2011 By Laura 11 Comments

I was so excited to eat this meal that I forgot to take pictures before serving it. So picture an entire round skillet with more meatballs and eggs! This recipe is from a cookbook I got for Christmas from my parents, Food of Morocco, a gift which turned out to be auspicious, because I have… 

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Filed Under: eggs, meatballs, Moroccan, tomatoes Tagged With: eggs, kefta, meatballs, Moroccan, North African, tagine, tomatoes

Asian Lunch Rice Bowl

May 13, 2010 By Laura 5 Comments

I think I’ve mentioned before how much I dislike lunch. Or how much I dislike traditional American lunch meals (sandwiches, salads, etc). I was recently at a friend’s house for lunch, for a playdate, and the mom is Korean American and she served us kind of an ultra-simplified bi bim bap: rice with scrambled eggs,… 

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Filed Under: eggs, Korean cuisine, mushrooms, rice

Springtime Bacon & Egg Fried Rice

May 9, 2010 By Laura 8 Comments

It’s that time of year again–the farmer’s market has gone back to being weekly. And the farmer’s market is, in my experience, the only place to get interesting early spring vegetables, like scapes, green garlic and greens you’ve never heard of, like komatsuna greens. If you’re farther south than I am, you might also be… 

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Filed Under: bacon, Chinese, easily made vegetarian, eggs, peas, rice

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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