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Easy Vietnamese Meatball Noodle Soup

September 1, 2016 By Laura 2 Comments

Easy Vietnamese Meatball Noodle Soup--inspired by Bun Cha

Easy Vietnamese Meatball Noodle Soup is the answer to your weeknight dinner dilemma! Super easy, fast and fresh, this soup satisfies your Vietnamese food cravings. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Ack! I know I have been a little slow between my last two posts. Sorry about that! Cooking… 

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Filed Under: beef, carrots, cucumbers, ground beef, lime, meatballs, rice noodles, soup, Vietnamese dishes Tagged With: beef, broth, carrots, cilantro, cucumbers, easy, fast, ground beef, ground meat, herbs, meatballs, mint, rice noodles, rice vermicelli, soup, Vietnamese, weeknight

Lime Coconut Bars with Macadamia Nuts: #CreativeCookieExchange

February 16, 2016 By Laura 13 Comments

Lime Coconut Bars with Macadamia Nuts and White Chocolate Chunks

Lime Coconut Bars with Macadamia Nuts and White Chocolate Chunks are the perfect fudgy-chewy treat to take you away to the tropics! This month Creative Cookie Exchange has you covered with loads of tropically inspired cookies! I want to wax poetic about these bars, but am lacking the energy. We are in Columbus, both for… 

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Parsi Inspired Braised Beef with Dried Cherries

February 14, 2016 By Laura 6 Comments

Parsi Inspired Braised Beef with Dried Cherries, Greens and Mango is a healthy and delicious way to get some comforting Indian food in your belly without having to leave your house and brave the weather! The dried cherries that make this dish so alluring were provided by Stoneridge Orchards, who also sponsored this post.  Guys… 

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Filed Under: beef, beef chuck, curry, Dried Cherries, greens, Indian recipes, kale, lime, mango, slow cooker, yogurt Tagged With: beef, beeh chuck, braise, braising, cilantro, curry, dried cherries, Indian, kale, lime, mango, mangoes, Parsi

Lime Coconut Chicken Curry with Mangoes

February 1, 2016 By Laura 5 Comments

Lime Coconut Chicken Curry with Mangoes--and cauliflower for added healthiness!

Lime Coconut Chicken Curry with Mangoes is a healthy, fast dish that makes the most of seasonal citrus and mangoes, while brightening up a winter day. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. This past fall two interesting citrus cookbooks were released. Being the huge citrus freak that I am, I… 

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Filed Under: Caribbean dishes, cauliflower, chicken, Coconut (flaked), coconut milk, cookbooks, curry, lime, mango, reviews Tagged With: Caribbean, cauliflower, chicken, citrus, coconut, coconut flakes, coconut milk, curry, lime, mango, mangoes

Coconut Lime Mango Muffins: #MuffinMonday

January 25, 2016 By Laura 13 Comments

Coconut Lime Mango Muffins are the perfect antidote to a dreary winter day; bright with lime, sweet with mango, and rich with coconut, these muffins will transport you to the tropics! Keep reading to see what other delicious muffins were dreamt up by Muffin Monday bakers! I love citrus season! You can expect the citrus… 

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Mushroom and Bean Burrito Bowl

March 14, 2015 By Laura 11 Comments

Vegetarian, healthy and super easy and fast!: Mushroom and Bean Vegetarian Burrito Bowl

This Mushroom and Bean Burrito Bowl is fast, healthy and delicious! It is also vegetarian–and hearty enough for dedicated meat-eaters. Affiliate links (to Amazon) have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. I have had One Of Those Weeks. As a matter of fact, had I needed to make dinner,… 

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Filed Under: avocado, beans, corn, grain bowl, lime, mushrooms, pantry cooking, rice, southwestern, tomatoes, vegetarian, whole grains Tagged With: beans, black beans, burrito bowl, corn, fast, healthy, mexican, mushrooms, rice, rice bowl, southwestern, vegetarian, weeknight

Lime Poke Cake (Redux)

March 9, 2015 By Laura 9 Comments

Bright, tart and sweet, this Lime Poke Cake is the perfect simple cake. Easy to whip up, yet anything but common, this cake is great for entertaining or snacking. I spoke in my last post about the power of simply taking the time to set up a table beside a window and use my tripod, and… 

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Mexican Spicy Roasted Shrimp and Potatoes Stew Redux!

March 6, 2015 By Laura 11 Comments

Mexican Roasted Shrimp and Potato Stew: super easy and super delicious!

This Mexican Spicy Roasted Shrimp and Potatoes Stew is tried, true and repeated! Tangy with lime, cilantro and tomatoes, earthy with roasted potatoes and sweet with roasted sweet potatoes and shrimp, it makes an excellent, relatively fast meal! Guys I have so many really, really delicious dishes on this blog that just are not feeling the… 

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Filed Under: lime, Mexican dishes, potato dishes, potatoes, seafood, shrimp, soup, stews, sweet potato, tomatoes Tagged With: ancho, broth, cilantro, lime, mexican, potatoes, roasting, seafood, shrimp, soup, stew, sweet potato, tomatoes

Indonesian Coconut Beef Soup with Carrots and Sambal; Review of In Her Kitchen

February 14, 2015 By Laura 8 Comments

The recipe for this Soto Betawi, or Indonesian Coconut Beef Soup, comes from a grandmother in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is perfect for anyone who loves coconut milk based dishes. I was sent a copy of In Her Kitchen by Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review, and all opinions are my own. Affiliate links have been… 

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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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