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Review of 300 Best Stir-Fry Recipes

December 4, 2014 By Laura 2 Comments

Stir Fry of Sweet and Salty Shrimp with Pineapple and Carrots; Review of 300 Best Stir Fry Recipes

Nancie McDermott’s 300 Best Stir-Fry Recipes is full of great ideas for last minute weeknight dinners, such as this Sweet-and-Salty Shrimp with Pineapple and Carrots. A copy of this cookbook was provided to me in exchange for an honest review; affiliate links were used in this post to link to items I am discussing. Unfortunately… 

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Moroccan Influenced Chili with Chickpeas and Minted Couscous

October 25, 2014 By Laura 1 Comment

The flavors of Morocco make for an excellent twist on traditional chili, and it can be made in a slow cooker. Affiliate links are used in this post to link to items I am discussing. Sorry for the silence! It has been a crazy week. Conferences (which means baking or cooking for the teachers, in… 

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Filed Under: beef, chickpeas, chili, couscous, dried fruit, ground beef, Moroccan, pantry cooking, sweet potato, tomatoes, zucchini Tagged With: beef, chili, couscous, crockpot, gameday, ground beef, ground meat, mint, Moroccan, prunes, ras el hanout, slow cooker, sweet potato, zucchini

Pineapple Kheema (Indian Ground Beef Curry) with Kale and Panch Phoron

July 16, 2014 By Laura 4 Comments

Pineapple and Beef Kheema with Kale and Pancho Phoron (Indian Ground Beef Curry made easy with canned pineapple)

Pineapple Kheema (Indian Ground Beef Curry) with Kale and Panch Phoron is a flavorful, easy and delicious dinner easily made on a weeknight. This is the last of the dishes I made prior to my surgery–and I am at my parents and realized I forgot my laptop charger. !!! Panic ensues. Thank goodness I have… 

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Filed Under: beef, curry, greens, ground beef, Indian recipes, keema/kheema, pantry cooking, pineapple Tagged With: beef, curry, ground beef, ground meat, Indian, kale, keema, kheema, mint, panch phoron, pineapple

Rosemary Mustard Pork Tenderloin and Pasta with Mushrooms and Peas: Review of The Glorious Vegetables of Italy

April 8, 2014 By Laura 11 Comments

Roasted Mustard Balsamic Pork Tenderloin served with Pasta and Peas with Mushrooms

Rosemary Mustard Pork Tenderloin and Pasta with Mushrooms and Peas is a stunning spring recipe that your guests will drool over. A copy of The Glorious Vegetables of Italy was sent to me by the publishers for an honest review. Affiliate links were used to link to items I am discussing in this post. I… 

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Filed Under: balsamic, cookbooks, Italian, mushrooms, pantry cooking, pasta, peas, pork, reviews, ricotta Tagged With: balsamic, cookbook review, Italian, mushrooms, mustard, pasta, peas, porcini, pork, ricotta, rosemary, tenderloins

Fallback Doctored Tortilla Soup

July 7, 2013 By Laura 1 Comment

Ack! Sorry for the delay! I managed to be a good blogger through the first week of vacation, but the second week things just got away from me. Meals got made but pictures were not taken. Honestly I did not even turn my computer on the entire second week (!!).

Filed Under: beans, easily made vegetarian, lentils, pantry cooking, southwestern Tagged With: beans, corn, legumes, lentils, Monterey Jack cheese, soup, southwestern, tortilla soup, tortillas

Parsi Inspired Chicken Curry with Mangoes and Cherries

February 5, 2013 By Laura 4 Comments

dried fruit soaking for a curry

Hooray! I can eat again! I started off with no fiber kheemas and then graduated to this delicious dried fruit curry. Is there anything better than being able to eat again after having had a restricted diet for any reason?

Filed Under: cherries, chicken, curry, Dried Cherries, dried fruit, easily made vegetarian, fruit, Indian recipes, mango, pantry cooking Tagged With: cherries, chicken, curry, dried fruit, fruit, Indian, mangoes, recipe

Cook, Eat, Tweet Mujadarra!

January 20, 2013 By Laura 4 Comments

Mujadarra is a classic Middle Eastern dish of rice, lentils and caramelized onions, and it is the definition of comfort food as far as I am concerned. Affiliate links have been used in this post to items I am linking to. Guys! Cook, Eat, Tweet was so much fun! Not to mention delicious! If you… 

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Filed Under: blog events, lentils, Middle Eastern dishes, pantry cooking, rice, vegetarian, yogurt Tagged With: caramelized onions, fried egg, Middle Eastern, mujadara, mujadarra, onions, pilaf, rice, spices, vegetarian, yogurt

Late Night One Bowl Vanilla Sour Cream Cake

January 14, 2013 By Laura 3 Comments

Plain or simple are not works I associate with the cooking I do. Ironically, therefore, my baking is pretty much the opposite; I don’t like too many flavors going on at the same time. And when I am sick, as I was over Christmas, I want my desserts to be even more plain. Almost boring… 

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Filed Under: cakes, misc. dessert, pantry cooking, reviews, Tools, whole grains Tagged With: cake, magisso cake server, one bowl, recipe, sheet cake, sour cream, vanilla

Lentil and Bulghur Soup with Minted Garlic Olive Oil Butter and Camp Memories

May 17, 2012 By Laura 5 Comments

lentil soup pantry ingredients

Camp has been a big topic of discussion in my house lately.  First, it is the time of year when we choose a week-long day camp for the girls. Second, Alex just read a chapter book in which the protagonist twins spend 5 weeks at a summer camp, so she is interested in all things… 

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Filed Under: easily made vegetarian, lentils, Middle Eastern dishes, misc, pantry cooking, soup, tomatoes, whole grains Tagged With: black beluga lentils, bulghur, garlic, lentils, Middle Eastern, mint, soup

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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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