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Mexican Beef Stew with Vegetables in the Slow Cooker

December 16, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Mexican Beef Stew with Vegetables in the Slow Cooker is a healthy, delicious and warming one pot meal that will make the entire family clean their plates. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. This stew is ah-mazing, but before we get there, I have a question for you guys…. 

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Filed Under: beef, beef chuck, beef stew, cauliflower, lime, Mexican dishes, potatoes, zucchini Tagged With: beef, beef chuck, beef stew, cauliflower, crock pot, healthy, mexican, potatoes, slow cooker, stew, zucchini

Greek Chicken Stew with Cauliflower

November 17, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Greek Chicken Stew with Cauliflower is a healthy and flavorful meal that showcases the bright flavors of the Mediterranean.  I know I have gone a little cauliflower crazy, but it is so flexible, so healthy, and unlike, for example, zucchini (another go-to vegetable I love) my kids love it too.

Filed Under: cauliflower, chicken, couscous, dried fruit, Greek Cuisine, olives, stews Tagged With: cauliflower, chicken, dried fruit, feta, feta cheese, Greek, Mediterranean, olives, raisins, stew

Chicken in Wine with Cauliflower, Mushrooms and Grapes

November 6, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Chicken in Wine with Cauliflower, Mushrooms and Grapes

Chicken in Wine with Cauliflower, Mushrooms and Grapes is a delicious, sophisticated and healthy one pot meal that will have the whole family scraping their plates. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Sorry (again) for my extended absence. The first excuse reason is the same: the World Series. My evenings… 

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Filed Under: cauliflower, chicken, grapes, mushrooms, pancetta Tagged With: braise, braising, cauliflower, chicken, grapes, green grapes, mushrooms, pancetta, white wine, wine

Cinnamon Mint Chicken Curry with Roasted Cauliflower

September 8, 2016 By Laura 1 Comment

Cinnamon Mint Curry with Chicken & Corn, served with Roasted Cauliflower with Chaat Masala

Cinnamon Mint Curry with Chicken and Corn is a fast and delicious weeknight dish, and Roasted Cauliflower with Chaat Masala rounds the meal out into something healthy and even more tasty! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing.  This is not the prettiest meal, but what it lacks in appearance… 

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Filed Under: cauliflower, chicken, corn, curry, Indian recipes, lime Tagged With: cauliflower, chaat masala, chicken, cilantro, cinnamon, curry, Indian, lime, mint, weeknight

Beef Kheema (Curry) with Corn and Cauliflower

August 23, 2016 By Laura 1 Comment

Beef Kheema (ground meat curry) with Corn and Cauliflower

Beef Kheema with Corn and Cauliflower, a simple Indian curry perfect for summer, whips up quickly and showcases sweet corn to perfection. The whole family will love it!  Just looking at these pictures makes me hungry. I don’t often think of corn in Indian dishes, but when I do it is invariably amazing and I… 

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Filed Under: beef, cauliflower, corn, curry, ground beef, Indian recipes Tagged With: beef, cauliflower, corn, curry, ground beef, Indian, kheema

Curried Chicken Soup with Asparagus and Mushrooms

July 1, 2016 By Laura 5 Comments

This Curried Chicken Soup with Asparagus and Mushrooms is comforting and delicious any time, but really shines in the late spring and summer when asparagus is at its peak.  As I write, it is pouring rain outside on our last day at the beach. It is not as disappointing as you might think–this trip has… 

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Filed Under: asparagus, cauliflower, chicken, curry powder, easily made vegetarian, Farro, mushrooms, rice, soup Tagged With: asparagus, cauliflower, chicken, curried, curry powder, Farro, rice, soup

Chicken Curry with Cauliflower and Peas

June 6, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Chicken Curry with Cauliflower and Peas

Chicken Curry with Cauliflower and Peas is a healthy and easy tomato-based curry that is delicious in cold or hot weather. As a food blogger who focuses on international cuisines, especially those of warm locales, I often face a dilemma, which is that here in America we regard much of the cooking of very hot… 

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Filed Under: cauliflower, chicken, curry, Indian recipes, mushrooms, peas, tomatoes, yogurt Tagged With: cauliflower, chicken, curry, Indian, mushrooms, peas, tomatoes

Cauliflower, Mushroom and Chorizo Tacos

April 5, 2016 By Laura 6 Comments

Cauliflower, Mushroom and Chorizo Tacos

Cauliflower, Mushroom and Chorizo Tacos are a healthy and delicious twist on a classic Mexican taco. I love potatoes. I always will, and I am not giving up potato dishes for any health regime. But the older and more informed I get, the harder of a time I have putting double simple carbs into the… 

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Filed Under: cauliflower, chorizo, Mexican dishes, mushrooms, tacos, tortilla dishes Tagged With: cauliflower, chorizo, corn tortilla, healthy, mexican, mushroom, potato substitution, queso fresco, tacos, tortilla

Bengali Shrimp and Cauliflower with Peas

March 30, 2016 By Laura 7 Comments

Bengali Shrimp and Cauliflower with Peas

Bengali Shrimp and Cauliflower with Peas is super fast, easy and delicious–the perfect healthy weeknight dinner. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. This dish presented a conundrum for me–to update an old post or create a new one? The photos are a definite improvement over the… 

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Filed Under: cauliflower, curry, easily made vegetarian, Indian recipes, peas, seafood, shrimp, yogurt Tagged With: Bengali, cauliflower, fast, healthy, Indian, panch phoron, seafood, shrimp, weeknight

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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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