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Mexican Green Soup with Asparagus and Potatoes (Sopa Verde de Espárragos y Patatas)

May 13, 2017 By Laura 1 Comment

Mexican Green Soup with Asparagus and Potatoes (Sopa Verde de Espárragos y Patatas)

Mexican Green Soup with Asparagus and Potatoes, or Sopa Verde de Espárragos y Patatas, is a delicious and hearty yet not heavy entree soup that makes the most of spring produce.  I promised more potatoes and asparagus, and here you have some, this time from south of the border. I actually made this a few… 

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Filed Under: asparagus, beans, chicken, easily made vegetarian, Mexican dishes, potatoes, soup, tomatillos Tagged With: asparagus, beans, chicken, mexican, potatoes, seasonal, seasonal cooking, soup, spring, white beans

Strawberry Lemon-Lime Pie: Alex Bakes!

April 18, 2017 By Laura 3 Comments

Strawberry Lemon-Lime Pie

Spring is here, and that means strawberries! And early spring also means citrus, so Alex combined the two in this Strawberry Lemon-Lime Pie. This is not a proper post, more just an apology for my extended silence. I have been fighting a nasty sinus infection, and it has taken me out of commission for almost… 

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Filed Under: berries, kids cooking, lemon baked goods, lime, pies, strawberries Tagged With: citrus, kids baking, kids cooking, lemon, lime, pie, spring, strawberries

Farro Salad with Asparagus, Edamame and Peas

April 17, 2016 By Laura 9 Comments

Farro Salad with Asparagus, Edamame and Peas

Farro Salad with Asparagus, Edamame and Peas is the perfect spring dish. Delicious hot or cold, it can comfort on a chilly day or be a great side salad for one of the first barbecues of the season! Every spring, it is a toss up between asparagus and strawberries as to which I get more excited… 

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Filed Under: asparagus, Edamame, Farro, peas, salads, vegetarian, whole grains Tagged With: asparagus, edamame, Farro, lemon, peas, salad, spring, whole grains

Taralli Dolci di Pasqua (Southern Italian Easter Cookies): #CreativeCookieExchange

March 22, 2016 By Laura 26 Comments

Taralli Dolci di Pasqua (Southern Italian Easter Cookies)

Taralli Dolci di Pasqua are large cookies made for Easter in southern Italy. They are thick and sturdy and fragrant with citrus and vanilla. The cookies themselves are not at all too sweet–most of the sweet comes from the icing. Keep reading to see what other traditional spring cookies the Creative Cookie Exchange has for you… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cookies, fiori di sicilia extract, Italian, lemon baked goods Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, citrus, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, Easter, fiori di sicilia, Italian, southern Italian, spring, sprinkles, vanilla

Kerala-Style Chicken and Cauliflower Stew: Review of The Café Spice Cookbook

April 23, 2015 By Laura 11 Comments

Kerala-Style Chicken and Cauliflower Stew--super healthy from the cauliflower (which subs for potatoes) and super easy from using canned coconut milk! This is a weeknight winner!

This Kerala-Style Chicken and Cauliflower Stew looks and tastes like the perfect spring curry! I received a copy of The Café Spice Cookbook from the publishers for the purpose of an honest review. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. Is it just me or is this… 

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Filed Under: cauliflower, chicken, coconut milk, cookbooks, curry, easily made vegetarian, Indian recipes, peas, reviews, stews Tagged With: cauliflower, chicken, cookbook, curry, Indian, Kerala, peas, poultry, reviews, spring, stew

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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