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Jalapeño Popper Hasselback Sweet Potatoes: Review of The Camp and Cabin Cookbook

July 13, 2018 By Laura 3 Comments

Jalapeño Popper Hasselback Sweet Potatoes are smoky, savory delicious treats, whether served as an entree or side side, and whether served in the cool of your kitchen or outside around a campfire. A copy of The Camp and Cabin Cookbook was given to me for the purposes of an honest review. Affiliate links have been… 

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Filed Under: bacon, cheese, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, cream cheese, easily made vegetarian, reviews, sweet potato Tagged With: campfire food, camping food, cheddar cheese, cookbook, cookbook review, cream cheese, jalapeño poppers, sweet potatoes

Indian Spiced Sweet Potatoes and Black Beans

October 14, 2016 By Laura 3 Comments

Indian Spiced Sweet Potatoes and Black Beans

Indian Spiced Sweet Potatoes and Black Beans is a delicious, easy, fast and flexible dish that can serve as a vegetarian main dish or a side dish, for an Indian meal or for a “meat and two sides” meal. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. I had a devil… 

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Filed Under: beans, cookbooks, reviews, sweet potato, vegetarian Tagged With: beans, black beans, cinnamon, legumes, sweet potatoes, Thanksgiving, vegan, vegetarian, yam

West Indian Goat Curry–with Beef

March 30, 2014 By Laura 5 Comments

A traditional West Indian Goat Curry made with beef, sweet potatoes and coconut milk

West Indian Goat Curry is a traditional braised meat curry that can easily be made with beef and is sure to wow with either meat. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing.  Because alas, I just don’t know where to get goat. And I have a freezer full of beef…. 

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Filed Under: beef, beef chuck, beef stew, Caribbean dishes, coconut milk, curry, curry powder, stews, sweet potato Tagged With: beef, braise, Caribbean, coconut milk, curry, goat, stew, sweet potatoes, West Indian, West Indies

Curried Cranberry Beans and Sweet Potatoes

February 18, 2013 By Laura 3 Comments

I mentioned in my Top 13 of 2012 post that Indian food has become my comfort food. The timespan following my recovery from C.Diff has proven that thoroughly. In the days when I started eating again I made several kheemas, the Parsi Inspired Chicken Curry with Mangoes and Cherries, and then this Curried Cranberry Beans… 

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Filed Under: beans, curry, Indian recipes, sweet potato, vegetarian Tagged With: beans, borlotti, cranberry beans, curry, Indian, legumes, sweet potatoes, yams

Vegetarian Biryani with Curried Creamy Tomato Sauce

November 10, 2012 By Laura 5 Comments

Dutch oven filled with vegetarian biryani

I mentioned in my last post that Sammy was a good sport about having a Moroccan inspired bundt cake for her birthday cake when my in laws were visiting. She and Alex are both always good sports about the birthday meals I prepare for them when my in laws are here. Because I love creating… 

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Filed Under: casseroles, cauliflower, curry, Indian recipes, peas, potatoes, rice, sauces, tomatoes, vegetarian, yogurt Tagged With: biryani, casseroles, cauliflower, Indian, peas, potatoes, recipe, rice, sauce, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, vegetarian

Warm Farro Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Pepitas and Queso Fresco

January 21, 2012 By Laura 11 Comments

I had been looking for farro for 8 months, ever since I got Heidi Swanson’s Super Natural Every Day: Well-Loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen because she uses it in a great looking soup.  I was intrigued by the grain, but for some reason–don’t make too much fun of me–it totally escaped me that it… 

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Filed Under: balsamic, Farro, Latin, sweet potato, vegetarian, whole grains Tagged With: Farro, pepitas, queso fresco, salad, sweet potatoes, yams

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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