Archive for the ‘Americas’ Category
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Curry Chicken Surinamese style (Indian)
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Growing up in the Surinamese melting pot of cultures, I was exposed to curry dishes from Indian friends during their holidays or at parties. Since we love spicy food, we like any type of curry, but never so much as the Brittons who had a Curry Festival in London this week! They even refer to [...]
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Spondivits – Atlanta’s Best Seafood Restaurant
Friday, September 25th, 2009
If you enjoy lobster, crab claws, oysters, and clam chowders at an affordable price in a causal, welcoming and relaxed atmosphere then head on over to Spondivits! You’d have to travel to San Francisco, New Orleans, or the Florida Keys to enjoy comparable seafood quality and service. Being so close to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport [...]
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Smoked chicken appetizer
Sunday, August 30th, 2009
A couple of weeks ago we went to a concert at Chastain Park in Atlanta with some friends. Everyone would bring a dish and since it was a hot summer night, we decided to bring salads. As appetizer we made a smoked chicken salad on crackers and shrimp potato salad served as the main dish [...]
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Carne Asada (steak with Colombian sauce)
Sunday, August 30th, 2009
After having Colombian steak at El Arepaso in The Hague, I went looking for a Colombian steak recipe and found this one on the NY Times web site. The Colombian green sauce makes this dish very refreshing, due to the lime juice and vinegar. If you don’t like hot & spicy, you can reduce the [...]
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Quick salsa dip
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
I got this quick salsa dip from my Irish friend Ruth, who loves Mexican food! It’s really too easy to mess up and much better than salsa in a jar. Serve with tortilla chips. 2 tomatoes 1/2 red onion 1 green chilli (or red if you prefer, green just looks nicer) juice of 1/2 lime [...]
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Taco bean dip
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Here’s a popular party favorite I made so often I don’t even need to look at the recipe anymore. Try it out, and you will gain fans forever. Every time I serve this or take to a potluck, people can’t stop talking about how good it tastes. Even though it requires quite a number of [...]
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Debbie’s Chinese fried rice
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
A few weeks ago I was in the mood for making Chinese fried rice, but it would be one of those what-you-have-in-the pantry dishes. Not the way to go when preparing a dish, but sometimes you have to adapt to the situation and I didn’t feel like going to the grocery store that day. I [...]
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Ham-Avocado sandwich
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Bored with the standard Ham-and-Cheese or BLT sandwich? Dare to try something new and enjoy one of my favorite sandwiches. Introducing the Ham-Avocado sandwich! Not a daily sandwich for me, but very common in my family. Needless to say that I found it really strange that people would make a face when I told them that the [...]
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Food for the heart
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
We hear it on the news all the time: heart disease is the number one worldwide killer of men and women. A shocking statistic is that heart disease -not cancer like most of us think- causes 40 percent of all the deaths in the U.S.A. However, many times this can be prevented or treated by [...]
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Maizena Cookies
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Can’t have gluten but craving cookies? Here’s a recipe for you! But beware…. they are very addictive and most people I know can easily eat four to five in the blink of an eye. Maizena cookies are light, not too sweet and they are gluten-free! In stead of flour, we use cornstarch which can be found [...]
