Archive for the ‘Recipes’ Category
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Quick Chinese Cabbage
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Before dinner disappeared in our stomach last night, I remembered to take a picture of this super easy and quick vegetable dish. Chinese cabbage is also known as Nappa and can be found in most grocery stores. Nappa seems to be more stem than leaf, but has a very mild flavor and can be eaten raw [...]
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Pitjil – Javanese steamed vegetables
Sunday, October 4th, 2009
This must be one of the easiest and simplest vegetable dishes ever! It exists of various steamed vegetables, consumed with a spicy peanut sauce. Talking about NO fat! Or maybe it’s low-fat due to the peanut sauce In daily Javanese cooking however, vegetables are seldom mixed and this dish is usually served on special occasions [...]
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Red beet salad (Dutch)
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
This is going to sound weird, but I never knew there was a red beet salad recipe, until several years ago when Wilma put together this salad at my house. Before that I only knew how to use it in Huzaren Salade and as pickles to enhance a meal. I was pleasantly surprised about how refreshing it was and have to admit that I really enjoyed the [...]
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Grilled Goat’s Cheese Salad with Walnuts
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Walnuts are a super-food and one excellent source of Omega 3 fatty acids and fiber. Walnuts are great for adding to yogurt, cereals, trail mix or salads. Below is a simple but truly delicious combination. Ingredients: ¼ cup chopped walnuts 8 slices of French bread 1 Goat’s Cheese 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp balsamic [...]
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Easy home-made smoothie
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Summer has ended but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy smoothies anymore. I found this easy smoothie recipe a while back, and it is published here with permission of Dinneen of Eat Without Guilt. The secret to making a nice, thick smoothie is to use frozen fruit. I always buy frozen berries at the supermarket [...]
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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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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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Baked bread cups
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Bake your own bread cups and serve with a salad as an appetizer or finger food. You will need one loaf sliced white bread and muffin tins. Slice the crust off or use a cup, jar or glass to cut circles of each slice. Push the bread slice in the muffin pan, forming a nice [...]
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Huzarensalade (Dutch)
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
This is one of my all time favorites: Huzarensalade, a delicious (pink) potato salad that could be served as a meal salad or as an appetizer. So where did the name come from? The Huzaren were Hungarian riders of origin, fighting for the Imperial Austrian armies against the Turks. Huzaren were especially useful to explore [...]
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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 [...]
