Italian Herbs: Basil

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Sunday 23 May 2010 20:03

Herbs play an important role in Italian cooking. Their aromatic flavour adds depth and interest to what is essentially plain cooking based on fresh ingredients. It is impossible to imagine roast chicken or veal without sage or rosemary, or tomatoes or pesto without basil. Many wild herbs grow in the Italian countryside, and these are often ...

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Scallop And Salmon Brochettes

Posted by admin | Chinese food recipes | Saturday 22 May 2010 11:17

Ingredients: Marinade ¾ cup of dry white wine (175ml) 1/3 cup of light vegetable oil (75ml) 2 tablespoons of minced shallots (30ml) 2 cloves of pressed garlic Juice from ½ a lemon ¼ teaspoon of salt (1.25ml) 1 tablespoon of fresh chopped thyme (15ml) 1 pound of sea scallops (500grams) 1 pound of salmon cut into 1 ¼ cubes (500grams) 12 bamboo skewers, soaked in ...

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Very healthy strawberry salad

Posted by admin | Italian food recipes | Saturday 22 May 2010 11:14

A few days ago, I attended a very interesting dinner my Harvard Alumni Club organized in Milan. Umberto Veronesi was our dinner guest. He is the founder of the Veronesi Foundation, which carries on very important scientific research in order to fight cancer. At the dinner he spoke about the scientific advances in genetics and their ...

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Puto Recipe – Steamed Muffins with Aniseed

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Wednesday 19 May 2010 17:03

What do you associate puto with? When pork was still part of my diet, I associated puto with diniguan. I dunk the puto on the thick sauce, then eat it together with the pork pieces. Another puto memory is pairing it with hot chocolate drink. Puto is a great pairing food with many ...

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Goodbye Food Bloggers

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Monday 17 May 2010 22:05

Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our blogs…. I have finally decided to stop posting to My Recipes. There are several reasons for this decision. Once I thought blogging was the funniest thing in the world, but now it is a source of bad conscience for not updating as often as ...

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Ukrainian Cabbage Salad

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Thursday 13 May 2010 12:04

Come warm days, I crave vegetable salads more than anything else. The lighter the salad, the better. Although at times I don’t  mind going for substantial and filling ones. This is a classic Ukrainian salad, very light and healthy. You can serve it as a start-up salad or as a side dish to meats. Enjoy! ...

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Baked Potato Slices

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Monday 10 May 2010 8:02

The calendar is telling me it is May, but it is April weather. Here in northern part of Sweden, April weather means rain, snow, hail, and chill mixed with a moderate amount of sunshine which warms up our frozen winter bodies. We have lost spring as a season and are left with three. A short ...

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Suman sa Ibus- Sticky Rice in Coconut Leaves

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Wednesday 5 May 2010 12:13

Preparing Suman sa Ibus is so easy. It’s the wrapping of the rice mixture which takes so much time. Yet it is all worth it. How I love the mild flavor of the suman. The delightful combination with ripe yellow mangoes and hot tsokolate is heavenly. Ingredients 4 cups sticky rice or malagkit 3 cups thick coconut ...

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Black Velvet Chocolate Mousse

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Tuesday 4 May 2010 11:04

Here’s the recipe for a super easy chocolate mousse that you can whip up in no time. The waiting time to devour it is a little long, but it is totally worth it. Foamy, light, luscious and velvety -  you’ll love this mousse! Black Velvet Chocolate Mousse Barely adapted from Luscious Chocolate Desserts, by Lori Longbotham The fist ...

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Free Food

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Monday 3 May 2010 15:03

It’s that time of they year when the bizarre smell of garlic hits your nostrils when walking through woodland. Each year I completely forget that my favourite free food is available in large quantities in British woodland. And it is only when I’m walking, such as yesterday, and somebody like my daughter says, ‘Can you ...

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