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Braised Chicken Thighs w/ Lime and Brown Sugar
I ran across a recipe online , and it gave ideas using limes and brown sugar . A little nervous in the beginning , i usually don’t use lime in chicken , lemons yes , but limes ? No , but i went along with it . It was pretty easy and simple ,i liked smoked paprika , so i made a mix of flour , smoked paprika and salt , and dredge the chicken on it . Braised them and finished cooking in the oven . The recipe is so easy and quick , not to mention it’s not that much of a mess that i had in my…
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Creole Style Shrimps w/ Jasmine Rice & Brussel Sprouts
This is super easy dish that will not take long at all to fix . I guess it’ll be a good week night meal . Didn’t take much ingredients either , but it has a great flavour . Would be great if you could get a jumbo shrimps , except around here , the jumbo shrimps here are too expensive , i ended up just getting the regular size shrimps . For the creole seasoning , i am sure you can make it yourself , google it , and should find how to make creole seasoning , but i didn’t make it myself , i used Cajun seasoning by Emeril…
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Baked Yellow Plantains ( Maduros Asados )
I had never tried plantains before . To me , plantains are huge banana , king banana , it reminds me back in Indonesia that we have what we call Pisang Agung , it’s huge , long and skinny . Of course back in Indonesia we have few varieties of bananas , unlike in US , what they call banana is just banana , almost looks like ” pisang ambon ” back Indonesia . Over there we have pisang raja , pisang ambon , pisang susu , and many many more . This picture below is what we call Plantain , they’re big , more than normal size of bananas…
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Salami , Roasted Red Pepper Calzones
I made pizza last week , and i froze the other half of the dough , a good way to use the left overs pizza dough , either you make another pizza , or make calzones . I ended up using it for calzones . I thawed out my frozen pizza dough in the fridge this morning , by late afternoon it was pretty much ready to be used . The pizza dough i used freezes very well , and i can use it as if it’s a just made fresh today . For the filling , i put some salami , added some mushroom , roasted red pepper ,…
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Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
The simplest , easiest , pasta dish ever !! You’d be surprised , there are only 3 main ingredients in this delicious dish . Sometimes , the simplest meal is the most delicious one . As long as you have extra virgin olive oil , garlic and red pepper flakes , i think you should be set to make this yummy dish . Oh not to forget salt , and pepper if you like . I think this will be good for summer , where you don’t want anything heavy , something light yet delicious .. You will need : 1 lb of spaghetti ( al dente , cook according…
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Proper Blokes’ Sausage with Rotini
Another superb recipe from Jamie Oliver , not only it’s delicious , it’s super easy and quick !! From the start until i finish my dishes , it only took me 45 minutes total . And surprisingly there is no garlic or onion in this pasta dish , but it tastes great !! I have nothing else to say , just try it !! You need : 2 tsp. fennel seed 2-3 chili pepper , i used thai chili In a pestle or mortar , mash these together really good , set aside . 1 lbs of good quality italian sausage , remove from casing olive oil about a glass…
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Weekend Cooking : Green eggs and ham , Chicken Tikka Masala and EZ strawberry napoleon
It’s our weekend cooking , this morning after i woke up , i tried to think what would be good for breakfast . Usually i would make french toast , but i ran out of maple syrup , then i thought about eggs , since my husband mentioned just making scrambled eggs . But i’d like to make something a little different , i ended up trying to bake the eggs . I put ham on the bottom , layered it with sauteed veggies , and finally topped it off with the eggs . Super easy , and looks good. I guess you can call it green eggs and ham…
