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Brazilian Feijoada
From our most frequently used cookbook, Great Bowls of Fire, comes this Brazilian black bean and meat stew. The chipotle peppers and chorizo really complemented each other, although next time I’d use a spicier chorizo if I could find it. Great Bowls of Fire is a fantastic cookbook — a lot of the recipes only […]
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Pav Bhaji
Lisa was determined to make pav bhaji, a mashed vegetable curry, after our friend Krishna made it for an Oscar party earlier this year. We love recipes like this where you can eat a lot of volume and still keep the caloric intake low (it’s all vegetables!). Lisa followed this recipe, but halved the oil […]
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Grape Leaves and Fattoush
Lisa made this delicious dish tonight.Grape leaves, zucchini, and squash stuffed with a mixture of ground beef, rice, and various spices, a garlic and yogurt dipping sauce, and fattoush, a Lebanese bread salad with a lemon and olive oil dressing. She based it primarily on a family recipe, with a few modifications from the wonderful […]
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Larb Gai & Tom Yum Goong
This is one of our favorite dishes to make. Larb Gai is a Thai dish consisting of ground chicken mixed with rice powder, cilantro, shallots, green onions, the ever-popular fish sauce and lime juice. It’s served with cabbage leaves for scooping or wrapping. You can also make it with ground pork (Larb Moo) or beef […]
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Shrimp in Enchilado Sauce
Enchilado de camarones is shrimp in a mouth-watering tomato sauce made with beer, wine, or a combination of the two, served over rice. This recipe came from Healthy Latin Cooking, but there are similar recipes to be found elsewhere online. Delicious!