Tag: easy

• Colorful Cardamom Roasted Cauliflower

  Actually, it’s cardamom, cumin, coriander, chili pepper, peppercorn and red onion roasted cauliflower. It’s easy to make and has wonderful flavors from the Indian spices. The past few months, we’ve seen purple and orange cauliflower at the grocery store and finally tried them in this roasted cauliflower recipe. Wouldn’t you want colorful cauliflower too?

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  Chuck

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  March 8, 2008

• Lemon Olive Oil Cake

  Hungry Bear has been craving a tart, lemony dessert for awhile, so we made a lemon olive oil cake this past Sunday night. I love olive oil, but in a cake… hmm? I had my doubts about the cake, but Hungry Bear had it on her list of things to make, so we gave it…

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  Chuck

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  March 3, 2008

• Vietnamese Chili Garlic Sauce (Tuong Ot Toi)

  http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf <!– Hungry Bear and I were snowboarding in Whistler the last five days. We had a great time on the slopes and relaxed in a very posh hotel with a ski concierge service… talk about being pampered! But after five days of eating ski resort food, Hungry Bear had a major craving for rice…

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  Chuck

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  February 25, 2008

• Spicy Crab Cakes

  After tweaking a recipe my Mom clipped out of a newspaper years ago, I finally have a great crab cake recipe. The final product is a lovely crab cake with hardly any filler and pure sweet crab flavor.

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  Chuck

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  February 11, 2008

• Stuffed Cabbage Soup

  The end result is the flavors of stuffed cabbage in the form of a hearty soup. Hungry Bear and I enjoyed it immensely, and it kept us warm and comfy for a few meals. If you ever get a craving for stuffed cabbage, but don’t have the time or energy to make the traditional rolls,…

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  Chuck

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  February 1, 2008

• Vietnamese Dipping Sauce (Nuoc Cham)

  Anyway, every Vietnamese family has a dipping sauce recipe. The ingredients in nuoc cham are generally the same, but the proportions vary based on personal tastes and regions in Vietnam. According to Vietnamese cookbook author, Andrea Nguyen, “as you move south the sauce gets sweeter, hotter, and more garlicky.”

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  Chuck

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  January 28, 2008

• Blueberry Kuchen

  Blueberry kuchen is really easy to make and only requires fifteen minutes of prep time and forty or so minutes of baking. Our kuchen turned out great with a nice golden crust and a not too sweet, jam-like blueberry filling. Blueberries are added on top of the filling and each bite of the kuchen lifts…

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  Chuck

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  January 17, 2008

• Italian White Bean and Spinach Soup

  I wanted a quick fix meal and opted for canned cannellini beans. Sometimes you just don’t want to presoak beans or simmer them for an hour. And instead of using the traditional pancetta or ham, I replaced it with healthier ground turkey. It’s a super simple recipe that can be made in thirty minutes or…

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  Chuck

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  January 11, 2008

• Chocolate Pudding Cake

  The chocolate pudding cake is spectacular. It’s a cross between a spongy cake and a gooey pudding with a crispy, chewy top layer. This simple dessert has a rich, intense chocolate flavor, especially if the bite has a melted chocolate chunk in it. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped…

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  Chuck

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  December 23, 2007

• Curry Cauliflower Soup with Honey

  It’s a simple puree of roasted cauliflower and onions with a touch of curry powder and cayenne pepper. Our version of the soup is a golden brown color due to the slightly caramelized onions. We’d rather have the extra flavor from the browned onions than to try to keep it a creamy cauliflower color.

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  Chuck

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  November 12, 2007