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Fantastically Easy Mushroom Tostadas!

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Mushroom Tostadas

I am always on the lookout for amazing and delicious vegetarian recipes. Although I do eat meat, I absolutely LOVE vegetarian dishes and was sooo happy to find this recipe from @marisolcooks on Instagram!

This recipe is called “TOSTADAS DE CHAMPIÑONES” AKA Mushrooms Tostadas. I enjoyed this last evening and cannot rave enough about the flavor and the beauty of this dish!

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Easy Fall Apart Tender Barbacoa Tacos

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Barbacoa Tacos

What is Mexican Barbacoa?

“Barbacoa” (Spanish) translates to “barbecue” in English. 🙂 Americans think of barbecue as a method of cooking that involves either smoking, grilling, or roasting. However, in Mexico barbacoa refers to a cooking method that involves steaming or slow cooking over an open fire until the meat is fall apart tender.

In Central Mexico, barbacoa very often involves meat such as goat, lamb or mutton, cooked in an underground oven which has been dug into the ground. There is a great article from The Spruce Eats which goes into much more detail about Mexican barbacoa which I highly recommend reading!

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Easy and Scrumptious Pork Carnitas Tacos

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Pork Carnitas Tacos

I love Mexican cuisine. One of my favorite Mexican meals, is Pork Carnitas. I’m excited to share this easy and delicious recipe with you, and hope that this will become one of your favorite Mexican meals as well!

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Amazing Soba! – 1000 Foods To Eat Project

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Soba noodles in a bowl, soba sauce in a bowl, and green onions, wasabi, grated daikon and chopsticks

I am currently working on my 1,000 Foods to Eat Project. This project is based on the book 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die, by Mimi Sheraton. The back of the book jacket states that the book contains “the tastes, ingredients, restaurants, dishes, and recipes (more than 70) that every food lover should experience or dream about.” As I am a food lover, I certainly didn’t want to miss out on anything, so I purchased this book and began my project.

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Super Simple Indian Spiced Tilapia In Coconut Milk

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I love dinners that are easy, quick, delicious and budget friendly. Indian Spiced Tilapia in Coconut Milk checks every one of those boxes!

Fish really is the original fast food. The tilapia cooks really quickly, however, I like to let it simmer awhile so that the flavors can infuse for a more delicious meal!

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Roasted Rutabaga and Carrots

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Roasted Rutabaga and Carrots

What is a Rutabaga?

What is a rutabaga you ask? It’s a swede! What’s a swede? 🙂

In North America we call this vegetable, which is a cross between cabbage and turnips, rutabaga. My husband knows it as a swede, which is what they call it in England, where he is from.

Wikipedia has a fascinating article on rutabaga’s etymology, history, use in cuisine, and other uses which you can read here.

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Easy To Make Cachumber – Delicious Indian Salad

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Cachumber

I have an absolute passion for Indian food. I’ve only scratched the surface with my Indian cooking. However, I’m so happy to delve deeper into Indian cuisine!

Today I made a delicious cool and refreshing Indian salad called Cachumber. Cachumber is, shall we say, the Indian version of the tomato salsa, or Mexican pico de gallo.

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Pantry Mushroom Risotto

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Mushroom risotto

The Pantry Challenge

I had heard about The Pantry Challenge a few months ago from a friend on Instagram. The Pantry Challenge is a time where you focus on using up what you have before buying any more food. The benefits are you will save time by not having to go out shopping, save money by not overbuying food, and be a better steward of the resources that you have! Every one of those benefits are definitely worth it!

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Easy and Delicious Bellflower Root Side Dish

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Bellflower Root Side Dish

Hands up if you are excited by BANCHAN! I have 2 hands up way up and I hope hands are going up everywhere! 😊

Banchan are the side dishes served at Korean meals. One of the most popular Korean banchan is the Bellflower Root Side Dish aka Doraji Muchim.

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Turmeric Chicken With Sumac and Lime

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Turmeric Chicken With Sumac and Lime and rice

I can’t remember where I first came across this recipe for Turmeric Chicken With Sumac and Lime, but I can tell you it was a LIFE CHANGING DAY! I was delighted to be able to bring a taste of Persian cooking into my own kitchen.

The New Persian Kitchen by Louisa Shafia

The recipe for Turmeric Chicken With Sumac and Lime is from the cookbook The New Persian Kitchen by Louisa Shafia. Ms. Shafia is a chef, recipe developer, and cookbook author. She is of Iranian heritage, and her book The New Persian Kitchen is full of Persian recipes developed with a contemporary take on this amazing cuisine.

You must visit Ms. Shafia’s shop, Feast by Louisa! Her shop features signed copies of her cookbooks “The New Persian Kitchen” and “Lucid Food,” as well as an amazing Persian Spice Kit, and Rice Bonnet, which will help you achieve the PERFECT Persian rice!

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