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Lamb Main Course Middle Eastern Recipes

Lebanese Lamb & Green Bean Stew

This recipe combines some common middle eastern ingredients and is based on the traditional stewed green bean dish called Loubieh Ruz.

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Italian American Pasta Recipes Seafood

Salmon with Penne alla Vodka

Poached salmon marries well with pasta and a sauce of onion, chili, crushed tomatoes, vodka and cream. Flavours are intensified with a smoked salmon topping.

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Beef Budget Recipes Central European Main Course Pork Recipes

Czech Cabbage Rolls

Known to the Czech’s as Holubky, cabbage leaves are rolled around a mixture of rice, seasonings, ground beef and pork, then baked in tomato sauce.

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French Recipes Salad Vegetarian

Grenoble Green Bean Salad

Served cool, this salad makes a nice side in the summer when the weather is just a little too hot for a steamy vegetable side.  This dish accompanied a grilled strip loin (New York) steak and a baked potato at a recent al fresco dinner party.  We paired it with a vintage Beaujolais. On a…

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Canadian Main Course Pork Recipes

Slow Roast Baby Back Ribs

These tender baby back ribs are slow roasted, then coated with a “competition-ready” homemade barbecue sauce. This easy oven recipe adapts to outdoor barbecues.

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Chicken Main Course Recipes Thai

Thai Grilled Chicken with Peanut Sauce

This dish is perfect if you want to impress guests and still be part of the party.  The trick is, all the preparation is done in advance.  So, all you’ll need is a few minutes at the grill before you’re ready to serve dinner.  If you have a rice cooker, there’s even less fuss in…

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American Recipes Side Dish

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Want to add some pizzazz to those boring mashed potatoes. Garlic lovers can’t resist this combination, accented with tidbits of toasted garlic and nicely balanced with sour cream and parsley. You may also like

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Italian Kitchen Tips

The secret to blending pasta and sauce

Have you been straining your pasta in a colander over the sink and rinsing it all these years. Well, if you want a perfectly blended combination of pasta and sauce it’s time to learn the secret used by many Italian cooks. They call this method mantecare la pasta which roughly means creaming the pasta. To…

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Irish Recipes Side Dish

Scalloped Potatoes with Bacon and Cheese

There is surely no vegetable as versatile as the humble spud.  In Ireland, where you’ll find Tayto Park, a theme park devoted to them and even a national potato day celebrating them, you’ll find potatoes in 97% of households.  So for a nation whose diet includes potatoes regularly, creative cooks have come up with lots…

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French Main Course Pork Recipes

Pork Medallions with Tarragon Cream Sauce

Discover the art of the French “saucier” with these tender pork medallions and mushrooms smothered in a savoury tarragon, mustard cream sauce.