I found this easy stuffed pepper recipe, and thought it would be a great one to share. It mixes some of my favourite recipe elements: fun spices and healthy ingredients. This dish is made with a bit of smoked sausage, but could EASILY be made vegetarian.
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This is a simple dish that is extremely flexible, because the spices do most of the talking. Continue reading Southern Rice and Beans
This month’s Daring Kitchen challenge is Gumbo!
Gumbo is a stew from Louisiana that is often made up of meat or shellfish, and is thickened with a dark roux, okra and/or filé powder. I was already excited to try cooking a dark roux again (for the second time ever), but things got even more exciting when I realized I had to get a new seasoning – filé.
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A few weeks ago, while searching for Irish recipes for my St. Patrick’s day feast, I came across a recipe posted in celebration of Mardi Gras. I bookmarked it, and went along on my Irish expedition. With none of the anticipated ‘luck of the Irish’ I should naturally have, I found nothing that really piqued my interest. (Better luck next year?)
That weekend, I pulled out this recipe and decided it would be a great start to my discovery of Cajun food, with a new technique!
