Veggie Salad
This veggie salad is a light vegetable salad with a dash of spice to it. Ingredients ½ cup (120 g) diced onion ½ cup (120 g) chopped celery 1 cup (240 g) shredded carrot ½ (120 g) cup cubed tomato…
Difficulty Levels Medium Difficulty
Tod Mun (Thai Fish Cakes)
Tod mun (Thai fish cakes) can be found sold on the streets of Thailand and are a popular snack. At home they are perfect for an appetizer. There are many different recipes. The most common variant uses both fish and…
Piñon (Spanish Stovetop Pot Pie)
Ingredients 3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into chunks 1 medium green pepper, broken into chunks 1 handful cilantro, washed 5 culantro leaves, washed 6 cloves garlic 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped 2 large potatoes 4 ripe plantains 1 lb…
Perfect Three Course Dinner
Menu Appetizers: Greek feta cheese wrapped in cold ham or beef served with home-made white bread and extra virgin olive oil First Course: Carpaccio of beef on chicory leaves, with olive oil, Parmesan, Provençal herbs, and grissini Main Course: Salmon…
Pad Kra Pao Gai (Thai Basil Chicken Stir Fry)
One of the most well known dishes in Thailand is pad kra pao gai (ผัดกะเพราไก่), a spicy stir fry containing basil and chicken. Most places, from small street food stalls to big restaurants, serve Pad Kra Pao Gai. One reason…
Nutella Crepes
Ingredients Crêpes 1 cup (140 g / 4.9 oz) all-purpose flour 2 eggs ¼ cup (55 g / 1.9 oz) white granulated sugar ¾ cup (185 g / 6.3 oz) milk ½ cup (125 g / 4.2 oz) water 1…
Mofletta (Maghrebi Pancake)
Mofletta is a thin, crepe-like pancake made by communities in North Africa, and made popular in Israel. Ingredients 1 tsp dry yeast 1 pinch of sugar ½ cup warm water 250 g wheat flour ½ tsp sea salt 2 tbsp…
Lefse (Norwegian Potato Flatbread)
Lefse is a potato-based Norwegian dish that’s great as a dessert, as a side, or as a main course with the appropriate filling. It’s similar to a crêpe in that you can add many different fillings to create a different…
Crêpes II
Ingredients 500 g wheat flour, sifted 1 L milk 1 egg 50 g melted butter 1 pinch salt Vegetable oil Procedure Combine the egg, milk, and salt. Mix in the flour, then the melted butter to get a batter. Let…
Crêpes I
A crêpe is a thin pancake. The French word is from the Latin root crispa meaning “curled”, from which the English word “crisp” is also derived. It originates from Brittany (Bretagne), a region in the west of France, where it…
Custard Creams
Custard creams are a variety of sandwich cookie (US) or biscuit (UK). Ingredients 200 g (7.1 oz / 1½ cups) plain flour, plus extra for dusting 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 pinch of salt 80 g (2.8 oz /…
Yuvarlak (Greek Meatballs)
Yuvarlak, yuvarlak köfte, or γιουβαρλάκια (youvarlakia), meaning round in Turkish, are a kind of large meatball in sauce. The meat mixture includes rice or bulgur. They are cooked in moist heat and the juices thickened with avgolemono. They are found…