You will be surprise to see how easy it is to make a gratin dauphinois with leeks. An original gratin dauphinois recipe does not have any cheese. I know it is hard to believe since you see so many recipes using lots of cheese. I was happy to find out that I didn’t need the extra calories in order to get a “true gratin”.
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Amaranth leaves (biteku teku) stew recipe
Amaranth leaves stew recipe is one of my favourite vegetable stew recipes. It is a leafy green and is normally grown in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. It is known under different names throughout Africa (biteku-teku, efo tete, ndunda). Due to immigration, you can easily find this vegetable in an Asian or international market in America. The plant is considered to be a superfood due to its nutrients and the health benefits from its leaves and seeds.
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Smoked salmon with linguine pasta is a recipe that is very dear to my heart. It brings back so many memories from my time in Italy. When I first moved to Italy, the only pasta recipe that I knew was tomato sauce with pasta. Before me joining my husband (Patrick) in Italy, he had been playing professional basketball there for over five years and he was used to eating pasta every day. At the time, I could only cook congolese food. There was one problem, however, I couldn’t find any African store in the area. I had no choice but to try new recipes! I had countless failed attempts. At some point, I really thought that I would never be able to figure out how to make great pasta. I was getting discouraged. But I kept trying!
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Liboké with boiled plantains is a popular recipe in the Congo-Kinshasa (DRC) where I am from. Liboké is usually steamed fish or meat that is cooked in banana leaves in a homemade steamer of any sort. Nowadays it is done on a grill, stove top or in a regular oven. What makes the liboké so delicious is how the aromas of all the spices in the banana leaf get infused in the fish or meat with the steam. You don’t need too many spices, but you want to make sure that those you use are effective.
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Chicken yassa with rice recipe is a staple dish in Senegal. This particular dish originates from the southern part of the country, Casamance. Known for its beautiful coasts and amazing fabrics, Senegal is a country in western Africa that brings so much to the African gastronomy. In the last five years, there has been a buzz about a grain that dates back to ancient Egypt called fonio, found in Senegal. This grain is a superfood and it is slowly gaining interest in America. The spices and herbs used in their cuisines have distinct flavors and aromas and are still relatively unknown to the rest of the world. Senegalese cuisine has a diversity of cooking techniques acquired through their contact with other cultures.
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This chickpeas salad with pickled onions recipe was the perfect recipe for the hot summer that we have been experiencing in Toronto! Seriously, we had experience five straight days of temperatures over 30° Celsius! Cold recipes are definitely a necessity, especially if your air conditioning system decided to break! I will stop here…
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