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LOUKANIKA – GREEK SAUSAGE WITH ORANGE PEEL AND A HINT OF OUZO
For July’s 5 Star Makeover we have to pick a classic Greek meze and make it our own. Everyone that knows me, knows my love of Greek food and my years involved in promoting and hosting at a Greek...
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Té para Dos o Más- Tea for Two or More
The dynamic duo of 5 Star Makeover, Natasha and Lazaro’s August makeover is a Tea Party. hosted by 5 Star Foodie & Lazaro Cooks! We leave Greece, where the Olympics originated and make our way to...
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PICKLED GREEN BANANAS – ESCABECHE DE GUINEITOS VERDES
“Guineitos Verde en Escabeche” is one of our most popular dishes. You would say its a ”Jíbaro” dish. Jíbaro is a term used to refer to mountain people, who lived “in-land” in the heart of the island,...
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STUFFED CABBAGE – REPOLLO RELLENO
Laura Calder is on my favorite chef list. I watch her show on the Cooking Channel, but unfortunately her shows are from 2009 and 2008. I wonder what she is up to these days. I find her to be very...
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NOT YOUR MAMA’S STRING BEAN CASSEROLE – BAKED ONION BOWL+STRING BEANS – MIXED...
I’ve been a bit busy after Hurricaine Sandy that I almost did not make this post. This month’s challenge from 5 Star Makeover Cooking Group is to reinvent the string bean casserole which quite...
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SWEET PLANTAIN EMPANADAS – MIXED MUSHROOM PICADILLO
There is a change in our monthly challenge…we were known as 5 Star Makeover Cooking Group…we are now called the Creative Cooking Crew and I am looking forward to collaborating with our old group and...
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NAPOLEON – SWEET CORN PUDDING WITH BACON, FIG VINEGAR, GRILLED GLAZED GRANNY...
This month Laz and Joan of the Creative Cooking Crew decided on choosing 4 items to be incorporated in a dish. They were Granny Smith apples, vinegar, nut butter and bacon. Took me a while to come up...
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BLT – BUTTERMILK-TAHINI DRESSING, LAMB + TABBOULEH
April’s Creative Cooking Crew’s challenge was to make a sandwich using the letters BLT…not the norm; bacon, lettuce and tomato. I decided on going Mediterranean and letting my guest build their own....
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CHICKEN + PORK MEATBALL SOUP
This soup came to be as I was lying around recouping from my fractured shoulder, yes another bump for me. It was a gloomy day in New York City when I turned on the TV and here was the Barefoot Contessa...
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CHEESE, PISTACHIO AND PRUNE CAKE – CAKE AU FROMAGE ET PRUNEAUX
We are going on a picnic and I am bringing… This month the Creative Cooking Group’s theme was a picnic. I was watching Rachel Khoo, Little Paris Kitchen on the Cooking Channel prepare this cake and had...
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STUFFED WATERMELON – WATERMELON-TOMATO SALAD WITH MINT AND BLUE CHEESE
Where do I begin…The Creative Cooking Crew’s theme this month is “stuff it”…well I got to the point of telling them to “stuff it”…how frustrated was I that this was my third try at this post. First,...
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PICKLE IT! – PICKLED RED ONIONS + PICKLED RED GRAPES
I remember this nursery rhyme. My primary years were spent in Venezuela and my step-mother who was American would always make us practice our English and this was one of the hardest rhymes. Peter...
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COD FISH FRICASSEE – BACALAO EN SALSA
Growing up there was a lot of dishes prepared with cod. My mom would make salads, stews and fritters. I remember her version of Bacalao a la Vizcaina (Basque style cod-fish) this version which I am...
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A FAVORITE APPETIZER WITH A TWIST FOR THANKSGIVING -DEVILED EGGS – RUSSIAN SALAD
Creative Cooking Crew’s theme for this month is to bring an appetizer to a Thanksgiving dinner party which you have been invited to. As usual Laz and Joan come up with great challenges. I was able to...
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SUSHI RICE VEGETARIAN PIZZA
February has been one hell of a month in New York with all the snow and chilly weather so I escaped to Miami. Last time I traveled I picked up February’s Food & Wine Magazine. I looked through it...
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TWO BLOGGERS IN THE KITCHEN
When in Florida I always come and visit my friend, Joan of Foodalogue. While having breakfast the thought of doing a post together came up. I felt as if I was in an episode of Top Chef going through...
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SPINACH + HEIRLOOM TOMATO STRATA WITH ASIAGO
I for one love my breakfast dishes. When they opened Norma’s at Le Parker Meridien in NYC I was so excited as it had my name, but also they serve breakfast all day. Our Creative Cooking Crew came up...
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CARAMELIZED ROASTED BEETS + SAUTEED BEET TOPS (REMOLACHA CARAMELIZADA CON SUS...
I am beginning to use everything a vegetable has to offer. Take these beets…such a simple recipe that I picked up and adapted from Canadian Chef, Laura Calder. Ingredients: 3 large beets, scrubbed...
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GRILLED GAZPACHO
May’s challenge for the Creative Cooking Crew is “what are you bringing to the BBQ?”. So many options and ideas, but what I wanted was something refreshing for a hot summer day…Gazpacho! I never made...
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OKTAPODI STA KARVOUNA TACO – GRILLED OCTOPUS TACO
I have not had time to post lately with my schedule being so hectic, but always find the time for the Creative Cooking Crew challenges. July’s challenge: Taco, make it your own…take it someplace...
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