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Archive for the ‘Light Meals’ Category
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Lemon Chicken Pasta
I love pasta in all it’s variations, but recently I’ve become slightly bored cooking the same 5 pasta dishes I always make. Plus the first few days of sunshine have graced us and I was looking to make something nice …
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Creamy Chicken with Leek and Bacon
There are few vegetables that I truly like, leek happens to be one of them. Unfortunately I don’t know many dishes that call for leek as a prime ingredient so I went on the hunt for a main dish that …
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Grilled Chicken Camembert Sandwich
A sandwich can be a plain and simple affair or it can be a piece of art. In the best case it is both and delicious as well. Inspired by a great sandwich we had at the Venice Ale House…
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Tom Kha Gai – (Thai Chicken Coconut Soup)
Tom Kha Gai is a soup made of chicken (Gai) cooked (Tom) in coconut milk and spiced, among others, with galangal (Kha), lemongrass, and kaffir lime leaves. It’s quick, easy and delicious and therefore ranks as one of my favourite …
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Strawberry Spinach Salad
Awesome taste combinations and totaly addictive. A perfect easy summer dish. Great on its own or to a grilled chicken breast:
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fresh strawberries
- 1 cup fresh spinach leaves
- 2 small spring onions
- 5 tbs balsamic vinegar
- 5
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Spaghetti alla Carbonara
I love Pasta in all variations! One of the quickest and most delightful pasta dishes to cook is Spaghetti alla Carbonara. One important thing to note before we start: In the classical recipe for Carbonara there is NO cream!
Ingredients…
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Mediterranean Burger with Pesto Pole Beans
While we recently went through a low- to no-carb phase I was constantly on the lookout for new and interesting recipes for meat and veggies. One of the more interesting ones I found is this mediterranean Burger, the pesto pole …
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Basic fresh homemade pasta dough
When we think of pasta, we think of Italy. However as with so many dishes, pasta was originally imported from the Arabs. There are hundreds of different types of pasta, but they are all based on pretty much the same …
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Au Gratin Potatoes Dauphinois
Gratin is a original French dish but meanwhile also common in other European countries. A gratin is baked or cooked under an overhead grill or broiler to form a golden crust on top and is traditionally served in its baking …
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Roasted Potatoes With Rosemary
After harvesting the rosemary in our garden last week we decided to put it to a use. While many dishes can be enhanced with rosemary our favourite is roast potatoes, because it brings out the pure flavour of the spice. …
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Eggplant Spinach Bake
Some people think it’s difficult to prepare food which is delicious and low fat at the same time. But there are many recipes that combine the two. Here’s one you will love. Low fat, low carb but lots of taste.…
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Spinach Strudel
Spinach is one of our favourite vegetables, because you can cook it in so many different and delicious ways. If you are looking for great and light meal you will definitely enjoy this one. Spinach strudel is easy to prepare …