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Anne's (no-onion) Potato Salad *****
A classic potato salad: I think adding onion to a potato salad is a travesty (ditto green pepper, scallions or chives) -- but that's another story. Meanwhile, this recipe is my most popular dish with guests, and my personal favourite comfort food. Enjoy!
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Baked Potato *** 1/2
Scrub potato carefully and pierce its skin several times with a sharp knife or stab it repeatedly with a fork, while chanting "Die, darn you, die!"
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BBQ Duck Salad ****
A light salad -- perfect for warm evenings.
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Beer Batter Asparagus ****
A seasonal favourite.
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Black Pudding *
Publisher: courtesy irishfood.com
A classic Irish sausage. However, the preparation of this pudding may be impractical these days due to the difficulty of procuring fresh pig's blood and casings.
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Borekas de Kartof Meat-Stuffed Potato Pastries ****
According to Joyce, these may be baked, but they are infinitely more tender and the filling more juicy when fried. Although the recipe calls for boiling the potatoes, she prefers to bake them, as the dough will be less moist, making shaping easier.
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Boxty *
Publisher: courtesy irishfood.com
A version of griddle cakes, Boxty is a part of an Irish fry.
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Braised red cabbage with Craisins **** 1/2
Serve with turkey, lamb or pork.
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Celeriac with Remoulade Sauce (recipe courtesy of Maille) ****
A wonderful side-dish -- celeriac is one of my secret passions!
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Cooking with Stephanie: Coquitlam Farmers’ Market -- Lettuce Wrap ****
This is a vegetarian dish, using fresh produce picked out from the farmers in the market.
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Curried Potato salad ****
A delicious side-dish that also happens to be low-fat!
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German-style braised sweet-and-sour red cabbage *****
An ideal accompaniment for pork dishes, veal schnitzel, or just a guilty pleasure eaten all by itself. Never use onion with this dish (that would be a travesty!).
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Griddle Cakes *
Publisher: courtesy irishfood.com
Griddle Cakes (or Boxty) are a real Irish tradition
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Grilled Asparagus with Bacon & Eggs *** 1/2
Nice to serve for an Easter brunch.
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Hush Puppies (1) ****
Makes an excellent side dish. You might want to try them with a little lemon juice and/or cocktail sauce.
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Hush Puppies (2) ****
Easy and appealing side-dish.
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Hush Puppies (3) ****
Best served hot!
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Info on Quinoa *
Pronounced "KEEN-wha," quinoa is considered a super-grain because it contains all of the essential amino acids -- making it a complete protein.
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Irish White Pudding Sausages *
Publisher: courtesy irishfood.com
These are classic Irish sausages. Excellent for a hearty Irish breakfast for St. Paddy's -- or anytime.
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Jewish-style potato pancakes (latkes) *****
Serve the traditional way, with sour cream. Applesauce is a German side to potato pancakes and is also yummy with them.
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Karen's Coleslaw ****
Big BBQ crowd? Here's a budget-stretcher.
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Maille twice-baked mustard souflee (recipe courtesy of Maille) ****
A no-fail recipe from Maille
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Nobody Knows the Truffles I've Seen Salad (recipe courtesy of Maille) ****
An incomparable side-dish
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Pea Shoots (Stir-Fried Pea Shoots -- Ching Chow Dau Miu) *
Author: Recipe by Nathan Fong
Sautéed young tender shoots of the snow pea plant are probably my favourite vegetables. The flavour is similar to young baby spinach but are much more delicate in flavour.
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Potato Griddle Cakes -- Boxty (alternate) *
Publisher: courtesy irishfood.com
Another great recipe for Boxty (Irish griddle cakes).
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Rice (Stir-Fried Glutinous Rice -- Nor Mai Chow Fan) *
Author: Recipe by Nathan Fong
I am particularly fond of glutinous rice, often called sweet rice. The grains are shorter and somewhat stickier than the traditional long grain variety that cooks more separately.
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Scalloped Potatoes ****
This dish is easy to fix, low-fat, low-salt, satisfying and big on taste.
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Super Food Salad (Chicken and Quinoa Salad with Dried Fruit) ****
Of course you know that Quinoa is an ancient grain with all of the eight amino acids! Super Salad for Super Gals like us.
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Sweet Potato Latkes (gluten-free, egg-free) *****
These turned out golden and crisp on the outside, tender and sweet on the inside.
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Twice-fried mashed potatoes ****
Best enjoyed in front of the television, while watching cartoons or the Space channel. Truly a guilty pleasure!
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Arroz Con Pollo (Chicken and Rice Adobo with Pepper) ****
A light entree featuring chicken and rice.
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Boston Market Dill Potato Wedges ****
Boston Market's famous side dish.
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Cy Jamison's seafood Paella with cuttlefish or squid ink *****
Here's the paella recipe you've been waiting for -- compliments of evalu8.org's esteemed wine columnist, Cy Jamison. . .
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