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Potluck fun or a family dinner

28/11/2014

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A tasty dish to use for family dinners or potluck fun with friends and relatives. You can make it with a variety of meats; ham, turkey, chicken, salmon or vegetarian by choice of vegetables. Also one way to utilize any leftover meats from the holiday meals.
~ Cheers!
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10 potatoes,peeled and thinly sliced
2   large carrots, shredded
1 cup of meat/veggies cut in small cubes
2 cups of cream
black pepper + salt
Gruyère, or other cheese by choice, mixed in
(paprika powder, and other spices to taste)

butter flakes on top
Mix the ingredients together, and place in a buttered oven dish.
Layer the vegetables and meat if so desired.
Add flakes of butter and a bit of the cheese onto the top.
Bake in 200 C ~400 F oven with a foil on top for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking until potatoes are soft and done, for about 15-20 minutes.
Let it sit and cool for five minutes before serving
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Pork roast with sweet potatoes

21/11/2014

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If you simply don't have the time to stand in the kitchen to make a meal these days, or if you have a limited capacity, when it comes to kitchen - for example, spending the weekend at a cabin or live in a small apartment - don't mean you can't cook a lovely meal.
Take a good size pork roast, rub the meat with dry Italian herbs, salt and pepper. Set it in the middle of a large oven dish. Peel the sweet potatoes, and cut them into an inch / 2 cm thick slices, remember to salt and pepper the slices,  and set them around the pork.
Set the dish in a warm oven of 180 C/350 F for about an hour, or until done, and the pork runs with clear liquids.
Serve with a nice green salad, using, for example baby greens, that have lots of nice flavors.
And the leftovers the next day will be as delicious as the meal was the first time around... 
~ Cheers!

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Let There Be Light!

7/11/2014

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Ah, November is such a dark month up here - before the snow brings some light, the darkness can be a bit intense. To bring some light into this November, from a person who is nuts about Christmas, I decided I want to put the tree up this weekend. Yes, you read it right!
So, it was time to bake some snacks that could be consumed while the festivities of decorating was on the way.
Palmiers are so simple, and so good! You can use so many different fillings, from sweet to savory, the possibilities are just about endless.
I used red pesto and Parmesan cheese. I also used some of the cheese and puff pastry, to make Parmesan sticks. Then it is just to make some hot chocolate, light some candles, put the Christmas music on - and get out the decorations!
~  Cheers
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Roll the puff pastry to 6in x 14in (15 cm x 35 cm) rectangle. Trim any uneven edges. Spread the pesto evenly over the puff pastry. Roll up tight with both ends until they meet in the middle. Refrigerate for 20 min or until firm. Brush with beaten egg on all sides. Cut about 1/2in (1 cm) thick slices. Place slices on a greased baking pan. Bake until golden brown (400 F / 200 C), about 10 minutes. Sprinkle with left over Parmesan cheese, when hot from the oven. Cool on a wire rack. 

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