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Carnitas with guacamole and pita bread

09-May-09

Today we are having a great, Mexican-inspired dinner…The recipes are of an amazing simplicity, but ohhhh so good, and they go perfectly together! Spicy, tender, pork bites combined with a great guacamole and some paprika pita wedges instead of tortilla chips.
The recipe’s were adapted from the David Lebovitz blog…
Ingredients for the “carnitas”:
- 2 pounds/1kg pork [...]

Mojo picón (spicy sauce)

31-Jan-09

This article is specially dedicated to the garlic lovers out there. If you are like me, you simply cannot conceive any savory dish without this precious and amazingly healthy ingredient.  Simply because “my mama told me so”, and she is a fantastic cook.
You see,  I was actually born in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain), [...]

Delicious: chicken satay

25-Jan-09

Darlings, this dish is SU PERB.  Sweet, salted, spicy…and oooooh so aromatic…
The cooking process is half the fun, the anticipation, the smell…And then the result!: we had this for lunch today and it disappeared in like 5 minutes flat.
Ingredients:
- 1.65 pound – 750g chicken breast, in cubes
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- [...]