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Quick and Fresh Sofrito

Posted by daxphillips on September 1st, 2010 filed in Appetizers, Delicious, Ethnic, Grilling, Pasta, Rice, Sauce, Vegetables, mexican, tacos

If you have never had sofrito, you must. Call it a Latin condiment, or call it a marinade, sofrito is basically a mixture of fresh vegetables that is used as a base in many Latin American dishes. I make sofrito from time to time, especially when I am making arroz con gandules (Puerto Rican Rice). [...]

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Arancini – Fried Italian Rice Balls

Posted by daxphillips on August 18th, 2010 filed in Appetizers, Cheese, Delicious, Game Day, Italian, Kids, Pasta, Rice, Snack, Vegetables

You know when you see people get excited about food, right? The facial expression, the down right excitement knowing that they are going to be eating something very good, very soon. That was my mom when I was growing up, and the excitement came from a large fried ball from an Italian deli and bakery [...]

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Curried Chickpea Snack

Posted by daxphillips on August 1st, 2010 filed in Appetizers, Game Day, Snack

I am a big fan of garbanzo beans. They could possibly be one of my favorite types of beans. One of my favorite dishes that uses garbanzo beans, or chickpeas, if you will, is hummus. There is something about the chickpea that once cooked, it brings out this real creaminess and texture that I really [...]

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