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Deli-style Chicken Salad Sandwich

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This is standard fare in my household.  I almost always have boneless chicken breasts at home and so am able to hustle this up at short notice when my teenaged son and his friends are hungry.

Ingredients:

1.    One large boneless chicken breast 2.    4-5 carrots 3.    4-5 celery stalks 4.    ½ of a medium red onion 5.    One cup of light jarred...
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Vanilla Cognac Croissant Pudding

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My all-time favorite ice-cream flavor is rum-raisin.  Some time back, I thought of combining that flavor with a warm dessert like bread-pudding but unfortunately I had neither any stale white bread nor any rum at home.  So I switched the ingredients with those that I did have – Vanilla Cognac and stale croissants. Using Croissants was not entirely an...
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Rainbow Peppers with Tri-color Pasta

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Some years ago I bought several bell pepper plants at the local farmer’s market in Bethesda; not knowing that they were peppers of different colors.  The unexpectedly bright and beautiful harvest was a real pleasant surprise and I made this recipe up to highlight the beauty of the brightly colored peppers.  Now I make this for the family every...
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Baya’s Algerian Green Pepper Spread

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I learned how to make this Green Pepper Spread from my Algerian friend, Baya.  Although Baya calls it a Green Pepper Salad, she serves it before a meal with a baguette; I call it a spread and use it as an appetizer. The added advantage is that it is vegetarian and actually good for you.

Ingredients:

  1. 4 large-sized Green...
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Blogs, Websites, Restaurants and Stuff that I like

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These are some of my favorite food blogs and websites:

http://www.coconutandlime.com/ http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/members/ http://ourchocolateshavings.blogspot.com/ http://freefoodboston.wordpress.com/ www.foodnetwork.com www.smittenkitchen.com I also write for a social site for women of South Asian heritage and highly recommend it - www.talkingcranes.com  

Favorite Restaurants in DC and its suburbs:

1. Raku - http://www.rakuasiandining.com/  - good pan-Asian...
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