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Roasted Acorn Squash Bruschetta

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The story is simple – I found a good looking organic Acorn squash at my local Whole Foods store this morning and I bought it without knowing what I was going to do with it. I came home and looked in my pantry to see what I could use as inspiration and I found some dried cherries and decided...
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Tex-Mex Egg Rolls with Creamy Avocado Dipping Sauce

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I try to cook healthy as often as possible – which means the general rule is NO FRYING!!!  But then again, the devil in me comes out every now and then and I am tempted to eat some crunchy fried foods and that is when I resort to making egg rolls.  Some weeks ago I had posted my recipe...
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Baby Corn and Onion Wasabi Tempura

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I have no story to go with how I thought of making this dish…it literally just came to me. I love Wasabi Peas (buy them regularly because they are a great snack and the added bonus is that they clear up my sinuses) and I love baby corn (if we eat out at Thai or Chinese restaurants, my kids...
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Pork Dumplings/Momos

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Chinese immigrants have carried their cuisine to all parts of the world and over the years a lot of their dishes have gotten morphed to suit the local taste/palate and as a result some of the dishes that we eat in restaurants in the western hemisphere do not even exist in China! But dumplings are a standard appetizer at...
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Stuffed Mushroom Caps

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In any attempt to conserve money spent on grocery bills, I often buy bulk sized packages of meat. Most often I use part of the meat and then am left with a small quantity of remnant meat that is too little for a whole meal but then I don’t want to waste it either.  Some months ago, I had...
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