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We first fell in love with Thai-style coconut rice pudding when we were at a restaurant in Edmonton, who served coconut rice pudding in chilled bowls with slices of mango. I love the more creamier style vs. a dry pudding.
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I consider myself a decent cook, but I have never mastered cooking rice (with the exception of paella). Either burnt, gloppy, uncooked, and bizarre combinations of all three. But I recently took a gamble and tried microwaving my coconut rice.
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This is an old school recipe, kicked up just a notch. Nothing too crazy, though. I still wanted to keep that “old school” reminiscent flavor, but add more than just seasoning salt. Birdseye is actually my mother-in-law’s name for this,
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I love biryani. When it’s good, it’s stellar, and when it’s not, it still tastes more than edible. We have a restaurant near the border that we stumbled upon, that makes the most amazing biryani. It’s moist, seasoned, just the
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I wanted to use up some ingredients in the fridge, freezer, and cupboard for lunch today. I came up with this nasi goreng inspired rice because I had some shrimp paste to use up, wanted something spicy, and had some
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Sometimes we fall off the low carb bus. Hard. And tonight was one of those nights. Some lamb with red wine and a big pot of risotto. Hubby quite liked the rice tonight and I heard quite a few mumbled,
Read moreHubby had another long day yesterday, playing with the bagpipe band at the Legion. Not just one set, but 4 times throughout the day! So I thought I would make a nice hearty, warm meal for him. But I also
Read moreWe went for Mexican yesterday and I was inspired to make some Mexican pulled pork. I didn’t have time to marinade and I didn’t have any banana leaves laying around. But I think I ended up with a great tasting
Read moreSo I was searching my cupboards for sprinkles for the rumballs and found my spanish paella rice. And combined with some leftover pinot grigio I had to use up and some crab stock waiting in the freezer for a purpose,
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