5 Star Makeover: South African Pampoenkoekies and Delicata Rings

Exotic World Recipes, Main Course Recipes, Vegetable and Side Dishes Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

This month’s 5 Star Makeover could not be more seasonal: we are cooking or baking with any squash of our choice. My recipe lead me down an unusual path for a squash recipe, it actually took me to South Africa. I bet you would be surprised to learn that pumpkin...

Tomato Bloghop: Barbecue Tomatoes Stuffed with Oka

Vegetable and Side Dishes Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

A lovely plump and ripe tomato. Now times that 4 and stuff it with amazing Oka cheese, bacon, onions, bread, eggs and more. Oh so simple and good. A perfect choice for this month Love Bloghop. Oka cheese is a local cheese in Montreal, originally manufactured by the...

Greenslove Bloghop: Beet Greens Burger

Vegan Recipes, Vegetable and Side Dishes Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

I am really enjoying this new group with a different monthly theme called Love Blog Hop. You can post on the theme any time of the current month and link up your post to the list (see all the entries at the bottom). So far I have participated in the citruslove and the...

Crazy Cooking Challenge with Mashed Potatoes

Exotic World Recipes, Vegetable and Side Dishes Recipes

Phew, 2 cooking challenges in one day! This has happened as you know in the past and usually I manage to hit two birds with one stone. But since these 2 challenges must be published at a specific time I had no such luxury. But I could make sure the 2 challenges could...

Coca-Cola goes Brazillian & Colombian

Drink recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Vegetable and Side Dishes Recipes

What to do with Leftover Coca-Cola? Amazingly there are a few South American recipes that make this soft drink a main ingredient. Yep! Coca-Cola recipes. Actually another great title for this post would have been What to do with Leftover Coca-Cola. I needed a 2...

East meets West Arancini

Appetizer Recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Vegetable and Side Dishes Recipes

Arancini is an Italian specialty, from Sicily to be precise, dating back to around the 10th century. The word Arancini actually means “little orange” as the traditional fried rice ball are very round and resemble small oranges. You will find many recipes...