Archive for the Ginger's Cucina Category
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Chinese Style Meatballs
Chinese new year is coming. 2012 is the year of the dragon with the first day of the Chinese new year occuring on Jan. 23, 2012. In preparation for a New Year dinner party, I am cooking some favorite family dishes. These are not fancy recipes, r
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Easy Custard Pie
It's been a long day at work and now Mother-in-law is coming for dinner, and while I prepared for the main course, I have nothing to serve for dessert. Oh dear! Then my brillant husband suggested that I make custard pie. This is only possi
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Natural Cough Remedy - Ginger Honey Lemon
There seems to be a bad bout of coughs and colds going around not just in Vancouver but other places as well. Mine started with a sore throat which persisted for days, then graduating to coughs. I tried Nitetime capsules, which is similar to Nyquil
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Wok tossed Garlic Chili Edamame with Sea Salt
Edamame is the latest trendy appetizer dish in Vancouver that is now appearing in the menus of many restaurants. Originally a Japanese dish, Vancouverite restaurants are adding new twists to this simple dish. At Rockford Grill, I was enchanted wi
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Glogg - Scandinavian hot christmas drink
It is called "Glogg", it is served during winter, as a hot drink to warm up the body. Scandinavian in origin, Glogg is a favorite Canadian drink during the Christmas Season. Ikea sells Glogg concentrates in 250 ml bottles which makes it easy to pr
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Salabat - a hot soothing christmas non alcoholic drink
As the chilly winter slowly descends upon us, out comes the sweaters, the scarves and the coats. For some families, the Christmas tree is already out (the plastic or fake ones), and so do the hot non-alcoholic drinks. Here is one drink that we'd
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Seven Layer Salad
During a recent potluck, somebody brought a seven layer salad, very imaginatively arranged. I have made seven layer salad before, but never had the wits to arrange the ingredients so artfully. So, I thought I would share the recipe and the diff
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Foolproof Yorkshire Pudding Recipe
This Christmas holiday, we have decided to have yorkshire pudding and prime rib instead of the obligatory annual Turkey dinner. The reason was forwarded by our turkey carver - it takes too much time and effort to dress and carve the turke
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Baptist Church Ladies Peanut Butter Squares
It's Christmas time soon, and our church is having a Christmas Craft and Bake Sale to raise funds for our Youth Mission to South Africa. So, I used a recipe from my Aunt who used to run the Black Cat Ranch in Hinton, Alberta. She got this reci
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Canadian Yam Salad with Craisins
For Canadians pressed for time, this Yam Salad with Craisins is easily a favorite for three reasons: (1) It is healthy and tasty. (2) It is easy to make, there is very little cooking. (3) You can have many variations which keep the reci
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Dancing Chicken - a beer chicken recipe
(Contribution by PingPong) It was my parents anniversary and my mother asked me to prepare two beer chickens for the anniversary party. Just a small party for the family, and two beer chickens should do the job. It is a very easy reci
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Magic in the Lemonade
My niece phoned me last week for a recipe of my lemonade. She was planning a summer party for a group of 35 and she wanted my magic lemonade recipe. According to her, there's something very special about my lemonade, and she's not quite sure what
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Grace Harbour Apple Cobbler
Ingredients: 4 cups sliced apples (can also mix with some berries and plums) 3 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 cup water 1 cup white sugar 1/2 cup butter 3/4 cup all purpose flour Instructions: 1.. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Celsius. 2.
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Tortang Giniling - Ground Pork Omelette
Ingredients: 2 to 3 eggs 1 onion (minced) 1/2 to 1 lb of Ground pork 1 cup diced and minced roasted eggplant pulp (optional for a different variation) 3-4 cloves of garlic, salt and pepper to taste 1 small potato cut in small cubes (o
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Do you have a Favourite Recipe to Share?
Being a country of diversity, Canada's major cities enjoy the abundance of ethnic restaurants and food choices at very affordable prices. In addition, the supermarkets import and sell dizzying kinds of food products and produce. A Canadian pot
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