Pineapple carpaccio with mint sugar

Photo by Juta K�barsepp for Nami-Nami/Kodu ja Aed, 2013 I know all my far-away readers - at least those on the Northern hemisphere -  are ...

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Recipe for buckwheat with leeks and soy sauce

What's your standby side dish? Pasta? Rice? Couscous? Bulghur? Potatoes? While these figure most frequently in our kitchen as well, then...

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Beets with cumin seeds and tomatoes

Regular readers of this blog know about my fondness of beetroot.  I'd like to think that I have a pretty good selection and variety of b...

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Gigantes plaki aka Greek giant baked beans

Gigantes plaki (yigandes plaki, ???a?te? p?a??) i s a popular Greek taverna dish, consisting of oven-baked fasolia gigante ("giant...

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The 3-ingredient cookie

An excellent version with oats, bananas, dried cranberries and grated orange zest. Have you heard about those three-ingredient cookies consi...

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Crunchy carrot salad with salted peanuts

What's your best time-saving tip in the kitchen? Here's one of mine. Lately I've developed the habit of peeling a big batch - ab...

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