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Weekend Cooking: Sausage and Chicken Jambalaya
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After cycling through quite a few Middle Eastern dishes of late, I decided to revisit some of the old recipes I made but never got around to properly document. This jambalaya recipe based on the one by Emeril Lagasse was particularly nostalgic for me, because this was one of the first dishes I made…
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GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Avgolemono Soup
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I shredded the last bits of my leftover GobbleFest turkey meat and stored them in the freezer, along with the turkey carcass. This weekend I just wanted to finish them all off and finally close the 2017 chapter of GobbleFest. What better way to do that than to try a new recipe? I made…
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GobbleFest 2017 Leftovers: Turkey Noodle Casserole
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When there’s a turkey dinner there’s inevitably leftovers, which opens up opportunities for more culinary adventures. I saved the carcass to make turkey stock later, and while some of the meat I planned to make yummy turkey waldorf salad with, for the family coming over for dinner tonight I decided to try this simple…
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Eman’s Chicken Kabsa
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Mummy wasn’t feeling well a few weekends back, and I was really worried because she took so long to recover and had such poor appetite. I decided to make something nice for her for dinner, in hopes that she’d eat more. I didn’t want to do a lamb dish, because I figured an elevated…
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Weekend Cooking: Lamb Meghazlia Rice
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This was on my To-Make list for a while now, and finally I managed to make it this week. Use a mix of meat and bones for a more flavorful stock; I chose lamb shoulder chops specifically for this purpose. If you’re not keen on making your own meghazlia spice mix, I’m sure subbing…
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Weekend Cooking: Eman’s Oven-baked Chicken and Rice
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It was another one of those weekends when the freezer was full of stuff and Kak’mbang sent out her SOS. I needed to help her clear at least one whole chicken, so I decided to try this recipe by Saudi Food Eman. I found it interesting how good she claims the dish to be…
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Eman’s Lamb Bukhari Rice
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Last weekend I picked up some decent-looking lamb cubes from Tesco, and decided to use it immediately for dinner that night. I didn’t want to make something too complicated, because I was just so exhausted by the many things that were going on both at home and at work. Since Saudi Food Eman is…
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Weekend Cooking: Classic Chicken Jambalaya
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Tried out this dish over the weekend. All in all am pleased with the results, although I did take note of some improvements to put in if I make this again. Updated 11 Dec 2019: Made this for dinner with some mods. Definitely a good dish when done right. Jambalaya is practically like our…