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How to make pumpkin soup from scratch in 30 minutes

August 27, 2018 By The Skinny Cook Leave a Comment

Guaranteed! 5 tips how to make sure that you will be enjoying a delicious pumpkin soup in 30 minutes from now. Click here to be sure your will enjoy a tasty bowl of freshly made soup.

This recipe works also perfectly for people using a soup maker. However read our tips to make sure anybody with a cooking pot can make soup in 30 minutes or less.

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Thai red curry paste recipe

July 2, 2018 By JC Leave a Comment

Thai red curry paste

This fast and easy fiery Thai red curry paste recipe in a blender can be used 3 to 6 times in meals for 4 people.

If you can’t find Thai red curry paste ready made in your local supermarket, or you want a more authentic flavor that fits your creativity and palate, use the recipe below as a guideline.

Filed Under: Easy paleo recipes, Thailand

Thai curry chicken recipe

April 3, 2015 By The Skinny Cook Leave a Comment

Serves 2 in less than 45 minutes: delicious and easy Thai red chicken curry with homemade or supermarket curry paste.

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Thai green curry paste recipe

April 3, 2015 By Stella Dorrington Leave a Comment

Much more tastier than what you find in the supermarket: quick and easy Thai green curry paste recipe with mostly fresh ingredients: make enough and store access in your freezer.

This paste can also become a red paste when you simply substitute the green pepper with red pepper. You can read further following this link for a delicious yet simple Thai red curry paste recipe.

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Thai tom yum soup recipe

April 2, 2015 By JC 7 Comments

Learn how to make a delicious sweet, sour and spicy tom yum soup in less than 20 minutes with easy to find ingredients.

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Venezuelan arepas recipe

March 30, 2015 By Suzy Leave a Comment

Prepare this quick and easy traditional Venezuelan arepas recipe so you will enjoy these delicious corncakes with your own choice of savory filling. No oven needed, a frying pan works equally well. Fill your arepas simply with cheese or with any combination of savory meats, beans, plantains and/or again cheese. What are arepas? Translated from…

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Fresh lime juice

March 25, 2015 By JS Green Leave a Comment

Fresh lime juice

Prepare one of these fast and delicious fresh lime juice recipes so you will be refreshed on a hot summer’s day in a very healthy way. What do you do when working outside on a hot day? I bet you grab some fuzzy drink, add lots of ice and well, before you know it, you…

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Filed Under: Drinks, Malaysia

Chocolate truffles recipe

March 22, 2015 By The Skinny Cook NOT Paleo 3 Comments

2 easy and proven chocolate truffle recipes that even your kids can make, so you can enjoy delicious and cheap chocolate sweets whenever you feel like it. What are chocolate truffles? They are chocolate confectioneries with the odd form of a truffle mushroom, covered in cocoa powder. These sweet treats are actually made from what…

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Filed Under: Belgium, Chocolate, Dessert Tagged With: chocolate

Qing ming festival

March 22, 2015 By The Skinny Cook Leave a Comment

Qing ming festival

Find out what the qing ming festival is all about, when is it and what special food will be served. Wondering why there are so many cars on the highway around the 5th of April in Malaysia? It’s because lots of Chinese people are visiting the graves of their ancestors during Tomb-Sweeping day of "qing…

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Chinese new year traditional food

March 21, 2015 By JC Leave a Comment

Look at the pictures and learn about Chinese new year: traditional food, where to eat, what to eat and what to avoid. Chinese New Year (CNY) is the morst important festival of the Chinese calendar – also known as the spring festival -. It is celebrated for 15 days, starting on the 2nd new moon…

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Mediterranean garlic sauce

March 20, 2015 By Stella Dorrington Leave a Comment

Delicious Greek garlic sauce to serve with toasted bread or as a dip with deep fried fish.

My inspiration for this recipe came after reading how Greek chef Rena V. made a Greek garlic sauce with mashed potatoes. Rena V. has been cooking for more than 40 years, always looking to make sure the food presented was delicious, healthy, balanced and now even more than ever in Greece: payable.

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Malaysian food recipes

March 13, 2015 By The Skinny Cook NOT Paleo 1 Comment

Browse this delicious list of Malaysian food recipes, so you will know all the best food in Malaysia: where to buy it or how to prepare it yourself. The best of all South Asian cuisines (except Philippine cuisine) can be found concentrated in Malaysia, and if you want to narrow it down to one city,…

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Thai basil recipe

March 12, 2015 By Stella Dorrington Leave a Comment

Make this quick and easy Thai basil recipe so you will have a complete meal ready in less than 30 minutes and only 1 pot in the dishes afterwards, so you can enjoy the rest of your evening. When you have a ricecooker, you can let it simply cook some rice meanwhile you are cooking:…

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Bo La Lot

March 11, 2015 By The Skinny Cook NOT Paleo Leave a Comment

Prepare this easy bo la lot recipe so you will enjoy this delicious and popular Vietnamese dish without having to spend lots of money in a Vietnamese restaurant. This dish translates to bo (= beef) in lolot leaves (= a South Asian eatable vine). For those familiar with Vietnamese food, you will recognize the word…

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Filed Under: Malaysia, Vietnam

Easy mooncake recipe

March 10, 2015 By JS Green Leave a Comment

Make this easy mooncake recipe with about 1000 calories per piece, so you will be able to enjoy its delicious taste and texture when you can’t buy them where you live. This year (2015) the Chinese population will celebrate the Mooncake Festival on september 27th. This yearly festival takes place on the 15th day of…

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Paleo fruit

March 9, 2015 By The Skinny Cook Leave a Comment

Mangosteen fruit

Enjoy the real prehistoric paleo fruit like durian, jackfruit and mangosteen, so you understand why eating a juicy apple a day isn’t near to what our ancestors ate. Who doesn’t know the expression: "an apple a day keeps the doctor away"? And when you know about paleo, you surely also know the primal website of…

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Red curry paste recipe

March 3, 2015 By JC Leave a Comment

2 delicious recipes for Thai green and red curry paste recipe with mostly fresh ingredients and extra tips to freeze or store the curry paste for later use.

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Easy fried rice recipe

March 3, 2015 By JC 2 Comments

This easy fried rice recipe is for one solo person when you need a simple, fast, cheap and delicious meal in less than 20 minutes. The best way to make sure your rice doesn’t stick, is using overnight cooked rice. In other words, the idea was to revive leftovers (rice, veggies, chicken…) to a complete…

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Pork curry recipe

March 3, 2015 By The Skinny Cook NOT Paleo Leave a Comment

A delicious and easy pork rib recipe: Thai pork curry prepared with homemade curry paste.

This dish is a typical fusion cooking recipe: it looks like a Belgian stew that normally starts with frying the meat, but the added ingredients are more what you would find in Thai recipes.

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Thai burgers

March 2, 2015 By Suzy Leave a Comment

An easy recipe to make a Thai burger: not too spicy but with a taste of Thai.

I have a dear friend who says she loves the taste of Thai food without too much spiciness. She asked me if I could give her some Thai food recipes with the following restrictions: "no Thai green chicken curry, no chicken, not using any paste and please don’t use coconut milk, as I am on a diet…"

🙂 … In the true spirit of the land with the eternal smiles, I put a smile on my face and gave her the following recipe.

Filed Under: Thailand

Recipe for chicken wings

March 2, 2015 By Wokking Mum Leave a Comment

This proven recipe for chicken wings is so easy to make and so delicious, that it will become a frequent dish on your dinner table, guaranteed. This recipe tastes best when you use for the ingredient "Mirin"… Don’t worry, we will offer you easily available substitutes. Mirin (味醂) is a Japanese rice wine similar to…

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Filed Under: Malaysia, Poultry

Thai food recipes

March 1, 2015 By JS Green Leave a Comment

Thai tom yum soup recipe

Thai food recipes explained by region, ethnical groups, royal cuisine, ingredients and a list of easy to make Thai recipes.

How do you define the cuisine of a country comprising out of more than 40 ethnical groups with tropical islands, rain forest, mountains in the north and a river basin in the center and Bangkok?

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Pictures of Greek food

February 7, 2015 By The Skinny Cook NOT Paleo 7 Comments

A few pictures of Greek food, so you know what to eat in Greece, where to eat it and especially the difference between popular Greek food and authentic Greek food. I stumbled upon some travel pictures from 2007 on the Island of Kos in Greece and across the ocean: Bodrum Turkey. Have a look of…

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Dragon boat festival food

June 1, 2014 By JC Leave a Comment

Learn about the dragon boat festival food and history, so you will know how to buy or make the best Chinese rice dumplings. This month will be the Chinese festival of bak chang or rice dumplling, usually celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month.. This festival commemorates one of China’s greatest poets…

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Filed Under: Malaysia

Mango dessert recipe

April 20, 2013 By Wokking Mum 4 Comments

Make this easy mango dessert recipe with only 2 ingredients, or add in 1 more cheap ingredient to create the quickest mango ice cream recipe you will enjoy. Mangos are available everywhere in Malaysia, delicious to eat on their own but even more delicious when cold. When you have a blender, mangoes are ideal to…

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Filed Under: Dessert, Malaysia

Kuih rose recipe

May 28, 2008 By Noraini 1 Comment

Do you love deep fried cookies? Then prepare this proven kuih rose recipe so you will enjoy the best deep fried treats you have ever tasted. "Kuih bungah ros" or "kuih rose" are savory deep fried cookies in the shape of a rose flower, with a delicious taste. They are quite addictive: better take out…

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Filed Under: Malaysia, Snacks

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