Archive for January, 2008

How to cook quinoa or quinua

Quick recipe for preparing quinoa

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Empanadas de verde con queso /Green plantain empanadas with cheese filling

Empanadas made from green plantain dough and stuffed with cheese and onions.

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Updated: Pan de Yuca / Yuca bread

Pan de yuca are yummy melt in your mouth warm breads made with cheese and yuca flour

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Mermelada de piña / Pineapple Marmalade

Homemade pineapple marmalade or jam infused with cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and lemon verbena.

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Arroz con menestra or lentil stew with rice

Lentil stew simmered with onion, pepper, tomato, garlic, cumin, and cilantro, and served with rice and thin grilled steaks

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Carne asada / Grilled thin steaks

Grilled thin steaks marinated with garlic, cumin and salt, served with lentil stew and rice.

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Carne colorada / Braised beef

Ecuadorian stove top braised beef marinated in beer, garlic, onion, achiote, cumin and oregano

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