My mother used to make sambusak all the time.

Here is a good recipe.

For the Dough:

• 1 1/2 tsp dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 cup water (Warm)
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

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Very simple recipe rivals some of the best brands out there.
If you want to make it with sugar add about 1 Tbsp of sugar instead (or more to taste).

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of boiling water
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp mustered powder
pinch of allspice
pinch of cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 6oz tomato paste can  (Hunt’s works best from my testing)
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Before you do anything, you gotta see this, looks great ah?  (click to enlarge)

 Ingredients

1. 1/2 lb. Whole Wheat Penna Pasta, I highly recommend this.
2. 1 cup of broccoli florets.
3. 4 tsp red wine vinegar.
4. 1 tsp Dijon mustered.
5. 1 tsp honey
6. 3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil.
7. 1/3-1/2 cup peas.
8. 1/4-1/2 tsp red crushed pepper.
9. 1/4 cup chopped mint. (optional)
10. 1/4 cup chopped parsley.
11. 1 cup of crumbled feta cheese.

Directions

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I went to a restaurant call Taste of Europe in Binghamton, NY and I ordered a dish I never tried before, it was called Plov.

It was so great, I decided to find out if I could recreate it.  I searched all over the internet and I tweaked a few recipes to get to this result.

Ingredients

1. Enough oil (vegetable oil) to saute onions (1 Tbsp should be enough)
2. 1 lb beef for stew (beef chuck is good), cut cut

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This springform pan is really really nice.     Just the plate is worth the extra.

I recently used it to make a cheesecake and it worked out great.  I highly recommend it.  To buy it follow this link:  Zenker Springform with Ceramic Base, 10-Inch

To read about the experience  using it go here.

I learned a few things in my cheesecake baking adventure, cheesecake is tricky.  I mean, you could whip up one and it will be ok, but if you want one that is not cracked, has a nice texture and oh so yummy, TRICKY.  So i’m going to share with you what I learned.

1) You have to introduce as little as possible air to the mixure once you put in the eggs, and you put them last.

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Ingredients:

1 can of corn kernel (Drained)
2 eggs
1/2 cup of flour or Gluten Free Bread mix
1 tsp baking powder (This will make them rise and fluffy, so don’t make them too thick).
Butter for oiling the pan (if using a non stick teflon, you can leave it out, but it does add taste)
Salt and Black pepper to taste
2 Tbsp Milk

Directions:

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Ingredients:

Olive oil
3 onions, sliced (Medium size)
2 tablespoons sweet paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp curry
3 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
4-5 cups vegetable stock,  (You can use 1 qt of water and 3 table spoons of Osem Vegetable Consomme).

Directions:

Cut Beef Chuck into small Goulash size pieces. (About… Read the rest

Ingredients:

1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
1 onion, cut into chunks
3-4 cloves garlic, halved
4-5 cups vegetable stock, depending on how thick you like your soup  (You can use 1 qt of water and 4 table spoons of Osem Vegetable Consomme).
1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
1 tablespoon curry paste

Directions:

Cut the cauliflower to florets (remove stems), Also cut the onions into chunks as well as half the garlic.

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There’s a new kid on the block, it’s called Republic Wireless, they are coming out with a $19 a month unlimited service plan that relies mostly on Wifi.

Before I forget to mention there’s a coupon that knocks off $100 off the handset price which brings it down to $99, great deal, the coupon is welcome19 and it’s good until November 27th.

The big thing about this is that it works abroad on wifi for free.  Big… Read the rest