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Chicken with Prunes and Bacon

26 comments January 16, 2010

Sometimes I develop a craving for a dish with a combination of sweet and savory flavors, like meat, chicken or fish with fruit sauces. This Chicken with Prune and Bacon Sauce is such a dish, and it is great for entertaining because it is a one-pot dish and very tasty. I used drumsticks instead of [...]

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Bacon-Apple and Cheddar Quesadilla

44 comments January 5, 2010

  I made myself another yummy quesadilla for lunch this week. This time the filling was crispy bacon, cheddar cheese and delicious apples, drizzled with maple syrup. This would be a perfect lunch with a green salad and small bowl of soup. Simple, but filling, and very tasty! I absolutely loved it. I will be [...]

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Chicken-Bacon Rolls stuffed with Prunes (Envueltos de Pollo, Tocineta y Ciruela)

11 comments October 6, 2009

Every once in a while I get cooking cravings. This week I really wanted to make chicken rolls, but I didn’t feel like going to the store to pick up the ingredients. So, I did what my grandmother used to do, just look in the refrigerator and see what’s there. The result… chicken stuffed with [...]

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Antioqueño Rice (Arroz Antioqueño)

24 comments September 1, 2009

This is a delicious rice dish from my hometown of Antioquia that includes all of the traditional ingredients from that region of the country… beans, chorizo, corn, avocado and plantains. If you don’t live in the country where you were born and raised, one of the things that can really bring you back home are [...]

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