ROSEMARY CHICKEN WITH ORANGE INFUSED BALSAMIC REDUCTION

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Happy New Year Everyone!!

I personally have consumed HUGE HUGE amounts of cookies, desserts & of course 7alawet El Mouled in the past few weeks :( Because simply who on earth could resist all these food occasions attacking us all at once??

But my body & pants are suffering BIG TIME so I decided to slow down a bit & go back to basics:

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MY BEST BAKED POTATO WITH SOUR CREAM & CHEESE

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Didn’t I tell you I will be filling this blog with many many potato recipes!

But since it’s the Holidays month, I am posting the best recipe of them all … & it’s healthy …  & requires 0 effort!

Christmas just came a little earlier, right?

This is my best baked potato topped with sour cream, light red cheddar & green onions!

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RASPBERRY MOZZARELLA SALAD WITH RASPBERRY BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE

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As weird as it may sound, I am not a big fan of raspberries, I am crazy, right? OK, to put it right, I am not a fan of raspberries in desserts as I find them way too sour. But the good news is I adore raspberries in salads & savory dishes!

This Raspberry Mozzarella Salad with Raspberry Balsamic Vinaigrette (very long name, ha?)  has a very unique taste from a different combination of flavors!

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GREEN CHILI PEPPER CHEESE DIP

Spicy Dip with Ooey Gooey Melting Cheese!

This is one hell of an addictive crowd pleaser dish!

If you ever loved Jalapeno Poppers at TGI Fridays, you just secured yourself the homemade alternative!

The first time I made this dish was at the biggest family gathering I ever hosted. Believe it or not, I forgot to serve it at the beginning & it made its way to the table halfway through dinner yet it was the first plate to be finished to the last bit. Since then, I am asked to bring it to any family gathering (actually I am not really welcomed without it).

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WALNUT PECAN BUTTER

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Fresh walnuts & pecans roasted until their aroma fills your kitchen then blended to an out of this world creamy butter!

You know those recipes that just cross your mind out of the blue? This is one of them.

Believe it or not, I was never a fan of nut butters; never one of those kids who grew up eating peanut butter. I hated the idea of nut butters until I got pregnant & for 9 months I craved nothing but peanut peanut peanut …. Butter (probably that’s why I am still trying to lose the extra weight until now)!!

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ONE POT TOMATO CILANTRO PASTA

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Creamy … Delicious …Quick … Easy! This is the perfect dish for any busy or lazy day!

Today I will start to share one of many posts to come for PASTA; one of my favorite foods on earth. If I am to be stuck alone on an island, I would choose pasta with all its forms, shapes & tastes to be my companion.

The hype for “one pot” pasta has been going on for a while but I was never very interested to try it as all what came to my mind was “how will my pasta taste with all this starch in the sauce?”. Until one day about 8 months ago, I was too lazy to cook; actually lazy to even get out of bed so I thought to myself “it’s time to give this crazy idea a try”. To my surprise, the pasta came out delicious – very creamy as if it had cream but the only thing that went wrong that time was the cooking technique.

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