Shrimp and Veggie Pasta Casserole

This is one my most favorite casseroles. I love shrimp and I love white sauce. Combine it with pasta, mixed veggies and you've got a solid meal! This recipe is inspired from a mix of two recipes. One from the heritagecook and the other from stacey snacks. Ingredients: For shrimp: Large shrimp - 1 pound (1/2 kg) - shelled and deveined Garlic - 3 cloves - minced Green onions (spring onions) - 2 stalks Butter - 4 tbsp - softened Lemon juice...

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Egg and Vegetable Stew (with variations for chicken, beef or lamb)

This stew is a traditional Syrian Christian curry served for breakfast with Appam (lacy rice pancakes). I like to have it any time of the day with toasted bread, if there's no ready batter for appams. It's very rustic and hearty, like the filling of a pot pie. (Maybe I will try it in a pot pie someday). Serves: 4-6 Ingredients: Eggs - 4 large Onion - 1 medium size, chopped Ginger - 1 inch, minced Green chillies - 3 or as per your spice level Chopped...

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Canneloni Florentine

This is a dish I first ate at a vegetarian Italian restaurant in Bangalore called Little Italy. Its one of the fewest restaurants where I did not miss meat! Ingredients: Canneloni tubes - 12 tubes For canneloni filling: Butter - 4 tbsp Onion - 1, chopped fine Garlic - 6 large cloves, minced Carrot - 2, peeled and grated Spinach - 2 cups,chopped White pepper powder - 2 tsp Salt Breadcrumbs - 2 tbsp Feta cheese/Grated paneer/Ricotta cheese...

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Keema Matar

Keema matar is one of my favorite dishes. My mom used to make this for me and my sister when she feels like treating us to something special. She used to also make a pan grilled bread that was a lot like naan to go with this. When I started to cook on my own, this is one of the first recipes that I decided to master. Its quite simple and delicious! Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef (you can use ground lamb, chicken or turkey too) 1/2...

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Stir-fry noodles

This recipe is very similar to my Pancit Bihon recipe. The main difference is that I use rice noodle in the Pancit recipe. In this one, I use either Udon noodles or Ramen (Maggi noodles is also Ramen). Ingredients: Noodles: 2 packets Bacon - 4 strips Garlic - 2 cloves, chopped fine Ginger - 1 inch piece, chopped fine Onion - 1 chopped (optional) Assorted vegetables (choice of grated carrots, sliced french beans, corn kernels, green peas, sliced...

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