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Re: spice of life 2
Reply #30 - Sep 24^th, 2009, 8:48am

more interesting recipes ! ~peace

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fr. the Press Democrat
a good article on okra with 3 more recipes

Be bold! Experiment with okra

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090923/LIFESTYLE/909229945?Title=Be-bold- Experiment-with-okra

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We love phat thai!
& cold peanut sesame noodle salads.
I make it every few months
.... (nyao's comment)

fr. the post tribune

here's
a recipe for a pad /phat thai

Easy Vegetarian Pad Thai Noodles

http://www.post-trib.com/lifestyles/food/1783226,padthainoodles0923.article

[ variations of noodle recipe with meat!

add tamarind paste*
meat eaters can add ( nam pla or nuoc mam
fermented fish sauce) dried shrimp &
one of the following proteins (1) shredded pork,
(2)chicken or (3) cooked shrimp to this general recipe.

add salt radish ( hua pak kad khem0
or a shredded scrambled egg.

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my variation
I sometimes add palm sugar, rice wine vinegar,
tamarind paste , if you add tamarind go easy on
adding lime juice or just use the lime to spritz & garnish,
use chantaboon rice noodles,
shredded carrots & cucumber , or grape tomatoes to
our version (everybody into the pool-stylee

I definitely add red pepper flakes or thai bird/ or
diced chili peppers , because We like it HOT. Grin

)

there are a few versions of this
in my blog's archives, I seldom make it
the same way twice.

for extra green to garnish add
one of the following - mint, thai basil or cilantro!

enjoy the recipes! peace

more about the various pho, cellophane & rice stick noodles available, info is posted earlier
in this thread & @ 07.17.09

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Re:Squash!, spice of life 2
Reply #31 - Oct 1^st, 2009, 9:53am

t'is the season, for Squash! ( calabazas)
I loke to use use them in
stir fries, cheese au gratin baked dishes
& Soups !

... i like some of the stuffed
squash the blossoms too.

Here's 2 recipe and an interesting article ~peace

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fr. one of my fav. TV food judges...
fr. the miami herald

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup With Popcorn

http://www.miamiherald.com/living/food/recipes/story/1258882.html

Food Network stars take on a veggie-averse 5-year-old
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1258865.html

more on author, chef alex guarnaschelli

http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1253031854/0

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fr. the muskogee phoenix

Tennessee ground sweet potato squash plants produce yellow flowers as large as a hand.

Heirloom squash plants have quite a history!

A famous garden speaker tells her audiences to never accept pass along plants because they obviously grow rampantly and fill the garden quickly.

Although she does not say it, she could add that pass along seeds also have the potential to create havoc in one’s garden.

article continues here

http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/features/local_story_273215006.html

alt. recipe here

Caribbean jerk pork with butternut squash wild rice

http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/quick-suppers/caribbean-jerk-pork-with-butt ernut-squash-wild-rice-recipe_p_1.html

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Re:spice of life 2, manicotti & more!
Reply #32 - Oct 5^th, 2009, 11:15am

We love manicotti!
here's a recipe from the news...~peace Wink

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fr. NY1.com

Spinach and Ricotta stuffed manicotti

http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/106781/-i-recipe---i--spinach-and-ricotta- stuffed-manicotti/Default.aspx

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fr. the NYT's

Tomato Éclairs With Creamy Ricotta and Basil Filling

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/dining/303arex.html?em

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fr. the guardian UK

A Ricotta Tart!

Ricotta tart: Just add a nice leafy salad and you've got the perfect light lunch. Photograph: Colin Campbell

The new vegetarian: Ricotta tart
A savoury cheesecake that makes for a great light lunch!

need more ricotta ideas/inspiration?
great with a hot cuppa!

image fr.
Oct. 2009s blog. (nyvette1luv)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OwubijrsEvw/Ssn2CPaKlPI/AAAAAAAABho/nTSy0Q2YKgA/s1600- h/0+blu+crepes+nyvettes+1.jpg

mondays kitchen zik du jour
- by vikter, dwele
& a bit of throwback old school by Teddy P. Grin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXeXT6FGEls&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUu6y35I9us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCVRE6qXdwU

more or mr. duplaix's zik here
@07.21.09

http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1135961303/1485

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Re:spice of life 2, Greens!!!!!
Reply #33 - Oct 7^th, 2009, 1:01pm

fr. the Chicago Tribune!

Goodness gracious, greens! Smiley

You can bet your money on a bowl of greens. It doesn't matter whether you are serving collards simmered with garlic and red pepper flakes, or mixed greens brimming with ginger, you will end up with a winner.

Years ago, "greens" were associated with down-home cooking of the South, but now they are enjoyed with gusto across the country. And for good reason: Leafy vegetables are full of vitamins, minerals and fiber, and low in calories. And can pack a world of flavors.

Today, supermarkets and farmers markets almost everywhere offer collards, mustard greens, turnip greens, kale, dandelion greens, spinach, chard, broccoli raab and bok choy. You can always find cabbage, a member of the collard greens family.

article recipes, continues here

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/chi-tc-food-greens-1002-1007oct07,0, 6347786.story

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Personally I'm starting to really
dislike kale, because imho
it's a wimpy lackluster "safe" often bland vegetable. The only way, I'll eat kale is, if it's mixed with another type. I've been vegetarian for decades now, so I don't throw a pigtail in the pot. I like to add liguid smoke instead to suit
My Family's taste! Grin

Every time you visit certain "local mainstream" health conscious or
vegetarian eateries, They will try to
"kale you to death" & shove
bowls of freakin nondescript versions of kale down your throat, as if the only acceptable "politically correct" banal version of "greens" out there, while ignoring the many others nutritious varieties!

When eating out? We'll usually choose collards,
dasheen, cabbage, pak choy or spinach
callaloo over kale, every time ! ( My Husband, Children & I )
dandelion greens can be cool too !

Collards seem to have more ooomph & bite, it's complex and it has lots of interesting
recipes lore in the African Caribbean & Ethnic communities of the world !

When making mustard & turnips (they have a complex bite & more "oomph" too)
add a bit of the chopped turnip root while you're
cooking, add a few cornmeal dumplings
near the end of cooking time and it's seriously on !

or add a cornmeal style version of
the brazilian" farofa " on the top
or a baked cornbread style crust , that you
cook on top of the greens for
a few minutes in the oven . ~ peace nyao Wink

more green recipes!

a few of my favs. ethnic
inspired green recipes, enjoy! (<--nyao)

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alt. recipes for greens

bryant terry's
Citrus Collards with Raisins Redux
http://www.lime.com/magazines?uri=wholelifetimes.com/lime/2009/03/mindfulmenu090 3.html

anacostia's Ms. Levita Mondie-Sapp's
collard green wontons recipe here

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/09/AR2007100900459. html

a mustard green recipe fr. ethiopian
style "gomen"
[if you are vegetarian, no need for drama,
just improvise, season up & adjust it to your personal liking]

http://www.ethiopianrestaurant.com/recipes.html

delicious African style greens in peanut sauce!
( with green onion / escallion )
"Ndiwo Za Mpiru Wotendera"

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940202&slug=18930 14

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other suggestions

( alt. recipe
rotini, parmesan cheese,
red pepper flakes,
collards, and sausage
or chorizo [vegetarian or reg])
= a delicious dish!

or???

when making homemade lo mein?
- saute a bit
of mustard greens, scallion, beansprouts,
add toasted sesame oil & call it a day
enjoy !

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on a side note, on the greens...

as Many fine cooks here in the South
make sides from - turnip root & rutabagas?
- like roasted, baked, glazed & au gratin style?

Cooked eddoes, and coco yams,
boiled eddoes ( pulped) or
a delicious eddoe soup
(with thyme, liquid smoke, scallion, hot bonnie
peppers & maggi) coconut milk or not...
It's all good! Smiley

just use your favorite ingredients
peace nyao Cheesy

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previous golo ref. to farofa

12.18.08
http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1229003852

06.22.07
http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1179236170/0

06.26.08

http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1214510458/4

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about liquid smoke
(as an alt. to pig's tail)
or smoked meat.

09.26.07
http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1171589555/0

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adapted recipe a collard roll up/
burrito with salsa

http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1204327865/6

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bryant terry book & recipes

http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1237565751

03.19.09

http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1235743910

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zik du jour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpXF1brvHh8

~peace & enjoy the recipe
suggestions, nadine

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Re:spice of life 2,Conch!
Reply #34 - Oct 8^th, 2009, 8:27am

a recipe here for fritters ,
maybe? I'll make a batch for My Husband soon??
~peace Wink

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fr. the sun sentinel

Recipe: Dune Deck Cafe Conch Fritters With Caribbean Dipping Sauce

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/food/sfl-you-asked-for-it-r1-e100809sboct08 ,0,5248731.story

other, fr. cayman net news.

an interesting article on
Cayman Island Tradition of Conch Shell Blowing!

http://www.caymannetnews.com/news-18657--6-6---.html

zik du jour
ref. to jazz's mr. steve turre Smiley

playing the shells
@01.28.08

http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1135961303/1417

& @05.29.07

http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1135961303/1215

img. homemade spiced fish cake & slaw
(bajan style, the way my Mother makes them )
fr. my blog's winter 08 archives

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OwubijrsEvw/Sf7phlHTDKI/AAAAAAAAA10/GrxSqvgoVLA/s1600- h/0+best+saltfish+3.jpg

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Re: spice of life 2
Reply #35 - Oct 12^th, 2009, 11:12am

i luv greens in spiced peanut sauce
...heck I love most things with
peanut sauce Smiley

... here's
more collard green ideas
&

a good old channa recipe,
for diwali or whenever....
~peace Wink

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fr. the contra costa times

Rely on spices for flavor when fat content is cut
w/recipe for Chickpeas in coconut sauce

http://www.contracostatimes.com/health/ci_13537310?nclick_check=1

dang now i want some doubles...
( nyao's comment)

??? doubles???
http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1238854992

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more collards recipes
from the hawaii health guide
1 cup has as much calcium
as a glass of milk...

nutrition information &
recipes for

Garlic Greens

Collard Green Sunflower Seed Wrap

Thai Curry Brown Jasmine Rice Salad

Corinthia & Lori’s Spicy Greens

http://hawaiihealthguide.com/healthtalk/display.htm?id=789&hhsid=c57a6faf46d ac8a30304fba3966db57f

enjoy!, nyao

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Re: spice of life 2
Reply #36 - Oct 15^th, 2009, 10:32am

"lima and pole beans, cabbage, collards,
hot peppers, okra, peanuts, black-eyed
or other field peas, potatoes and pumpkin".

here's an interesting article on
the cuisine during slavery time in North America
with recipes - they even
have north american versions of Akaras,
Gumbo, Fufu & a Peanut butter stew recipe!
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not very far from a nice spicy
Senegalese style ? mafé or african domoda !

(nyao's comment)

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on to the article!

Gretchen McKay/Post-Gazette
Harold Caldwell, with Colonial Williamsburg's African American History Interpretation Department, prepares oxtail soup in the slave kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

Williamsburg also celebrates what African Americans ate

COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG, VA. -- It's not unusual for visitors to this reconstructed Colonial capital to cap off a day of sightseeing with a meal at one of its historic taverns, where Southern comfort foods inspired by centuries-old "Colonial receipts" tempt the palate. Chicken fricassee or pulled pork anyone?

article, slide show & recipes continues here...

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09288/1005439-34.stm

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Thanksgiving Leftovers Quick Recipes

When Thanksgiving dinner is only a memory, your refrigerator will be bulging with leftovers. It's time to think about putting all that gravy, roast turkey, stuffing and cranberries to good use or they'll end up in the garbage. Here are some ideas for using up all those holiday leftovers in the days to come:

article continues here

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/sns-holiday-quick-tips-recipes, 0,6304677.story

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Canada's Thanksgiving Day
has passed, but? in anticipation of the upcoming
one here .....
here's a few good suggestions!

alt. to the above sweet potato salad

warm spiced sweet potato salad

add shredded carrots
cubed cooked sweet potato
channa peas, thin sliced red onion rings
( or scallion- add one or the other/ but not both)

add chopped ripe tomatoes
( or grape tomatoes) on a torn lettuce
base

make a yogurt & honey based sauce
add raisins & walnuts
a tiny bit of fresh chopped fresh mint leaves,

Season the sauce to taste, with a
pinch of tea masala spice & drizzle on
finished salad!

enjoy-------

~peace nyao

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more on that "g-nut" vibe
an alternative peanut stew recipe
on golo

http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1229003852

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Re: spice of life 2
Reply #37 - Oct 22^nd, 2009, 11:45am

fr. the sun sentinel
article & a few recipes for
butternut squash ~peace

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The warming flavors of fall: Cardamom, allspice, ginger and nutmeg
- butternut squash & apple bread

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/food/sfl-vegetarian-column-e102209sboct22,0 ,4180735.story

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fr. the washington post

img.
(James M. Thresher for The Washington Post)

Basmati Rice Pilaf With Apples, Squash and Cranberries Recipe

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/recipes/2009/10/21/basmati-rice-pilaf-apples- squash-and-cranberries/

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products....
a heads up -

Kashi has a new pizza out with
guava jerk sauce, mangos, tomatoes
kale and fried plantains Cheesy

more info here

http://www.food-business-review.com/news/kashi_introduces_new_frozen_pizza_09101 3

kashi's site
http://www.kashi.com/products/category/Pizza

a flickr image of pizza here

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2621/3951666601_7917da82e0.jpg

congratulations to the iladelph Phillies on making
it to the world series again! Smiley

[as much as I likemr. sabathia... embarrassed

it's time for a nice vegetarian hoagie
or a mustard soft pretzel, to celebrate...! ]

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Re: spice of life 2
Reply #38 - Nov 5^th, 2009, 9:57am

an interesting article on
Ms. Helen Willinsky's version of jerk -
With 2 Recipes!
I've used rum in jerk before,
and I know that some mix pig's blood in it too,
but I've never tried mixing with
white wine, I may have to try it,
someday ! Wink

~peace nyao

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fr.caribbean world news

It`s All About Jerk For Caribbean Chef

CaribWorldNews, MIAMI, FL, Fri. Nov. 6, 2009: Caribbean-born Chef Helen Willinsky developed an interest in the tropical fruits and vegetables used in the region`s flavorful cuisine at an early age and this weekend she will share her take at the 8th Annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival gets underway on November 8 at Markham Park in South Florida..

Growing up in Jamaica, a former British colony, Willinsky says she always thought that British cooking was `pretty dull` and so she turned to local products to create one-of-a-kind tastes that are delicious, interesting and perfectly balanced.

After completing high school in Kingston, Jamaica, Willinsky trained at the Ecole Hoteliere in Lausanne, Switzerland. She spent several years cooking professionally in Europe before returning home. In 1978 she emigrated to the United States bringing the secrets of the island recipes with her and founded Helen`s Tropical-Exotics.

article & recipes continue here

http://www.caribbeanworldnews.com/middle_top_news_detail.php?mid=2758

Helen's Jerk Seasonings page
http://www.helensjerkseasoning.com/

today's zik du jour Smiley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIcEcJ9OgKA

a blast fr. the past
hot & poppin on a thursday..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODS1Zt_6jIM

a clip of
"footwork green" & others!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zttX3zqFy4c&feature=related

have a nice weekend all.

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Re:spice of life 2
Reply #39 - Nov 10^th, 2009, 10:38am

I love savory
and crispy pakoras
[a version of vegetable fritters/flittas ]
and I make them often for my Family,
[mushroom, eggplant, onion,
string beans, cauliflower, zucchini]
with a batter /tempura made with
spices & channa or white rice flour.

here's a few recipe from the web
& for bhindi & cauliflower pakora

variations

also
many african americans
& southern cooks, make
a version of the fresh okra kind
here in the south with cornmeal
hot peppers, sometimes stuffed

it's very good! ~peace nyao Wink

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recipes fr. taste.com

Okra and cauliflower pakoras
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/21775/okra+and+cauliflower+pakoras

southern USA style okra
if you see them on the menu?
you may want to try it?

[vegetarians check to see, if they're
fried in lard or not, first]

http://seriouslygood.kdweeks.com/images/fried-okra-400.JPG

http://fastfoodcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fast_food_grandys_fried_okr a_1.jpg

http://www.roadfood.com/photos/10790.jpg

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alt.

my version of vegetarian pakoras

[i've used homemade annatto oil]
other pakor recipes
scattered, through my blog

whole ' shrooms [july's blog]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OwubijrsEvw/SkynoDvcUwI/AAAAAAAABHc/aa8INU6OlRE/s1600- h/0+whole+mushroom+pakoras+2b.jpg

zucchini & sliced mushrooms [aug.blog]
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OwubijrsEvw/SnecY2EmXPI/AAAAAAAABT0/P1shepSmGmE/s1600- h/zuke+pakora+nyvettes+b.jpg

zik a little youssou!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMDRVgv3JBg

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Re: sweet potatoes,spice of life 2
Reply #40 - Today at 9:38am

so versatile !

I luv them roasted, made into fries,
baked into dinner rolls, soups, conkies
or in a pie, or pone with coconut & rum.

Here's
sweet potatoes, prepared
a few other ways, enjoy ! ~ peace nyao Wink

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Sweet Potato Rolls (Mark Finkenstaedt - For The Washington Post;
Styled by Lisa Cherkasky; Tableware from
Crate and Barrel

fr. boston.com
We love maple syrup!

Recipe for sweet potato salad with pecans and maple

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2009/11/18/recipe_for_sweet_potato _salad_with_pecans_and_maple/

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fr. the phillyist

One Potato, Two Potato, Sweet Potato, More !
http://phillyist.com/2009/11/17/foodsday_tuesday_one_potato_two_pot.php

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fr. the washington post...

Every year, I roll with James Beard!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/17/AR2009111700748. html

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fr. the nyts

Sweet Potato, Pumpkin and Apple Puree

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/health/nutrition/19recipehealth.html?_r=1

img from .hartford.edu

getting busy in the kitchen
zik du jour Smiley

ghana's kojo antwi a fav.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn9oTvyEtdY

mbilia bel a classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbUI_Em3Rnc&feature=PlayList&p=4BB8F118C9 9BBF0F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=41

pierrette adams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0fxDPh5Ygo

sally nyolo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi6HiGPMaLE

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other ways to use sweet potatoes...

a version of creamy sweet potato soup
with toasted pepitas & maple glazed
~~sweet potatoes~~ carrots with turnips,
on my blog, various months...

have a nice weekend all

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