Mireille Roc

This slightly sweet cake, full of warm spices, is how the Dutch do breakfast with cheese and other breakfast accouterments. Many people do not realize what a large Antillean community exists in the Netherlands and how much Dutch influence is in our culture and our foods, even still in Aruba and Curacao with dishes like Keshi Yena – Stuffed Cheese – the national dish of Curacao. Ontbijtkoek – Dutch Spice Cake is a popular item included on the Dutch breakfast table. This cake can easily be made vegan by using almond milk, cashew milk, oat milk or any other non dairy milk.

The African Portuguese spice blend used anywhere the Portuguese went from Brazil to Mozambique is a quick way to add flavor to any meal. Now that so many parents have had to take on the responsibility of home schooling their kids or at least helping with their kids’ at home studies, this easy recipe only requires you about 15 minutes in the kitchen. Many people add barbecue sauce when they make Slow Cooker Pulled Pork, but I wanted to leave the flavor more neutral so you can transform this pulled pork to make a variety of dishes. However, if you want that tender pulled pork result, you need to leave it for 8 hours.

The Chaing Mai version is more rustic using thick noodles and chopped chicken drumstick, where the Bangkok interpretation is usually made with thinner noodles and boneless chicken pieces. Khao Soi – Thai Chicken Noodle Soup is one of the most common foods for breakfast in Chiang Mai, available on every street corner and cafe. This curried Chicken Noodle Soup with both fresh cooked noodles and deep fried noodles is so good and the textural variety makes it even more interesting. It may be a while before I can get back to Thailand, but at least I can get transported back every time I enjoy a delicious bowl of Khao Soi – Thai Chicken Noodle Soup.

If you have at least 3 or 4 in your pantry, even something simple like grilled or roasted chicken can be different every time you make it so that you and your family do not get bored with the same flavor profile. Before we get to today’s amazing Advieh – Persia Spice Mix, let’s take a look at some others that can easily be added to your pantry. Advieh in Persian means spice and this Persian Spice Mix is most often used in rice, hence the full name is Advieh Berenj, which translates to Rice Spice. and you can make this awesome Persian Roast Chicken – so full of flavor and so easy for a weeknight dinner.