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"A recipe from my college days, adapted from a friend. It's very quick and made with inexpensive ingredients that most people will have on hand. This will make a filling, nutritious, low-fat dinner for 2 people if served with a green salad. If you have leftovers, an easy way to save them is to mix the beans and rice together before refrigerating...."

Ingredients: cinnamon, ground cumin...

"This salad is traditionally served with any type of grilled meats.
An excellent accompaniment to the main dish at your next barbecue.
From Food and Drink Magazine.
Hope you enjoy!"

Ingredients: coriander leaves, salt & freshly ground black pepper...

"MMMM! I love plantains, especially sweet ones. This is a lower fat method of making "maduros" without the use of oil and frying in a pan."

Ingredients: cooking spray, plantains...

"This basic recipe was printed in Saveur magazine. It works well for any brown rice - short, medium or long-grain brown rice. Disregard the directions on your package. Most likely it will come out mushy. In this recipe, the boiling (uncovered) cooks it thoroughly, and the steaming at the end make it light and fluffy."

Ingredients: kosher salt, water, brown rice...

"It's a tasty, refreshing, nutritious, easy to make drink."

Ingredients: ice cubes, milk, sugar...

"Yummy side dish we make a lot in my home. Goes great with lots of different main dishes! Hope you enjoy it!"

Ingredients: cilantro, green onions...

"I was looking for a really good Pico de Gallo salsa. I came upon this fabulous Chilean version (Pebre) in the Moosewood cookbook. Apparently this is Chile's most popular side dish and is served with every meal. Awesome just with chips or with anything you'd serve with salsa."

Ingredients: pepper, fresh cilantro...

"These are often used in Brazil as dips/sauces for many dishes. Serving size is a guess since it depends on taste preference and how much you want it."

Ingredients: pepper, dried parsley, limes...

"In a recent Cookbook Swap, I received some STELLAR cookbooks from Chef #22015. This recipe is from one of them. "Cheap. Fast. Good!" by Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross. What a wonderful book! This recipe is now one of my favourites. The chicken is perfectly spiced, in my opinion. I love the ease of preparation! You may need to increase..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, ground allspice...

"From the Ottawa Citizen. Enjoy!"

Ingredients: pepper, green onions...

"A friend of mine got this recipe from her Brazilian friend who says that this shake is very popular during the summer in Brazil. It sounds kind of gross because you might associate avocados with non-sweet foods but I promise it tastes like candy. It's so good!"

Ingredients: ice, milk, sugar...

"I love churrasqueira chicken and have been looking for a recipe to make it myself. I found this on Breakfast Television Toronto's web site. They got the recipe from Roasty Chicken Churrasqueira which is in the town of Maple just north of Toronto. A friend told me that she's used this sauce for fish and shrimp, too. I've tried it on shrimp..."

Ingredients: garlic, lemon juice, olive oil...

"Yummy, sweet version of an empanada...popular in Latin America :)"

Ingredients: pineapple preserves, cream cheese...

"This recipe is from Canadian Living's Get Grilling: Summer 2007. It's a wonderful sauce and marinade that's also called chimichurri rojo. To marinate 1 lb of lamb chops, boneless pork chops, steak or chicken legs you'll need 1/3 cup of sauce. Marinade the meat for 4 to 24 hours before grilling."

Ingredients: pepper, ground cumin...