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"Essential for Panamanian food, or other recipes that call for ingredients you can't find in your local grocery store, a substitute for achiote easily made from other, more commonly found ingredients. Courtesy of the Panama home page."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, dried oregano...

"A quick, small-quantity substitute for the sometimes difficult-to-find tamarind paste. Cooking time is soaking time. Courtesy of GroupRecipes."

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Ingredients: dried prunes, dates...

"Inspired by a Bourdain show, this is a terrific tummy-warming meal for those cold, dreary days. Plunk everything in the crockpot in the morning and come home to a hot, hearty stew. Courtesy of Kari Diehl"

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Ingredients: lamb stew meat, pork stew meat...

"A quick, low-carb, Primal breakfast! Great for Ketogenic diet too!"

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Ingredients: cinnamon, coconut milk...

"Lampreys (sometimes called lamprey eels due to their similar appearance) are a deeply underappreciated fish in the Americas and a delicacy in southwestern Europe (Portugal, Spain, and France) and Asia, costing consumers there upwards of $25/pound. It is quite inexpensive here if your angler has been successful. Lamprey is not exceptionally strong..."

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Ingredients: garlic, olive oil, red wine...

"Toasted almonds and caramel flavoured stevia fill this whole grain apple muffin with rich flavour, while homemade apple sauce and almond milk keep it moist without added fat. Egg powder: http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/powderedwholeeggscan.aspx Stevia: http://www.krisda.ca/"

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Ingredients: cinnamon, sliced almonds...

"This is a Healthier version of my favorite Bannana nut muffin."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, eggs, salt...

"Ideal for brunch or lunch or supper! It's diabetic friendly and gluten-free. It's not my recipe: I am saving it from a local S A Sunday Times supplement, Foodweekly (May 6, 2012). I tweaked the recipe a little. Prep and cooking times are a guess. I'd serve this with a cool, fresh green salad with a vinaigrette dressing, and maybe ciabatta ... (I added..."

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Ingredients: dried herbs, eggs...

"Delicious over anything you want to have a little Pueblo flair - tacos, grilled proteins, veggies or potatoes, even stirred into rice! Adapted from veganmenu.blogspot.com. Enough for 6 burritos or 4 rice dishes."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, dark raisins...

"If I was making these vegan "tasting cookies" for company, I'd use a good white port, but I've made them with regular tawny and they were delicious as well. They're not overly sweet, but great to put on a cheese tray with fruit and crackers after dinner."

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Ingredients: fennel seeds, lemon zest...

"My mom always made this awesome chocolate pie, but since i have adopted a low carb lifestyle I tweaked this a little to make it diet friendly. Great for diabetics or just anyone trying to watch their sugar intake or gluten sensitive people. Its very yummy!"

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Ingredients: cornstarch, almond meal...