South American Holiday/Event Recipes

"Hallacas [ay-YAH-kahs] are served as both an appetizer and main dish. Hallacas, more than any other food, symbolize Christmas for Venezuelans. Delicious meaty morsals are surrounded by a tender dough, then steamed to perfection in colorful banana leaves. If you are fortunate to have access to these large, beautiful banana leaves, plan on using..."

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Ingredients: top round beef, dark brown sugar...

"These were made for me last Christmas by a friends mother. She made them so delicately and with such love that I was inspired to make them myself after my visit to her home. They are very addictive, and believe me when I say that you can't just eat one. I actually had about 7 while I was at her house, and my stomach was just about ready to explode by..."

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Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, white cheese...

"Tequenos is my favorit dish for dinner."

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Ingredients: white cheese, eggs, salt...

"This delicious casserole has become a tradition at my family's Thanksgiving. And everyone agrees we should make it more often, it's so good, and not hard to make. I've changed this recipe only slightly from the Chilean Squash in the Moosewood Cookbook. You can substitute mashed pumpkin or yams (unsweetened, of course!), but the butternut is best and..."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, corn kernels...

"I love this dish in december ;)"

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Ingredients: eggs, ham, milk...

"I got this recipe from a friend when I was in the tenth grade. She gave me one at lunch and I loved it! (I love banana bread, so this was perfect!) I asked for the recipe that day and I decided to post it! I hope you like it!"

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Ingredients: cinnamon, eggs, nutmeg...

"Breakfast Frittata. Eggs baked together with cheese and other ingredients to create a very pizza-like breakfast dish. VERY good and easy to modify with your own ingredients. I came up with this method by modifying a baked omelete recipe that just sounded bland. This is very tasty and is easy to make very large in a 12" non-stick skillet. This variant..."

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Ingredients: eggs, garlic...

"I love Chipotle Restaurant's Guacamole! After lots of searching, I finally found the recipe in The Dallas Morning News. It was submitted by Kent Chambless, chef at one of the Chipotle Restaurants. I haven't tried out the recipe yet, but I will as soon as I go to the store and buy an avocado!!!"

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Ingredients: serrano chilies, fresh cilantro...

"A wonderful steak recipe with pizzazz! Diana Henry, one of my favourite British chefs, jazzes up this steak recipe with the sensational South American flavours of peppery flat leaf parsley, garlic, lime and hot chillies! Chimichurri relish is better when eaten fresh, although it will be fine if stored in the fridge and used within a week."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, rib eye steaks...

"Lovely instant healthy dessert for a cold treat. I found this in my first Food Processor Cookbook."

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Ingredients: cream, berries...

"My husband loves Mexican food so this is a staple at our house."

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Ingredients: fresh cilantro, Hass avocadoes...