Guest post: Quinoa Carrot Cilantro Salad.

by Chef Pandita on March 9, 2012

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Yazmin Yeara is passionate about fashion. This young and talented girl left the Dominican Republic to go chase her dreams in Milan where she finished school recently; now she’s back in our sunny half island shaking up the dominican fashion scene. She shares cool finds on her Facebook page and on Twitter every day, so if you’re into fashion and like pretty things I recommend you follow her!

She asked me to guest post for her blog The Hippie Nerd with healthy recipes for her readers. This is the first of many to come, head over to her site to check out this delicious quinoa carrot cilantro salad.

Happy Friday!

*panda hugs*

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TWD: Baking with Julia ~ Rugelach!

March 6, 2012
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Hello friends! I am back with my first post as a Tuesdays with Dorie member. This group will be baking from the cookbook Baking with Julia by Dorie Greenspan and this week’s recipe is rugelach. The dough is made with cream cheese and its filled with an apricot lekvar, chopped dried fruit, nuts and chocolate chips.

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Panda love!

February 14, 2012
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Quick post to thank YOU for visiting, reading, making my recipes and commenting on my blog. Major changes coming soon, so excited and can’t wait to share them with you. If there’s anything you would like to see here on chefpandita.com let me know in the comments or via email. All ideas are welcome Don’t [...]

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#MuffinMonday: Triple Chocolate Muffins.

February 13, 2012
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I tried to get in the Valentine’s mood with this post. I haven’t made any cute heart shaped food this year [maybe I'll plan for next year's V's day] so this is all you will get from me *update: my friend Micaela just pointed out the heart shaped baked donuts I made yesterday. OOPS.* I think [...]

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#MeatlessMonday: Sakura’s Bean and Corn Salad.

February 6, 2012
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My cousin Sakura is famous for this salad.  The other day my mom and sister called her almost at the same time to ask for this recipe, and when she served at her house last Saturday I knew I had to share it here on my blog. I started writing this post on Saturday night [...]

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#baketogether: Caramelized onion olive oil bread.

January 31, 2012
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This idea for #baketogether hit me yesterday afternoon. With less than 48 hours to bake and post I thought I was going to miss it but as I told Abby a week ago, I wanted to join her in the first #baketogether challenge of the year. So glad I did. It was perfect since my [...]

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Berry Lime Olive Oil Pound Cake Muffins [gluten-free]

January 30, 2012
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  I wanted to healthify and veganize this week’s #MuffinMonday recipe. I really did.

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Tangerine Cointreau Cake.

January 25, 2012
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Last Saturday I went to see the sakura [cherry blossoms] with my cousins. Sakuras only grow in Constanza and the trees are taken care of by the japanese community. We  went from Constanza to Jarabacoa  and brought home organic yuca, tangerines, sour oranges, chayotes, avocados and lots of watercress [check out this amazing watercress field!]

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Recipe Redux: Strawberry Kiwi Spinach Lime Hemp Smoothie!

January 21, 2012
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  So happy to be participating in the first #RecipeRedux of the year Happy New Year and welcome to January’s Theme: ʺFresh Startsʺ – This month is full of resolve for new beginnings and there’s no better way to start the day than a healthy breakfast makeover. We’re starting the New Year with a new [...]

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Muffin Monday: Blueberry Muffins!

January 16, 2012

So glad I could join #MuffinMonday bakers this week. Much love to Anuradha who makes this possible and takes care of the roundups week after week, check out her awesome baked goods on her blog BakerStreet

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