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Bento Cuteness Roundup!

July 2, 2011
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Bentos are so cute we couldn’t resist trying making our own. As you can read in this post, a bento twitter conversation became a fun challenge between friends and here are the results: Jenni was the one who inspired this bento challenge, and I guess she really loves bentos because she made 4 different versions! The dipping [...]

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Coconut Lychee Lime Semifreddo.

June 3, 2011
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My first ever guest post was the Yucca Fries pictorial for  Melissa’s blog. I am honored and excited to be collaborating once again with Organic Eats :D I wanted to make something spectacular this time and that’s how I ended up with this tropical semifreddo which is perfect for summer weather! Go get the recipe and step by step [...]

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Lentil Mango Salad – Vegan, Clean approved and Delicious!

May 24, 2011
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First of all, please raise your glass [water, juice, coke, whatever!] and let’s make a toast for this Panda. I am sipping on this: because a week from now I am turning a year younger I wish I could be celebrating every single day like my friend HERE  Going back to our dear lentils, I [...]

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Delicious Links! 05.16.11

May 16, 2011

Happy Monday dear friends! How was your weekend? Cooked/baked anything interesting? Had fun with your loved ones? Weekends are cheat days in Pandaland so I indulged in wine, chocolate, dimsum and I even had some french fries on Saturday. The fries made me sick so I don’t think I’m having those again, I’ll stick to [...]

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Delicious Links + Vegan Mango Quinoa Cookies.

May 9, 2011

Happy Monday! Yesterday was all about Mother’s day, wasn’t it? Even though Mother’s day is celebrated on May 29th here in the Dominican Republic, reading all your tweets made me call mom and start a random conversation with her. I love how we get along and don’t fight anymore… I guess that means I’m a [...]

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Green mango smoothie.

May 8, 2011

My dad grows the best mangoes in the whole world. He taught me two simple but awesome smoothie recipes, and I’d like to share them with you.

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Quinoa, fruit and nut salad [FFwD] + Music Man’s Asian quinoa.

April 1, 2011

I’ve been obsessed with quinoa for a while now. I cook it at least 3 times a week and I’m always looking for new ways to dress up this seed [in case you didn't know, quinoa isn't a grain. Its a super seed!]. If you want to read more about quinoa’s nutritional profile refer to [...]

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Grouper ceviche with mango.

March 14, 2011

Kathlyn of Bake Like a Ninja was our Daring Cooks’ March 2011 hostess. Kathlyn challenges us to make two classic Peruvian dishes: Ceviche de Pescado from “Peruvian Cooking – Basic Recipes” by Annik Franco Barreau. And Papas Rellenas adapted from a home recipe by Kathlyn’s Spanish teacher, Mayra. Ceviche is Peru’s national dish. I wrote [...]

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