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Rice and Chicken. Chicken and rice.
It's my stand-by. It's easy, it's delicious, and I can mix it up a little with spices or sauces or seasonings or veggies each time I make it. But after awhile it still gets a little boring.
Chicken is one of the ...
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Morocco has a very unique style of cuisine.
The spices and flavors reflect a long heritage of cooking with spices and herbs. Morocco is also home to the Tagine, a traditional clay cooker from that region of the world.
Tagines are very interesting c...
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On a chilly day I crave something substantial, warm and filling. My family will eat anything as long as it tastes good, so it's up to me to ensure the meals I create are healthy and nutritious, and that they taste great so my family will eat them!
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Soup recipes are well-suited to any VitaClay Model!
If you ever get the chance, check out our other slow cooker models, such as our 2 quart model know as the 7600 series. This is a great way to save space yet still get the same quality in a smaller package!
Speaking of quality, Sun...
A jar of preserved lemons is so beautiful to look at that I sometimes hesitate to open it.Preserved lemons are an intense and sweet flavored Mediterranean condiment. I just use them in about everything.
I always have a few jars on my kitchen counter waiting to be enjoyed in my dishes, since lemon...
Exotic flavors from star anise, lemon grass and annatto seed oil will flavor this hearty stew with irresistible aromas.
Ingredients for Asian Style Curry Beef Stew
½ cup olive oil or corn oil
2 tablespoons annatto or achiote seeds
2 lbs top round beef, cut into cubes
1 large onion, finel...
Provençe is an area in Southern France where “Herbs de Provence” originate from. Usually a mix of dried herbs used for meat, poultry and vegetables. The mix can consist of basil, fennel seeds, lavender, marjoram, rosemary, sage, summer savory and thyme. The portion of each herb varies dramaticall...
Thai food offers a variety of flavors and tastes. The subtle mixing of herbs and spices, curries and market-fresh ingredients, makes Thai dining a unique culinary experience.
Ingredients for Thai Curry Coconut Chicken
8 chicken thighs with skin removed or 3 chicken breasts cut up in strips 1 tab...
Cacciatore me ans hunter's style This dish developed incentral Italy and has many variations. It is considered a country-style dish in which chicken pieces are simmered together with tomatoes and mushrooms.
The dish originated in the Renaissance period (1450-1600) when the hunters would come back...
I sampled this dish in a small village in the Canary Islands (Spain) and truly enjoyed all the different flavors. I especially loved the almonds that mark this dish, which harkens to medieval Spanish cuisine.
Ingredients for Chicken Fricassee
1 whole large roasting chicken, cut up in parts
3 t...
Moroccans have been cooking in their cone-topped clay cooker: the Tagine, for centuries. The Tagine refers both to the cooking potas well as a stew cookedin it. During cooking, the condensationrises to the top of the Tagine, then drips back down on the food, infusingit with depth and flavor. Mo...
Of royal Persian origin and Arabic roots, this dish is a favorite Rosh Hashanah dish of the Moroccan Jews. Because of their many seeds pomegranates symbolize the hope that in the year ahead. The piquant pomegranate contrast with the sweet rich walnuts, provide an extraordinary texture and flavor....
Chili is a hotly debated subject, with it's own body of myth and folklore. The only thing certain about the origins of chili is that it did not originate in Mexico.
It is generally thought, by most historians, that the earliest versions of chili were made by the very poorest people around San Ant...
Hungarian goulash (gulyás) is the traditional stew of Hungary. Its origins can be traced back to the ninth century. Originally it consisted of chunks of meat and onions, slowly cooked until all the liquid was boiled away, and then dried in the sun.
The meat could then be used to prepare a stew by...
Chicken Vesuvio is one of those recipes that sounds kind of exotic (read: intimidating) but when you see how to actually make it looks like something you'd just put together from whatever you've got in the fridge that day.
Don't let that fool you into thinking it's a boring meal, however.
Somethi...
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I'm not sure I've ever met anyone who doesn't like Beef Stroganoff.
It's a classic American-style dinner that is delicious and sat...
Suitable for all VitaClay models!
Lamb is a very nutrient-dense food, so it's great to get it into your diet every so often.
The problem for some, though, (me included) is that it has a very strong taste that some people just don't like. I have a difficult time eating lamb because of that strong ...
I really love recipes that allow me to use whatever I have on hand.
To me, there's nothing much worse than finding a great recipe that I really want to try that calls for ingredients that I don't already have.
For the holidays or a special occasion it's fine to buy ingredients just for one specif...
With a little preparation that I am already doing anyway, there are plenty of meals that are just as quick and easy as those meal-in-a-box kits and taste even better.
This recipe, which reminds me of that oh-so-famous helper to our hamburger, is one such easy meal.
The prep and cooking times are ...
This recipe is suited to VitaClay Models VF7700 & VM7900
I've been using turmeric for quite some time: I sprinkle it in the cooking oil with some ground pepper when I cook my eggs in the morning (the heat, oil and pepper open up the curcumin anti-oxidant in turmeric to become more bio-availab...
This peppered beef stew adds a bit of a twist to the traditional beef stew, and the flavors are really excellent.
Ingredients for Pepper Beef Stew in VitaClay:
1 sirloin tip beef roast (2-3 lbs)
1 red onion, sliced thinly
3-4 garlic cloves, minced
1 large baking potato, peeled & diced
3-4 ca...
Usually casseroles are made in the oven, but I like to adapt them for VitaClay because the clay always makes my dishes taste so great, and I don't have to babysit the food while it cooks.
I don't even have to be home! Or awake! I can run errands, take a nap, or go pick up my kid from school while...
There's nothing like chicken noodle soup for comfort food when you're feeling under the weather.
But now it's springtime and we're mostly over the cold-and-flu portion of the year, at least until after summer.
Does that mean we don't need comfort food? Of course not.
Even though the weather is wa...
Chicken pot pie is another comfort food that reminds me of delicious meals when I was growing up.
Sometimes we'd have them for dinner, and sometimes it was just an after-school snack (on extra hungry days).
But it was always delicious, filling and satisfying.
We used to buy the frozen ones and he...
Sometimes dishes with really fancy-sounding names, such as Beef Stroganoff, Pad Thai, and Ratatouille fool us into thinking that we couldn't ever possibly make something like that in our own kitchens, at least not without help.
I, too, used to be intimidated by these exotic-sounding dishes, think...
Try this great chicken & veggies recipe I tested out recently: it was a hit! I think I've found a new family favorite!
Ingredients for Clay Pot Veggies & Honey Garlic Chicken:
2-3 lb chicken (I like dark meat, but a mix would be fine too)
1 lb green beans, trimmed
1 lb carrots, chopped
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