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Popular Recipes
“Pasta e fagioli” or “pasta and beans,” is robust and filling, perfect for a cold winter day.
In Kenya, this dish would be called mahragwe (simply “beans” in Kiswahili). It’s an extremely simple stew of kidney beans, coconut milk, tomatoes, and curry spices. It’s easy to make and even easier to eat.
It only takes a few minutes to prepare but the overnight wait in the fridge makes this healthy breakfast taste like a chilled dessert.
I adore fresh pesto. It is so easy to make and brings incredible flavor to everything: pasta, sandwiches, grilled vegetables, rice, pizza—it’s an addition of something lovely every time. Traditional pesto calls for Parmesan cheese but this one simply omits it and ups the ante with extra pine nuts and lemon. Besides, shouldn’t the basil be the star?
