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Trinidadian Macaroni Pie

Throughout college, I had several Trinidadian friends (including a great freshman year roommate). One of the easiest (and most delicious and most fattening) dishes we would eat was macaroni pie. I stole this recipe from CaribbeanPot.com and it was quite tasty.

14 oz "macaroni" (we used bucattini pasta - round like spaghetti but wider with a hole in the middle)
1/2 medium onion diced very small
1 habanero or scotch bonnet diced fine (optional)
2 large eggs
1 can evaporated milk (~12.5 oz)

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Four Cheese Quiche

1 pastry shell (use pie crust recipe or pastry crust from the tomato tart recipe.

3.5oz st nectaire (soft, ripened cheese) without the rind
3.5oz chevre
1oz blue d'Auvergne or Roquefort
2oz of grated emmental cheese
2 eggs
2 egg yolks

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Pimiento Mac and Cheese

I made a tweaked version of this Bon Appetit recipe. It was good, especially from a mac and cheese perspective - gooey and all the rest of that. I'm not sure how I actually felt about the pimento cheese aspect of it. Perhaps next time I will downplay the pimento and just use the basic recipe as a base for a more traditional mac and cheese dish.

Ingredients
1 7- to 8-ounce red bell pepper, seeded, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 garlic cloves, halved, divided

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Carmelized Onion and Apple Pizza

Adapted from http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&... , we replaced the filo dough with a thin pizza crust, baked it as one large sheet, and cut it apart after baking. This cuts down on a lot of the per-piece work.

We also spread some olive oil on the crust before placing the topping on top.

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Spanish Tortilla

Cutting in to a Spanish Tortilla

This recipe combines a few other recipes. We've made this twice now, and continue to tweak the balance; if anything, go lighter on the potatoes, and the cheese may or may not actually work well in conjunction with easy flipping of the tortilla. Nevertheless, it's hearty, tasty, just-oily-enough. Bonus: it's one of those wonderful dishes that's possibly even better as leftovers the next day.

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Falafel

... or you could just buy falafel mix and add water. We didn't actually follow this recipe, but it looks good.

http://mideastfood.about.com/od/maindishes/r/falafelrecipe.htm

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Yogurt Sourdough Bread

this recipe uses the sourness and bacteria from yogurt to fake a sourdough. It's not fantastic, but it's a lot easier than feeding a starter all the time.

* 1/2 cup plain, nonfat yogurt
* 2/3 cup water
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 1 tablespoon margarine or butter, softened
* 3.25 cups bread machine flour
* 1 tablespoon sugar
* 1.5 teaspoon salt
* 3 teaspoons regular active dry yeast OR
* 2.75 teaspoons bread machine or quick-acting active dry yeast

Bake on French Bread cycle

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Egg Bread

This recipe, from Diana's Desserts tasted great, but was not the best for the bread machine - it was super flaky/crumbly, and took some serious effort to extract. Perhaps using the machine to make the dough and then continuing in the oven would work better?

Ingredients for 1 Pound Loaf:
1/2 cup milk
1 large egg
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, cut up
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon granulated sugar

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Lamb with Feta Sliders

An excellent alternative to beef burgers! Mix feta in with the meat for easier "cheeseburger" preparation.

http://www.thehungrymouse.com/home/2009/06/17/lamb-sliders-with-rosemary...

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Fresh Tomato Tart with Chevre

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This is a recipe put together by Jon's Mom based on the amazing brunch tart from A Priori The in Paris, hidden in the Galerie Vivienne nearish to the Bourse. It is absolutely worth the effort to squeeze in to a booth here, if only for this tart. The original has a dry-cheddar-like cheese (Cantal) melted on top, but we find that unnecessary, given the massive amount of cream cheese and chevre already being used.

For the tart's pastry
10'” pan
1 ½ c. flour
¾ tsp salt
½ c. butter (freeze)
4-7 or so Tbs. Ice water

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