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My name is Christina. Come join my global kitchen to learn a wide variety of recipes from around the world. I created this website to share my favorite dishes from my kitchen to yours!

RECIPES

Salmon Soup (lohikeitto)

Living in Oregon we are surrounded by huge rivers that support lots of fish such as salmon. On my last shopping trip I splurged and bought some salmon and then set about trying to figure out how to use it. My tendency is to always want to bake salmon or grill it. However I got… Continue reading →

June 12, 2020August 15, 2020

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Vegetable Gumbo

Gumbo is a soup popular in the state of Louisiana. Creole and Cajun gumbos are served with rice. Any dish served with rice, I tend to love! I first learned about gumbo when a friend (who used to live in New Orleans) served this at a dinner party once. It had very interesting flavors which… Continue reading →

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020

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Zucchini Fritters with Creamy Basil Dip

This summer my garden has been overflowing with zucchini. I probably planted too many plants and now my job has been to make use of all that I’m getting. Earlier in my blog I showed how you can use zucchini in zucchini bread and chicken tagine. Today I will show you how to make zucchini fritters that… Continue reading →

August 23, 2020August 23, 2020

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Zucchini Bread

The zucchini or courgette is a summer squash that is usually harvested when immature and about 6-8 inches in length. Zucchini squash can be dark green, light green, or yellow in color. I never knew about zucchini while growing up in Bangladesh, but I found a video showing that they are starting to grow it… Continue reading →

August 10, 2020August 11, 2020

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Chicken Tagine

For the past few weeks I have been harvesting quite a bit of zucchini from our garden. Let me tell you it was a battle to grow these zucchini! First we were fighting off deer. We put up a fence. Then came rabbits. We had to add a layer of chicken wiring to keep those… Continue reading →

July 22, 2020August 15, 2020

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Creamy Pasta Salad

I love the simplicity of pasta dishes. You don’t need a long list of ingredients, spices, or long hours in the kitchen to get something delicious on the table. Many of the ingredients could already be in your pantry. What makes it easy is store-bought pasta. You can try this with as many different shapes… Continue reading →

September 5, 2020September 5, 2020

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Chicken and Corn Soup

My favorite part about going to a Chinese restaurant is getting a bowl of warm soup at the beginning of the meal, like hot and sour soup or egg drop soup. I read in an old cookbook that a meal without soup is unthinkable to many Chinese, especially Cantonese. During family meals, you put a… Continue reading →

August 28, 2020

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About me

I live in the Pacific Northwest. I have been a chef at small restaurants and a university.

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Corn Salad

My favorite thing in life is to get together with friends and family to enjoy great food. Even with the pandemic we have found ways to have socially distanced dinner parties. We recently were lucky to have a gourmet taco feast with friends. I needed a good side dish to go along with our fish… Continue reading →

September 12, 2020September 12, 2020

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Beet Hummus

I have recently been harvesting lots of vegetables like snap peas, zucchini, and cucumbers from my garden. I get so many of these I’m not always sure what to do with them. One great way is to keep them raw and eat them with a dip. I have recently been experimenting with flavorful dips like… Continue reading →

July 28, 2020July 30, 2020

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Tahini Sauce

Over the years, I have bought many jars of Tahini paste from the store, which is basically just toasted sesame seeds with oil. I buy this because I like to combine it with spices, lime juice, and other ingredients to make a Tahini sauce to use as a dip, to make hummus, or to drizzle… Continue reading →

July 25, 2020July 30, 2020

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