Liver can be a tough one for a lot of people, even for intrepid eaters like me! This Turkish/Albanian method for cooking livers makes them very easy to eat, even for the liver averse. Serve it as part of a meze platter, or as the main course.
This easy soup can be made in the oven or in a slow cooker. The combination of chicken, sausage, and beans make for a hearty, warming dish that can be topped with cooling ingredients.
Stamppot is the blanket term for mashed vegetables in the Netherlands. It is also their national dish! This stamppot is made with green curly kale, or boerenkool, and is served with a Dutch smoked sausage (rookworst or metworst).
Mapo Tofu is a comforting spicy dish that originated in China’s Sichuan province. Its name loosely translates to Pockmarked Old Woman’s Tofu and points towards the dish’s creator in the city of Chengdu.
The smell of this roast wafting out from your backyard while it smokes on the barbecue will bring suddenly over-friendly neighbours from far and wide to drool on your fence!