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Caciola (Portuguese Stew)

Cacoila : Portuguese Stew. Often made with pork or beef this one-pot meal is a very traditional especially during a "mantaca"or winter slaughtering of pigs or cattle.

Posted by Portuguese Chef Ana Patuleia Ortins, from her excellent book : Portuguese Homestyle Cooking : for novices and experienced chefs alike.

Read : Caciola - Portuguese Stew

Soupa de Cenoura : Portuguese Carot Soup (7th March)

Sopa de Cenoura - Carrot Soup : Freshly harvested carrots make this a truly wonderful dish that is easy-to-make and is loaded with vitamin A.Posted by Portuguese Chef Ana Patuleia Ortins, from her excellent book : Portuguese Homestyle Cooking : for novices and experienced chefs alike.

Read : Sopa de Cenoura - Carrot Soup

Sopa de Couves - Kale Soup (3th March)

A very rich Meal-Soup with winter-vegetables from the garden : the ideal soup recipe for a cold winters day! Posted by Portuguese Chef Ana Patuleia Ortins, from her excellent book : Portuguese Homestyle Cooking : for novices and experienced chefs alike.

Read : Sopa de Couves - Kale Soup

Portuguese Guest Chef of The Month : Ana Patuleia Ortins

Ana Patuleia Ortins is a Portuguese Chef in true Skinny Cook Style : home-tested fully explained recipes with even more anecdotes from this passionate cook.

Buy all her recipes in Portuguese Homestyle Cooking :

Peppered with a lifetime of anecdotes from a passionate cook's growing up in a Portuguese culture, Portuguese Homestyle Cooking draws us into an immigrant kitchen where traditional culinary methods were handed down from father to daughter, shared and refined with the help of the family and friends who watched, chopped, and tasted. The recipes in Portuguese Homestyle Cooking are of dishes prepared as they were in Portugal - but with the measurements refined and perfected, the commonly used ingredients and methods explained fully, so that novices and experienced chefs alike can prepare these savory dishes.

Stewed Chicken Galinha Estufada Recipe

A delicious easy to make Portuguese Chicken Stew with rice recipe from Portuguese Chef Ana Patuleia Ortins, from her excellent book : Portuguese Homestyle Cooking : for novices and experienced chefs alike.

Read : Stewed Chicken Galinha Estufada Recipe

Step by Step Fruit-Tart

Ever wondered how to make an easy fruit-tart, or want to teach your kids (in school) how to make an easy fruit-tart? Then read the Step by Step Fruit-Tart with Step by Step Pictures.

Read : Step by Step Fruit Tart

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Never trust a skinny cook ?

This is what some cooks like us to believe in their recipe-books (and I trust you if these cooks are skinny cooks or not skinny cooks...)

• Never trust a skinny cook : recipe-book of 200 recipes from Iain Hewitson, a travelling TV Chef
• Never trust a skinny cook : recipe-book of Low Fat Desserts from Joanne Clarke

As you see : The List of Never Trust a Skinny Cook ends there!
So : meet The Skinny Cook who can be trusted!

The Skinny Cook collects home-cooked recipes : Each recipe is home-cooked by readers like you.

The Skinny Cook recipe collection is small but success in repeating the recipes at your home is guaranteed!
(if you follow the steps mentioned...)

Find your delicious recipes at home and add you recipes to The Skinny Cook : make this site a global melting pot of

• recipes,
• chefs,
• cooks,
• skinny cooks and
• food.

Every Recipe you find on The Skinny Cook is moderated by The Skinny Cook!

 Never Trust a Skinny Cook

"Huey's Culinary Travelogue", author : Iain Hewitson

Dishes discovered during a cook's exotic travels

Never Trust a Skinny Cook : An informative recipe book that is also entertaining and inspiring, this work features delicious recipes accompanied by the stories from the author's travels.

Each interesting tale explains the cultural background of the more than 200 recipes and a glossary explains unusual ingredients and offers suggestions for substitutes.

Never Trust a Skinny Cook : Dishes and stories cover such interesting locations as Bali, Thailand, Mauritius, New Zealand, and parts of Queensland and Victoria, celebrating the local produce and cuisine while learning about the exotic locations they came from.

Iain Hewitson has been a major player in the Australian food industry for more than 30 years, successfully juggling roles as a chef and restauranteur, TV personality, and author. He is the author of The Huey Diet, Huey's Greatest Hits, and Tales and Recipes from a Travelling Cook.

Never Trust a Skinny Cook : Hardback, ISBN 1741104173

Never Trust a Skinny Cook :

Fabulous Low-Fat Desserts by Joanne Clarke.

Never Trust a Skinny Cook is a collection of Joanne Clarke's favourite recipes made heart friendly and maintaining the full-bodied satisfaction that desserts are meant to give. They're all easy to make, stunning to present and fantastic to taste.

Extract out of : Never Trust a Skinny Cook

Czar Berries will astound your dinner party guests with its spectacular arrangment of velvet red berries and simple elegance. The combination of strawberries, balsamic vinegar and black pepper in the captivating Fruit Salsa Crepes will make you a legend in your own kitchen. If there is one dessert you have to try it's Two-Berry Mousse ... divine!

This is the long-awaited recipe book from an outrageously gorgeous New Zealand chef. Never Trust a Skinny Cook is a unique assortment of guilt-free desserts and like Joanne herself, the recipes are fabulous. Get ready to add panache to your dinners- this tantalizing book will change your dessert menu forever.

Never Trust a Skinny Cook : Soft cover, 64 pages. ISBN 18771617134. Published by Hazard Press.