Cheap Ethnic Eatz: exotic food and ethnic recipes

My 6th Blogiversary: Raw Pesto Spaghetti

Evelyne posted on June 17th, 2013

Quite another milestone! June 14th was my 6th Blogiversary. Every year I am so grateful and surprised to see how my passion for food and desire to share my discoveries only gets stronger and stronger. I am so proud to be part of this great community of friends and food lovers. And I enjoy discovering what others are concocting in their kitchen just as much…it is an endless source of inspiration. You are all amazing. And thank you for every visit to my blog and all the amazing comments you leave.

This year the celebration will be low key. No elaborate dish, no giveaway, no major fanfare. I have been fighting a bronchitis (again) for the past 2 weeks so I have not spent a lot of time in the kitchen. But what I would like to share with you is something possibly new to you. After all I think that is what I do best: try to get people to step outside of their safe food box.

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SRC: Oreo Truffles

Evelyne posted on June 3rd, 2013

Today is my group’s reveal day for the Secret Recipe Club. What is the SRC? Basically you are assigned a fellow participant’s blog by the organizer and then you pick a recipe of your choice from that blog and make your version of it. But it is a secret, you cannot reveal whom you picked and what you made until the established posting date and time. This month’s secret: Oreo Truffles.

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Cheesepalooza: Ale Washed Trappist Cheese

Evelyne posted on May 30th, 2013

This is the 10th month of the world wind Cheesepalooza challenge and there is only 1 more month to go after. I have to say I have learned so much since I began this cheese adventure. I have learned to try and be as precise as possible (I am bad at it), I have learned patience, I learned to not throw in the towel after failures, and I learned to make cheese at home.

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Delicatessen: Duck Prosciutto

Evelyne posted on May 27th, 2013

I love discovering new food monthly groups or friendly challenges but this one fits the bill in a whole new way. Food ‘n Flix is a monthly event where a ‘host’ picks a movie of their choice that pertains to food. Everyone watches the movie and then makes a recipe which the film inspired. It can be any recipe. I annually plan a Food Film Marathon at my house with lots of friends so I know my food movies!

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This month’s pick is hosted by Elizabeth at The Law Student’s Cookbook and she picked a really unusual and quirky movie called Delicatessen (one that is on my annual event’s list). I cannot give you a better set-up than IMDB: Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.

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Huevos Rancheros with a Roasted Tomato Salsa

Evelyne posted on May 20th, 2013

—-Sorry I have been MIA. Was planning on catching up on comments this weekend following a crazy week…and then Saturday I had a minor flooding issues and had to evacutate my place as 7 industrial fans dry up my place. So I’ll be back to commenting asap! —-

Way before this blog, way before I realised where my passion for ethnic food would take me, I bought a Mexican cookbook like 20 years ago, ironically from an Australian publication house!?!? I was really excited about cooking up some Latin flavors but I got discouraged rather fast once I really flipped through the pages. All the recipes had the craziest and longest list of ingredients. There were so many elaborate steps. I think I never actually made a single recipe in the end.

So I shyed away from making Mexican food for so long. Now I know better. There are very simple recipes that are absolutely bursting with flavor. Take for example the humble Huevos Rancheros with Roasted Tomato Salsa dish.

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