Royal Foodie Joust

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“Spicy” Carrot and Apple Cakes with a Maple Buttercream Frosting

by Peter G Recipes

I wanted to take a break from my current Thailand postings to bring you a recipe that I created for this month’s Royal Foodie Joust.  The RFJ, for those of you who don’t know is in my opinion, the web’s most friendliest cooking competition.  Run by the lovely Jenn from the Leftover Queen it allows bloggers to sign up and put their creative culinary caps on, to invent a dish [...]

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Baklavas

by Peter G Greek Food

Time to get my entry in for this month’s Royal Foodie Joust.  I have been a little slack and haven’t had a chance to get involved in the last few months (sorry Jenn!).  If this is the first time you’re reading this, head on over, register and get ready to do recipe “battle” with a bunch of keen food bloggers all ready to experiment with the latest months ingredients.  Speaking [...]

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Grilled Halloumi with caramelized Fennel

by Peter G Greek Food

When I first thought up the ingredients for this month’s Joust I had envisioned a rich dish of potato and fennel gratin.  Perfect for the cooler months on the other side of the world and just right for our slightly cooler evenings.  Well so much for that!  We have experienced really high temperatures and as a result I feel spring may be robbed from us this year.  Thank god that [...]

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Halvas

by Peter G Greek Food

It’s time for the Royal Foodie Joust again!  Folow the link and head on over to participate in the foodie blogosphere’s biggest cooking challenge.  There are great prizes and it certainly allows you to put your “thinking cap” on to come up with a creative recipe based on three ingredients.  Kittie who won last months joust, chose whole grains, citrus and ginger.   Initially I was a little stumped and [...]

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Coconut and Sesame Crusted Prawns with a Lime and Coriander Dipping Sauce

by Peter G Recipes

It’s time for the Royal Foodie Joust again!  For all of you who don’t know about it click on the link and get on over there.  It’s a monthly cooking competition based on using three ingredients.  The winner of each month gets to choose next months and so on.  The winner of last month’s competition was Peter from Kalofagas.  Not only did he get to model his apron without anything [...]

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