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Cooking With Gail Presents: Amira Smoked Basmati Rice!

Amira Smoked Basmati Rice
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Do you like Rice? I sure do. I especially love fragrant, long grain Basmati Rice from India. India! Seriously, it is the most delicious rice. Maybe you have shied away from making Basmati Rice in your home due to the additional required preparatory steps — such as rinsing, and then soaking the rice prior to cooking  — which can seem a bit daunting if you are used to the no fuss approach of throwing rice in a pan with some water, bringing it to a boil, and then forgetting about it for 40 minutes, which is a no-brainer.  I understand how you feel. Continue reading Cooking With Gail Presents: Amira Smoked Basmati Rice!

Cooking With Gail Presents: Chicken Stifado

Kaldi Sauce and Bag of Rice
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Hello and welcome to another exciting installment of Cooking with Gail: the series that is all about me making a delicious dish from whatever I already have on hand in my apartment! Today we are making something I call Chicken Stifado, mostly because it features the Stifado variety of Kaldi’s All-Natural Mediterranean Cooking Sauces, which I was turned on to at a recent Editor Showcase. Continue reading Cooking With Gail Presents: Chicken Stifado