Green bean casserole/18 recipes

Everyone loves this dish, even those who don't particularly like egg plant. The flavor virtually explodes with a lively combination of sweet, spicy, tart and savory followed by the refreshing crunch of fresh water chestnuts. Serve as a side dish or first course for Western menus.

Cuban Black Bean Ham Soup recipe

Ham and Bean Soup recipe

A succulent and scrumptious dish made with juicy tomatoes, zucchini and chickpeas.

Steak with Green Peppers and Water Chestnuts recipe

*When you buy carambola, also called star fruit, look for ones that are uniformly yellow to orange and have a subtle perfume. If they are green, they aren't ripe and won't yield a great deal of flavor. At their ripest, their flavor is an unmistakably tropical combination of apple, banana and lychee.

This salad is very easy to make, and combines the sour, sweet and salty flavors typical of Thai cuisine.

This was very good. I had a 26 ounce jar of salsa and used almost all of it. I used the last 6-8 ounces at the end right before I served it.