Roots/6 recipes

*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.

A hearty healthy barley risotto is cooked with winter vegetables and fresh greens, definitely will bring some refreshing taste into your Thanksgiving dinner and a good appetizer for a start.

Crumly Cogwheels Tortilla Soup recipe

Green beans with crunchy water chestnuts in a quick and easy Asian inspired sauce.

Seafood lovers will enjoy this scrumptious dish that doesn't take a lot to make!

Chinese Vegetable Soup recipe

Crispy Oven-Fried Parmesan Chicken recipe

The duck breasts are marinated in a mixture of apricot preserve, sherry vinegar, cumin and cayenne pepper to boost the flavor. Grilling gives the breasts extra deliciousness. Easy yet tasty.

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