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This classic Romanian soup features hearty porcupine meatballs swimming in a creamy and flavourful broth dotted with diced veggies and fresh herbs like lovage, parsley and dill. Serve with hot pickled peppers and crusty bread for a perfect cold weather meal.

Ciorbă de Perisoare | Romanian Porcupine Meatballs Sour Soup

This creamy bacon and pea pasta is a quick mealtime indulgence that only calls for 7 simple ingredients and takes about 15 minutes to make. You can even make it in one pot for max convenience.

The Easiest Creamy Bacon & Pea Pasta

This smoky Romanian Bean Stew tastes like home and comfort. It calls for just a few basic ingredients, it’s versatile so you can use what you have, and it only needs about 5-10 minutes of prep time.

Fasole cu Afumătură | Smoky Romanian Bean Stew

Jerk chicken is a perfect blend of spice, salt, acid and heat. The quick jerk marinade turns your regular chicken thighs into a super flavourful meal even on a busy weeknight. A good marinade is probably the easiest way to go from regular chicken to an exciting meal.

Jamaican Jerk Chicken

These fish tacos with mango salsa and creamy white lightning sauce are full of vibrant flavours layered together to create a perfect bite. Made with baked fish and lots of fresh ingredients, they’re healthy but they taste like pure indulgence. All for only 400 calories and 10 grams of fat per serving of 3. The best part is that they’re quick and easy to make. Fish tacos are the answer to boring weeknight meals.

Baked Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa & Creamy White Lightning Sauce

A super easy weeknight meal that goes from freezer to pan (and then to plate) in no time. Add a side of 5-minute Asian sauteed cabbage with garlic, sesame & chilli and some rice (or even noodles if you want to live on the wild side 😝) and you’ve got a complete meal with ka-pow pow flavour on the table in less than 30 minutes. My kind of weeknight friends.

Sweet & Spicy Hoisin Freezer Meatballs

This 3 ingredient creamy herb and tomato pasta is comfort in a bowl. Imagine a vegetarian carbonara. Creamy and luxurious with a bold undertone of umami richness. Just 3 ingredients. I can’t get over it.

Creamy Tomato & Herb 3 Ingredient Pasta

Melt-in-your-mouth tender beef meatballs poached in a sweet and spicy coconut curry sauce and served with a drizzle of creamy mascarpone. They will blow your mind for only 15 minutes of hands-on prep!

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Coconut Curry Meatballs

This coconut lime rice with cilantro and black beans is the perfect summer side dish that’s ready in 15 minutes with only 5 minutes of prep. Make it a meal with a few yummy additions like jalapenos, radishes, and avocado.

Coconut Lime Rice with Cilantro & Black Beans

Seared tuna steaks with creamy coconut curry sauce and cilantro lime rice

Seared Tuna Steaks with Sweet & Spicy Coconut Curry Sauce

saffron red fish with herb & red pepper potatoes-1790

Saffron & Red Fish Gratin with Saucy Herb Potatoes

This Romanian style slow roasted caramelized cabbage is the caramelized onion of the cabbage world. It’s sweet, spicy, smokey, tangy, and full of complex flavours. Through the magic of slow roasting, plain cabbage is transformed into a decadent comfort food that can be served over cornmeal porridge, in a bun, with potatoes, or even with noodles.

Romanian Slow Roasted Caramelized Cabbage

Crispy sheet pan parmesan chicken thighs and potatoes with garlic, lemon and herbs

Crispy Parmesan & Herb Chicken Quarters with Roast Potatoes

Shaved fennel salad with tomato, tuna and pita croutons

Shaved Fennel Salad with Tomato, Tuna & Crispy Pita Croutons

Homemade potato gnocchi with lamb ragu made from leftover roast lamb and mashed potatoes.

Roast Lamb Ragu with Homemade Gnocchi (Made from Leftovers!)

Homemade Pappardelle with Sicilian Anchovy & Breadcrumb Sauce

Savoury French Toast Bake Using What You Have

Ethiopian lasagna

Ethiopian Lasagna with Homemade Berbere

sourdough salmon loaf with creamed spinach

Sourdough Salmon Loaf with Garam Masala Creamed Spinach

Thai chili and basil chicken

Thai Chilli Basil Chicken

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Hi, my name is Cristina. I'm a Romanian from Toronto living in beautiful Amsterdam. I started this blog to share my love of cooking and food culture. What you'll find at the AOI are recipes and explorations of histories, techniques and flavours that bring the tastes of the world to your table.

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Homemade Jamaican beef patties with rice and peas in the background.
These fish tacos with mango salsa and creamy white lightning sauce are full of vibrant flavours layered together to create a perfect bite. Made with baked fish and lots of fresh ingredients, they’re healthy but they taste like pure indulgence. All for only 400 calories and 10 grams of fat per serving of 3. The best part is that they’re quick and easy to make. Fish tacos are the answer to boring weeknight meals.
Caramelized Roasted Cabbage Stuffed Phyllo Spirals
Homemade potato gnocchi with lamb ragu made from leftover roast lamb and mashed potatoes.

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