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Quick Meals

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

Classic jamaican rice and peas is rice and kidney beans simmered with coconut milk, green onion, fresh thyme and spices. It’s an easy way to jazz up your meals and makes a great accompaniment to just as easy Jerk Chicken.

Classic Jamaican Rice & Peas

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

Easy sheet pan roasted salmon, fennel and carrot with yogurt dill sauce.

Easy Sheet Pan Salmon, Fennel, & Carrot with Yogurt Dill Sauce

Roast fig and blue cheese salad.

Honey Roasted Fig, Blue Cheese & Spinach Salad with Thyme Croutons

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

Shaved fennel salad with tomato, tuna and pita croutons

Shaved Fennel Salad with Tomato, Tuna & Crispy Pita Croutons

Homemade Pappardelle with Sicilian Anchovy & Breadcrumb Sauce

ingredients for sweet potato shakshuka

Sweet Potato Shakshuka with Homemade Berbere & Garlic Naan

cashew chicken

Easy & Healthy Cashew Chicken

Thai chili and basil chicken

Thai Chilli Basil Chicken

chorizo crusted cod over smokey tomato and white bean stew

Chorizo Crusted Cod with Smokey Tomato White Bean Stew

Vietnamese lemongrass pork vermicelli bowls

Vietnamese Vermicelli Bowls with Lemongrass Pork

eggplant shakshuka with minted zucchini slaw

Eggplant Shakshuka with Minted Zucchini Slaw & Homemade Garlic Naan

curried cod stew

Curried Cod Stew with Coconut & Red Pepper

Mozzarella, Basil & Pancetta Sweet Potato Hash with Eggs

Singapore Style Hacker Stall Curried Egg Noodles

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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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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.
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