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Delicious recipes from someone with absolutely no qualifications, but a lot of cooking experience.
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Dulce de Leche (from condensed milk)
One can of sweetened condensed milk, three and a half hours in boiling water, zero effort. This is how every Argentine makes it at home.
Walnut Alfajores
Crumbly walnut cookies sandwiched with dulce de leche. An Argentine classic that requires no rolling, no cutters, and very little patience.
Banana Bread
A dead-simple banana bread made in a food processor. Moist, flavourful, and honestly better on day two. The blacker the bananas, the better.
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Dulce de Leche (from condensed milk)
One can of sweetened condensed milk, three and a half hours in boiling water, zero effort. This is how every Argentine makes it at home.
Walnut Alfajores
Crumbly walnut cookies sandwiched with dulce de leche. An Argentine classic that requires no rolling, no cutters, and very little patience.
Banana Bread
A dead-simple banana bread made in a food processor. Moist, flavourful, and honestly better on day two. The blacker the bananas, the better.
Vodka Pasta
Mega late to the trend on this one, but the trend was actually a really good recipe. Creamy blush vodka sauce, rigatoni, parmesan and butter. Ready in 30 minutes and worth every year of waiting.
Roasted Cauliflower with Whipped Tahini & Pomegranate
Whole roasted cauliflower florets with a golden spiced crust, piled onto whipped tahini and finished with pomegranate, toasted pine nuts, and fresh herbs. Vegetarian food that nobody misses the meat in.
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About La Mesa Eats
Hi! I'm an Argentine living in Adelaide who barely knew how to boil water when I moved here. I put the pasta in before the water boiled. Multiple times. On purpose. I thought that's what you were supposed to do.
Now I cook and bake constantly, and I genuinely love it. Every recipe on this site is something I'm proud of: tested in a normal kitchen, written without jargon, and eaten with real enthusiasm.
If you've ever googled "can I use my grandma's cup as a measuring cup" you're in the right place.
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