Colorado Kitchen

Oysters! Gotta love em. Besides being delicious, oysters are one of the most nutritious and sustainable types of seafood you can eat. They also go together particularly well with Guinness. 🍻 Well done
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Delicious local meals in Montenegro. The country is influenced by regional foods from Turkey, Serbia, Hungary, and Mediterranean/Italian on the coast. The result is a lot of hearty dishes with cheese, lamb, cabbage, potatoes, mushrooms, and much more. Some pictured dishes are from the coast in Kotor and the rest are in the mountains in Žabljak.
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Appetizers (mezes) of Turkey. 🇹🇷

Hummus, taziki, eggplant, sundried tomatoes, olives, roasted red peppers, cheese and other delicious things.

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Manti are mini Turkish pasta dumplings filled with meat or vegetables. The sauce base is yogurt, garlic, and paprika. Dried mint, sumac, and melted butter are often added as well. This pasta is an instant classic!

This dish likely originated with the Mongols. The horsemen could carry it dry and cook it on the go. Over time, it traveled with Afghan and Turkic people on the Silk Road and made its way into local cuisines across the whole continent.

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