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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe. Gluten-Free Adaptable

Chocolate and peanut butter: A marriage made in cookie heaven! These are so much fun, cracked all over and forming dark ridges on the white-dusted tops: hide them well! Dear Gluten-Free Friends, boy you'll be happy to know these are every…
Ice cream cake
avocado cucumber soup
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Cold Avocado Cucumber Soup Recipe

 Avocado cucumber soup: pure seduction! Is chilled and spicy what you are after? OK then, avocado cucumber soup! Nothing to it. Oh, and no cooking whatsoever. Perfect for those days when it is too hot to turn on your oven or to enjoy after…
blueberry cake
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Blueberry Cake with Almond Streusel Recipe

Blueberry Cake You just say the word, and I wax lyrical. Blueberries can do no wrong! All of my friends who used to summer with us in the mountains think of me fondly each time they make this blueberry cake. I can’t remember how…
mock crab salad
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Mock Crab Salad with Corn Apple Recipe

I make Mock Crab salad at a moment's notice. I made it this Shabbos, for my husband and I, as I was hatching a meal spartan enough (and of course delicious enough!) to atone for some of the magnificent meals we indulged in the whole Pessach…
hummus
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Hummus Recipe. All Hummus Variations

Hummus comes in pint containers in the supermarket. Ooooops. Just kidding! But that’s how ubiquitous commercial hummus has become—a marked improvement over many other mediocre commercial offerings, but commercial nonetheless. But wait…
red lentil soup
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Indian Red Lentil Soup Recipe

Red lentil soup is magic: Red lentils everything is magic, not just red lentil soup: They are cute, playful looking and brightly colored, they cook in no time, and they are incredibly versatile! Have you try to make Hummus with red lentils? That's…
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Maple Halva Mousse with Pistachios Recipe. Gluten-Free

Halva Mousse This is one of my own Halva Addiction Solutions! Like many of us halva lovers, I dread the amount of sugar contained in the commercial treat. But the good news is (halva lovers are you listening? I'm talking to you!) it is…
Cornmeal-Crusted Tilapia Fillets with Cocktail Sauce Recipe
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Cornmeal-Crusted Tilapia Fillets with Cocktail Sauce Recipe

Tilapia might suffer from mild neglect in the States.   It is so underrated! I suspect one of the reasons is because tilapia raised in China gets a reputation for being farmed quite recklessly, and in less than sanitary conditions.…
chocolate chestnut cake
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Chocolate Chestnut Cake Recipe. GF Friendly

Chocolate Chestnut Cake   What's not to love? My favorite flavors are all grouped in one great treat: Chocolate, chestnuts, coconut! This cake is nice and rich and luxurious, yes, but  a small serving is all you need. I…
apple noodle kugel
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Noodle Kugel with Apples Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly

Noodle Kugel This is one huge favorite in Eastern European Jewish Cooking. This Moroccan Cook has adopted it wholeheartedly. Alas, it can often err on the rich and eggy side, and so we tend to recoil from it except for a splurge. I have…
Kale muffins
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Apple Kale Muffins Recipe. All Variations

Kale Muffins for Dessert? Did I just say this? Am I losing it or something? Nonono! Repeat: Kale muffins for dessert! My last (this) tinkering was a triumph! Seriously, think about it: Carrot cake, pumpkin cake, sweet potato cookies, rice…