Egg drop soup
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Egg Drop Soup with Chicken and Corn Recipe

Egg Drop Soup Egg Drop Soup. I make mine a complete meal with the addition of chicken and fresh corn. Amazing that any dish showcasing such basic ingredients and that cooks so fast can end up tasting so awesome! Dinner is just a few minutes…
Eggplant Shakshuka
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Mushroom Eggplant Shakshuka Recipe

Eggplant Shakshuka? Yes, you heard that right! I was on a kick for all things Israeli the whole past week, so it is no wonder that all the dishes I developed recently were Israeli or Israeli-inspired. The starting point for Shakshuka is…
Matbukha
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Matbukha Recipe. Shakshuka and All Variations

Matbukha Matbukha. Our super famous Moroccan cooked tomato salad. We Moroccan Jews couldn’t possibly live without this dish, and it seems we passed on the recipe to Jews around the world. It makes a great filling for tiny pies and can be…
A pan of food on the table
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Potato Pie Recipe. Chicken Variation

Moroccan Potato Pie This is a great favorite in our Moroccan cuisine. This rustic dish (called Amhammar in Arabic) is a good example of how we make something rich (eggs) or starchy (potatoes) go a long way. Consider it an eggy cousin of…
Meringues
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Meringues Recipe with All Variations

Meringues are pure nostalgia food to me. They are to me what madeleines are to Proust. We bought them at street corners after school. Seriously! Not so-distant cousins of the beloved French Macarons, meringues are ethereally light and fragrant.…
Frittata
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Frittata Recipe with All the Fixin’s

Frittata That is the Latin answer to our classic omelets, and a perfect High Protein main course. It is an open-faced omelet, about an inch high. Other ingredients mixed into the egg mixture, rather than used as a filling. The batter is…