
Tsimmis Recipe. Loaf Variation
Tsimmis
No Tsimmis on Rosh Hashana? Unthinkable! It is the perfect quintessence of all our prayers on a dinner plate: Sweet, strong, deep, spicy, nourishing, delicious. My Tsimmis Recipe is included in my giant Rosh Hashana Recipe and…

Cold Fruit Soup Recipe. Gluten-Free
Cold Fruit Soup
One of the most exuberant celebration of summer.
You will love the ruby color and tart flavors of red fruit.
Cold Fruit Soup is equally at home as a soup or a dessert
Even in the heart of summer, I make this cold…

Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe. Sugar Cookies
Ice Cream Sandwiches are a breeze!
Once you make Sugar Cookies, your blank canvas is laid out: ice cream sandwiches waiting to happen!
Good news: Any of you enjoyed the gorgeous day yesterday and admired with me the luscious looking blossoms…

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…

Swiss Chard Salad with Carrots Recipe
Swiss Chard Salad
One of our favorite Moroccan salads. Colorful, cooked and spicy!
The added carrots are a wonderful match, and brighten up the whole salad!
See why we eat our veggies in Morocco? That it is super healthy goes without…

Artichoke Fava Bean Tajine Recipe
Artichoke Fava Bean Tajine
Artichoke Fava Bean Tajine. Lima beans (or fava beans) herald the arrival of spring. Cooked together with artichokes, this tajine stars a flavor match made in heaven.
Artichoke and Fava Beans!
They are two huge…

Dairy-Free Beef Stroganoff Recipe
Beef Stroganoff used to be off limits to many of us:
The traditional dish is verboten to both Kosher diners and dairy-intolerant diners, as it includes a (dairy) cream sauce.
But Vegan Sour Cream makes this treat possible!
I love to use London…

Apple Cabbage Fennel Compote Recipe
Fennel Compote is guaranteed to endear fennel to you!
What a shame fennel is such an acquired taste in America! In my fennel compote, the fennel gets some protection: it is flanked by the more familiar cabbage and apples:
That will work,…

Tehina Chocolate Spread Recipe. All Nut Variations
Tehina Chocolate Spread
In this amazing Trehina Chocolate Spread, sesame paste, or Tehina, costars beautifully with chocolate. Sort of a new age Nutella, only much less sweet and much healthier!
1-2-3 Recipe: 3 ingredients total!
How…

Vegetarian Quick Borscht Recipe. Beef Variation
My borscht is as quick as it is hearty.
It is a real sweet-and-sour match triumph.
I call my borscht quick for good reason:
Although I love the classic beef borscht and enjoy it occasionally, I have no intention (and neither do you, I’ll bet!)…

Chicken Tajine with Haricots Verts. Beef Variation
Moroccan Chicken Tajine with Haricots Verts:
The demure string bean gets elevated to star status in our Moroccan way of cooking. Side dish? Never heard of it! All aboard in a tajine! Is it any wonder we Sephardis and all Moroccans love our…

Raw Chia, Flax and Almond Pudding. All Variations
With this delightful raw almond pudding I am proudly expanding my Low Carb Treat Repertoire My almond pudding is my brand new star. This new dessert is the result of much tinkering, not only in honor of some severely sugar-restricted friends…
