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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…
low carb dessert
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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…
lima beans
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Moroccan Artichoke and Lima Beans Tajine Recipe

Lima beans (or fava beans) herald the arrival of spring. Cooked together with artichokes, this tajine stars a flavor match made in heaven. Artichokes and lima beans are two huge favorites in our Moroccan Cuisine. This dish stands alone as…
beef stroganoff
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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…
fennel compote
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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
borscht
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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!)…
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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…
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Babaghanoush Recipe

Eggplant lovers,  you'll be happy! We all know Babaghanoush is a huge favorite, with Sephardi expats and beyond. (We Moroccans eat semi-industrial amounts of eggplant!) But somehow not all babaghanoush recipes are created equal. I suspect…
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Pecan Brownie Pie with Cranberries Recipe.

Fresh cranberries are flooding produce stalls, and Thanksgiving is fast approaching. This year I thought I would take cranberries in a different direction, not a relish or chutney or cranberry pie this time. I decided to dream up a chocolate…
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Low Carb Dessert: Pumpkin Almond Torte Recipe

Low carb dessert recipes are very dear to me. And this pumpkin almond cranberry torte is a real winner. Talk about what you should bring them for Thanksgiving! So you see, you can have your cake and eat it too. Recently I made a diabetic…