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…
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…
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 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 delicious…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Low Carb Pancakes and Breads Recipes. Gluten-Free
The Low Carb Pancakes challenge is: no grain flour and no sugar.
But just as it is true that if life sends you lemons, you make lemonade, so too, if life withholds carbs, you make no or low carb pancakes and other goodies, period. Smile please.…