roasted carrot soup
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Roasted Carrot Soup Recipe. Mahia

Roasted Carrot Soup: made with the Wonderful Mahia by Nahmias and Sons Enjoy the other Recipes I developed using the Mahia! Roasted Carrot Soup star parsnips as well! Since both carrots and parsnips have licorice tones, and pairing them…
chicken fennel tajine
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Chicken Fennel Tajine Recipe. Cooking with Mahia

Chicken Fennel Tajine made with the Wonderful Mahia by Nahmias et Fils Enjoy the other Recipes I developed using the Mahia Chicken fennel Tajine is ideally simple. It abundantly expresses the way we Moroccans love our food, and why everyone…
arugala
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Arugala, Grapefruit, and Beet Salad with Raspberry Vinegar Recipe

Arugala is one of my favorite salad greens: You can take arugala so many exciting places: Salads, frittatas, pesto (that's right!) Salads are always a great showcase for me, as they are where I sneak in all my goodies, classics and latest…
Beef stew
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Beef Stew with Mushrooms Recipe

Beef Stew I love to use beef cheeks for this beef stew. Sounds weird, doesn't it? For the sake of this dish and many others I love to use cheeks for, I spent hours picking some fellow bloggers' brains, about how to rename beef cheeks.…
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…
kale chips
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Kale Chips Recipe. All Variations

Kale chips are very easy to make in your own kitchen! Since I understood how simple and delicious homemade kale chips are, I am totally liberated from their severely narcissistically high-priced commercial counterparts: Nothing to it, and so…
Blondies
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Walnut Blondies Recipe. CCC Redux

Blondies: Are they, like bleached brownies? Consider blondies the love child of brownies and chocolate chip cookies. I ask you: What's not to love about that? A couple weeks ago, I was baking chocolate chip cookies with kids in summer camp.…
satsivi
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Georgian Satsivi Recipe

Satsivi is a delightful Georgian Classic. Satsivi is a cold chicken dish steeped in a rich walnut sauce. Walnuts are a staple of Georgian cooking, you will find them not just in Satsivi but in quite a few Georgian dishes. Satsivi is richer…
Vegetable couscous
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Summer Vegetable Couscous Recipe. All Variations

Vegetable Couscous This one is a summery version of the all-time classic Summer Vegetable Couscous: We make it light and summery by using quick-cooking and fragrant light summer vegetables, like fennel, artichokes, zucchini or Swiss…