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Mock Crab Pasta Salad Recipe

This Mock Crab Pasta Salad includes many of my favorite summer flavors! The only cooking that goes on in this dish is boiling water to soak the pasta. Mock Crab is easily available in the freezer section of your supermarket, and is all natural.…
panzanella
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Panzanella Recipe

The cute name Panzanella comes from the Italian word “pan”, which means bread. Panzanella is loaded with bright flavors and fragrant herbs like mint and basil. The ideal leftover dish, as it is made from 2-to-3-day-old bread. Gluten-free…
Gazpacho
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Gazpacho Recipe

Gazpacho   I don't think you'll be rolling your eyes and saying "Huh? AGAIN?" after you taste mine. I have a couple wonderful secret ingredients that do wonders with this perennial favorite: Watercress, and capers. They add a…
Fresh Peas soup
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Chilled Minted Fresh Pea Soup Recipe

Fresh Pea Soup   A delightful summer soup: bright green, light and deeply flavored. In my humble opinion, we are not paying enough attention to the wonderful possibilities of fresh peas. Often, fresh peas are demurely located…
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Lemon Blueberry Tart Recipe

Lemon Blueberry Tart is versatile, tangy, and simple! You can bake the crust for this wonderful lemon blueberry tart up to two days in advance and make the lemon curd up to a week in advance, then fill the baked crust with the curd just before…
stir-fried kale
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Stir-Fried Kale, Seaweed and Shitaki Recipe

Stir-Fried Kale is delicious Especially paired as it is here with so many wonderful Asian Ingredients. I bet you don’t always know what to make of - let alone with - those masses of leaves and  roots piled demurely at every ethnic food…
biscotti
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Biscotti Recipe. Gluten-Free and All Variations.

Biscotti! YES!!! If there was only one cookie recipe left for me to make, biscotti would be it, hands down! And not only because it is so simple and delicious but because it is so versatile. From the basic dough, you can go in so many exciting…
rice biryani
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Vegetable Rice Biryani Recipe

Rice Biryani is a great and complete vegetarian main course. Rice Biryani is so fragrant, with all the deliciously aromatic ingredients that go in. And fun too! Although Rice Biryani needs no help from meat or poultry to be delicious, don't…
seared tuna steaks
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Seared Tuna Steaks Recipe. Quick and Affordable.

Seared tuna steaks are beyond simple. No recipe here! Fresh tuna steaks can unfortunately err on the VERY expensive side, but the good news here is: I get individually vacuum-packed frozen tuna steaks, sushi quality, every bit as delicious…
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No Rice Nori Rolls Recipe

Nori Rolls: simplified! Many times we just can't make nori rolls with rice (for instance on shabbos, or anytime when you need to make them in advance). Rice-based sushi is never quite as good after it is refrigerated because the rice tends…
pasta swiss chard
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Vegan Pasta with Swiss Chard and Shitaki Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly

I love to use soba noodles for this Vegan pasta with Swiss chard and Shitaki. My powerhouse pasta main course! Soba noodles are delightful, low in gluten and high in flavor. They pack in lots of flavor and nutrition, are delicious and a snap…
Tabouleh
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Tabouleh Recipe. Passover-Friendly

Tabouleh Homemade Tabouleh is far superior than store bought alternatives! I have included here a gluten-free adaptation, perfect for Passover as well, courtesy of quinoa. Whole Wheat Bulgur The difference between whole wheat…