endives walnut salad
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Endives, Pear, Avocado and Walnut Salad Recipe

Endives are wonderful in this salad. The dish is very easily adapted for  Passover, and is equally at home as a salad or a side dish with grilled fish or chicken. We all notice walnut oil, which is an expensive treat year-round, is plentiful…
Eggplant Salad Japanese Style Recipe
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Eggplant Salad Japanese Style Recipe

Eggplant salad is rich with asian flavors and aromas. If you've never used Japanese eggplants, I implore you to give them a try. They are smaller, softer, and sweeter than the ones used in Italian cuisine. This eggplant salad is equally at…
Heirloom Tomato, Basil and Haricots Verts Salad Recipe
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Heirloom Tomatoes, Basil and Haricots Verts Salad Recipe

Heirloom Tomatoes Mmm.... Expensive, that they are! But one juicy bite of these magnificent and whimsically-shaped and -colored gems will explain why. An Glorious Occasional Treat! Splurge on gorgeous heirloom tomatoes: slice 'em, drizzle…
dairy-free cheesecake
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Dairy-Free Cheesecake Recipe. Dairy Variation

Dairy-Free Cheesecake: I love all my “babies”, but this dairy-free cheesecake is one of my greatest triumphs. Levana Restaurant fans out there, who remembers our early bakery days? We served this wonderful cheesecake, the dairy way.…
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Zucchini and Fennel Soup Recipe

Fennel Soup is pure seduction. Many Americans have yet to get turned on to fennel. Any chance I get to sneak in those veggies that are somewhat neglected in America, and beloved beyond, I am there: So for today, that will be Fennel! Fennel…
Makrod
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Makrod: Semolina Date Pastry Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly

Makrod is a great North African Dessert Classic. It showcases some of my absolute flavors: semolina, dates and honey. I have always rather neglected this wonderful treat because the traditional preparation requires frying, my nemesis. Frankly,…
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Banana Chocolate Chip Cake Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly

Children adore banana chocolate chip cake, and of course so will you. Bananas got too ripe? Don’t even think of chucking them! You will find they make the greatest smoothies, muffins and cakes, their flavor reaching their sweetest and most…
Vegan chocolate mousse
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Vegan Chocolate Mousse Recipe. Gluten-Free

Chocolate Mousse The little black dress of the dessert repertoire, ready in no time and always makes you look your best! Ridiculously simple and incredibly delicious: I whip up this Vegan Chocolate Mousse in minutes. Who would believe my…
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Cold Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Roasted Peppers and Olives Recipe

Cold Pasta dishes are wonderful for summer and all buffet displays. And the best part is, beside for boiling the pasta, this cold pasta dish doesn't require any cooking. If you are watching your starch intake, or if you are simply, as I always…
yogurt soup
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Cold Yogurt Fruit Soup Recipe. Dairy-Free

Cold Yogurt Fruit Soup The mixture of soy milk and citrus juice results in that curdled texture and tangy flavor we look for in yogurt and buttermilk. No Cooking whatsoever! Summer and hot kitchens, yikes, so no cooking is the best! Best…
strawberry rhubarb sauce
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Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce Recipe

This strawberry rhubarb sauce is thick and dense, a self-contained dessert, more like a new-age jell-o (whatever you do, don't call it that! Just sayin'!) Dare I share the name we give this delightful strawberry Rhubarb sauce in my house?…
molten chocolate cake
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Molten Chocolate Cake Recipe. Dairy-Free Friendly

Molten Lava Cake If there is anyone who doesn’t go gaga over these little molten lava cake gems with the runny gooey centers, I have never met them! Nor do I care to meet them, they might just not be interesting. Everyone watches with…