
Herb Cauliflower Salad Recipe
So is Cauliflower the new grain?
There seems to be nothing you can't do with it: Grind it with the right seasonings, and you get a Pizza crust; Throw in a handful frozen cauliflower with your other smoothie ingredients and it's a leaner and…

Provençal Pan Bagnat Recipe. All Variations
Pan Bagnat
This was the frequent lunch of my lean student years. Like a true hero, it’s a giant sandwich sliced into serving portions. It is also made in single serving rolls, as in the above picture, on solo dining nights.
It literally…

French Choucroute Garnie Recipe. Gluten-Free
Choucroute
It is the national sauerkraut-centered Alsatian dish, a huge favorite in bistros and at tables devoted to traditional European Cuisine. As rustic and autumnal as food comes. It straddles French and German Cuisine frontiers,…

Tomato Fennel Salmon Recipe. Pasta Variation
My Fennel Salmon was a huge hit!
It was born of my perennial attempts to make my fans fall in love with fennel.Why is Fennel so hard to love this side of the Pond? We are making some inroads, I'm glad to report! I figured, I will camouflage…

Quick Pho Recipe. Gluten-Free
Pho is a popular Vietnamese noodle soup
It includes broth, rice noodles, vegetables and meat.
It has traveled beautifully, and has become a complete meal comfort food in many homes and restaurants around the world.
It usually uses as…

Gluten-Free Banana Bread Recipe. Regular Variation
Gluten-Free Banana Bread
My newborn: looks like I just hit a home run!
It is perfect for breakfast, as it is minimally and naturally sweetened. Like a mini meal. It relies mostly on the natural sweetness of the bananas. I have just developed…

Vegetable Chicken Tajine Recipe
This Vegetable Chicken Tajine stars two humble roots: Carrots and Turnips
When combined, carrots and turnips make a wonderful pairing, the robust turnip playing off the carrot's natural sweetness. This contrast is further underscored by the…

Black Bean Burgers Recipe. Vegan-Friendly. Gluten-free
Black Bean Burgers
Mine are delicious, Vegan-Friendly AND Gluten-Free! If you are carb-conscious, you'll be happy to know my BBB are so satisfying, nourishing and filling you will enjoy them even sans bun, so as not to pile on too many carbs…

Moroccan Quinoa Salad with Mint and Raisins Recipe
There are dozen ways to make a wonderful Quinoa Salad, all exciting and all healthy and delicious, and all gluten-free. Quinoa is the grain I use most often in salads, even in Tabouleh
I am going with a decidedly Sephardi Quinoa Salad, with…

Mock Crab Kale Salad with Peanuts Recipe.
“Crab” Kale Salad
Mock crab and kale complement each other and make a fabulous match.
Mock Crab Kale Salad is equally at home as a first course and a main course. And mock crab, also called kani, is such a fun ingredient. Mock crab…

Crockpot Boneless Lamb Roast Tajine Recipe
Lamb Roast
This is the stuff of dreams to me, and to my Moroccan landsmen. There are no holiday meals without a lamb dish: Lamb chops, lamb shanks or boneless shoulder lamb roast.
Forgive this Moroccan a passing vanity: We Sephardis/Moroccans…

Potato Salad Recipe. Main Course Variations
A Potato Salad Recipe?
Seriously? What's the big deal about potato salad? And why even dignify such a mundane dish with a formal recipe? Why can't we just, ummm, dice some potatoes, slather them with mayo, throw in some seasonings and…