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Vegetarian Stuffed Artichoke Bottoms Recipe. Fish and Meat Variations

Artichokes: A great Sephardi favorite We grew up in Morocco eating them in every shape and form, even for dessert.  Someone in the food industry, bless him, has done all the pesky job of snapping the leaves off the artichokes, and the even…
Homemade pie on patterned tablecloth.
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Onion Goat Cheese Tart Recipe

Delicious, fun and easy! A dairy take on the rustic French Tarte a l'oignon. Will work perfectly with gluten-free flour. Get the good goat cheese, the one in the log.  
Oatmeal with pecans and apple slices.
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LEVANA COOKS WITH OSEM MATZAH PRODUCTS: APPLE RAISIN FARFEL RECIPE

Apple Raisin farfel is a wonderful Passover and year round comfort food. This delicious and super-nutritious dish is sure to be equally at home as a side dish and as a breakfast or even dessert! Kind of a new-age Matzah Brei but without the…
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Quinoa with Fried Onions and Chestnuts Recipe

Quinoa with Fried Onions and Chestnuts Recipe I love quinoa, on Passover and year-round. A staple in South America, it's a nutritional powerhouse, and delicious too, and so versatile! Quinoa comes in white, red and black, as I did here, so…
coconut meringues
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Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Meringues Recipe

Coconut Meringues: Chocolate-dipped! This is serious delicious trouble! Kids, please: Don't let's get into a turf war with the distinguished and wonderful French Macarons, or with the somewhat less distinguished and ubiquitous canned Passover…
artichokes
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Artichokes and Carrots in Lemon Sauce Recipe

Artichokes are a Sephardi favorite. In Morocco they are a staple, and I remember a variety I haven’t seen anywhere else: tiny, with pointed leaves as sharp as thorns, which we used to eat by the dozen at the end of a meal as dessert, much…
sweet vermicelli
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Moroccan Sweet Vermicelli Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly

Moroccan Sweet Vermicelli is comfort food at its best and easiest. And healthiest: In Morocco we grew up on this kind of dessert my mother, an ingenious cook if I ever met one, used to whip  up at the drop of a hat, for children big and small.…
raita
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Raita Recipe with Mint and Cucumber

Raita is a cool and delicious way to put out fires in curries, But It is delicious even on its own Mint, cucumber, yogurt: What could be more fun and more yum than this flavor lineup? And you will love the chunky texture. No problem making…
aloo gobi
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Aloo Gobi Recipe with Chutney and Raita

Aloo Gobi is a Indian dish featuring potatoes and cauliflower It is the perfect vegetarian main course: With this beautiful lineup of flavors, I guarantee you will never miss the meat! You will love the way I have accessorized aloo gobi: With…
Assorted cozy drinks and sweet treats collage
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Turmeric Chai Mix Recipe. All Variations

Turmeric Chai Mix Turmeric Chai Mix Aliases Every culture riffs on the basic Indian spice mix, and renames it: in India it is called golden chai masala;  in Israel they use it mostly as the Yemenite sweet coffee spice mix, or Hawayedj…
apricot chutney
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Apricot Chutney Recipe

  No store-bought apricot chutney comes close to homemade! This is true of all chutneys. Still looking for a fabulous homemade Mishloach Manot treat, one that will last until Passover and beyond? Apricot Chutney! Chutneys, from the…
zucchini bread
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Zucchini Bread Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly

Zucchini Bread This and all other quick breads and muffins are a snap to make: Because they get mixed by hand, and are leavened with baking powder (not yeast), you can make them at the drop of a hat. Zucchini bread is equally at home as…