Category: Vegetarian
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Sweet & Salty Crispy Chickpea (Garbanzo Bean) Snack
My dad would pick up these delicious, crispy chickpea snacks when he had a few extra bucks left over from grocery shopping. They weren’t cheap, so it was a real treat when he would come home with some after shopping at his favorite international markets. There were only two different flavors available at the time,…
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Oven Fried Scraggly Potato Chips
I’m one of those people who grew up eating Kentucky Fried Chicken from time to time. Dad would occasionally bring home a bucket of chicken with our favorite sides as a treat for us on his way home from grocery shopping on the weekends. He barely made it in the door before we’d grab the…
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Gluten Free Zucchini & Oat Flour Pizza
The last few months, I’ve been on a quest to help maximize the nutrition in my mother’s meals. One of her other favorite meals is pizza, but the traditional flour based pizza crusts are too bulky for her to digest. I knew that coming up with something she would be able to eat was going…
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Fried Potato Salad
A nice alternative to the traditional mayo based potato salad I’ve made in the past, is something my dad used to make when we were kids – a fried potato salad tossed in a homemade vinaigrette dressing. I don’t think the Greek community would get upset if I said that a good vinaigrette dressing to…
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Lebanese Flatbread With Labneh, Akawi & Za’atar
Flatbreads may be a relatively new innovation for us here in the USA, but in reality, they have a very long history and have been around for a very long time. Most are leavened with yeast, but others like the Jewish Matzoh, are not leavened at all. Some flatbreads are thick, like the Scottish Bannock,…
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Really Good, Really Vegan Pancakes
In my early 30’s, I decided to try a vegetarian lifestyle, and what started out as an experimental journey, lasted for 13 years. During this time I also tried life as a vegan, but found it very difficult to maintain because of my traveling and work schedule.
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Traditional & Historical Ful Mudammas
As a child, I was always aware of the rich cultural influences that surrounded me. My mother often spoke about day trips to the pyramids that she and her family would enjoy, and my dad would tell us stories about what it was like to work as a tour guide at the tombs of Egyptian…
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Will The Real Ho’mous (Hummus) Please Stand Up
I just cringe when I see the word h-u-m-m-u-s… You know — the Americanized spelling of that delicious spread made from garbanzo beans known in the Middle East as ho’mous (pronounced ho-mousse). I can just hear my dad’s voice insisting that I use the correct pronunciation – a respect for different cultures and their food…
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Chicken & Eggless Dumplings
Several years ago, there was a program on PBS called The 1940’s House. It was about a modern day family that was set up to live in a house during the 1940’s and particularly during the historical time of WWII. More than 300 families auditioned for the show and the producers had to ensure that…
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Honey Ridge Farms Honey Almond Truffles
Honey…That little word plays so sweetly on your tongue…It’s the only word in the English language that describes a sweet food made from nectar AND a sweet term of endearment. Although I had first incorporated honey into my diet while I was in high school, it was not until I was in my early 30’s…
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The Honey Lovers Chocolate Cake
Recently, I was invited to a party where the host suffers from food allergies. Between the ingredients she can’t eat and those she would not eat, I found myself wondering what decadent dessert I could make and bring with me that she would consider trying. Of course I could have made a regular fruit salad…