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Curry Roasted Butternut Squash and Goat Cheese Salad

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Recently, most of my creations in the kitchen have been vegetarian dishes. Even though I am usually quite a carnivore, I just haven’t had any urge to cook very meaty meals. I seem to be developing a preference for roasted vegetables or light salads and since all these things are actually good for me, I am just going with...
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Mediterranean Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad

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My romance with Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine continues. This is not any traditional Mediterranean recipe (so purists, please don’t get on my case) but I clearly used Mediterranean flavors in this roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad. I added Harissa powder, Za’atar powder, fresh garlic, pomegranate syrup and feta cheese and this is a combination of flavors taken straight out...
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Harissa Roasted Cauliflower and Pomegranate Salad

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My regular readers must know by now that I have been on this binge of experimenting with Mediterranean flavors. Recently I have experimented with a few different kinds of tagines, olive tapenade and grilled vegetables with an herb gremolata. In any case, since the Mediterranean diet is supposed to be the healthiest kind of food, I suppose there is...
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Chicken Kefta/Meatball Tagine

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The traditional Moroccan recipes for  Kefta Tagine tend to use lamb meatballs that they poach in water and then place in a tagine with the other ingredients and then cook over low heat in the tagine pot. For health reasons, I have been trying to cut back a little on all kinds of red meats (can’t give it up...
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Baby Eggplant Tagine

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I have an old friend coming over for dinner tonight and he told me that prefers to eat vegetarian meals. So I racked my head for a bit and decided to make a vegetable tagine. In any case, I had bought a couple of ceramic/terracotta Tagines from William Sonoma a few weeks ago and after much procrastination and foot-dragging,...
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