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Mediterranean Swordfish Pasta

After all the elaborate multi-course meals I made and ate during the Thanksgiving break, I am back to making one dish meals.  The kids are back at college and all the guests have left and now I have the luxury to just relax and not stress over what to make for each meal (at least until the Christmas break...
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Chicken-Date Tagine

I am in foodie-heaven because I made this for dinner today.  The whole house smells of wonderful spices like cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg. While the dish was in the oven, I stepped out to check the mail and I then realized that the aroma from the dish had wafted down the street. I bet my neighbors could smell the...
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Mini Apple Cranberry Pie

My week before Thanksgiving was entirely spent in amassing groceries. I visited every kind of specialty store to stock up my pantry and refrigerator so that I would have everything needed to feed my kids and their friends coming back from college.  Both my kids love being at college and are thoroughly enjoying their life away from home; but...
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Ruby Red Habanero-Cranberry Chutney

Thanksgiving is round the corner and all the supermarkets are loaded with packets of Cranberries.  I usually make a tomato-dried cranberry chutney or Habanero pepper jelly to go with a cheese platter that I serve as an appetizer before a dinner party. But this time I decided to use Cranberries to spike up the tartness in my chutney.  I...
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Lamb Merguez Sausage and Kale Stew

Before I came to the US, I had never seen Kale. Of course, once I came here, I heard about how nutritionists and doctors recommend Kale because it is packed with vitamins and other goodies.  So I tried experimenting with it a few times. First, I stir fried with some garlic and chili flakes and that came out okay...
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