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Chickpea and Desiccated Coconut Salad

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This salad is my take on a standard Indian recipe for a warm chickpea salad. For some odd reason my husband loves chickpeas – in every shape of form! He loves hummus, he loves Chana Masal and he loves this couscous chickpea dish that I make and he loves this chickpeas salad. He loves them so much that if...
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Feta and Veggie Pasta

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Now that the holidays are behind us, most of us are trying to shed the weight we gained during the crazy party season.  For me, even though I didn’t go to too many parties, I gained the weight because both my kids were home from college and being a typical Indian mother I thought the best way of making...
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Asian Shrimp and Avocado Salad

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Asian Shrimp and Avocado Salad I love sushi but I am also trying to reduce my intake of simple carbs.  Of course, I could try making sashimi but then I miss out on balancing my diet – so the compromise for me is to make a green salad (baby arugula and baby spinach)with some of the elements of sushi that...
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Tatsoi-Citrus Salad

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A trip to the local farmer’s market yielded unexpected results today. I found locally grown absolutely magnificent fresh Tatsoi! Prior to this, I had only spotted Tatsoi in markets in East Asia or in fancy restaurants in NYC, so this unexpected find made my day.  The dark green spoon shaped leaves (it is also called Spoon Cabbage) were fresh...
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Roasted Acorn Squash Bruschetta

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The story is simple – I found a good looking organic Acorn squash at my local Whole Foods store this morning and I bought it without knowing what I was going to do with it. I came home and looked in my pantry to see what I could use as inspiration and I found some dried cherries and decided...
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