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Mediterranean Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad

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

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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The Tomato Lover’s Salad

Yes, before you start sending messages or email, let me tell you that I know there are plenty of tomato-haters in this world. Even I, who loves anything tomato (and yes, red and orange are my favorite colors) has produced a child who even as he was in my tummy, defected to the other side. The result was that...
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Baby Summer Squash, Tomatoes and Blue Cheese Salad

This time of the year, when the local produce is hitting the supermarkets and farmer’s markets, I try to eat my vegetables in their raw form because they taste amazingly good. Of course, if the vegetables are from your backyard, they are super fresh and cooking them is probably squandering away some of their vitamins and definitely their taste....
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Italian Sausage, Beans and Corn Tropical Salad

This is another one of those spur-of-the-moment one pot dishes that I put together for lunch yesterday. It tasted great and was a well-balanced meal – with protein coming from the sausage and the black beans, carbs from the corn and beans again, crunch from the red bell pepper and yummy taste coming from the mango and spices. The...
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