Tag Archives: zucchini

Creamy, Zucchini, Basil and Bacon Soup

My regular readers may have seen my recent pictures on facebook of my baseball bat sized Zucchini that I picked yesterday from my backyard veggie patch. Despite being so big, the zucchini were quite tender and not in the least seedy inside. Fresh Zucchini is an excellent source of antioxidants, potassium and vitamin C and with all the effort...
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Turkish Dolma with Lamb Merguez Sausage

My family and I just returned from a trip to Istanbul.  We absolutely loved the city – it has such a rich and magnificent history (the museums are breathtakingly impressive), the people are friendly and helpful and the food was very varied and absolutely delicious. We have been back for just a couple of days and already I am...
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Chicken Kefta/Meatball Tagine

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

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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Grilled Fall Vegetables Topped With A Fresh Herb Gremolata

My regular readers may have noticed that last week I was completely missing from my blog. I had gone to Indiana to visit my daughter who is attending college there. Actually, I had gone to see her performance as Barbarina in the Marriage of Figaro.  Other than the wonderful opera I got to see at the Jacobs School of...
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