Category Archives: Tomato Recipes
Shavouot: Some of my Favorites Dairy Creations. All Recipes Included
Posted on 7th of May, 2013 by Lévana
My – usually virtuous enough – students and readers have asked me specifically to go all out for my Shavouot Dishes, starring mostly dairy treats, all those foods we love to hate. “With Cheese!!!”, one of them even emailed me in bold print: You asked for the splurge! The good news...
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Filed under: Avocado Recipes, Avocado Soup Recipes, Berry Recipes, Bread Recipes, Caesar's Dressing Recipes, Caesar's Salad Recipes, Cheese Cake Recipes, Corn Bread Recipes, Corn Chowder Recipes, Corn Recipes, Dairy Recipes, Eggplant Recipes, Endive Recipes, Frittata Recipes, Frozen Dessert Recipes, Holiday Dessert Recipes, Holiday Recipes, Ice Cream Cake Recipes, Irish Soda Bread recipes, Kosher Recipes, Lasagna Recipes, Lemon Cake Recipes, Lemon Recipes, Onion Soup Recipes, Panzanella Recipes, Parfait Recipes, Pasta Recipes, Polenta Recipes, Quick Breads Recipes, Recipes, Ricotta Recipes, Risotto Recipes, Shavouot menu, Shavouot Recipes, Stories, Tilapia Recipes, Tiramisu Recipes, Tofu Cheese Cake Recipes, Tomato Recipes, Tomato Sauce Recipes, Waldorf Salad Recipes, Watercress Recipes, Watercress Soup Recipes, Watermelon Recipes
Penne with Tomato Sauce Recipe. All Variations
Posted on 6th of May, 2013 by Lévana
There’s nothing more versatile than homemade tomato sauce and whatever you might like to throw in. It is guaranteed to leave all (repeat: all) its store-bought counterparts in the dust. So go for it and try all my suggestions! In tomato-based sauces, it’s OK to use tubular hollow-shaped pasta and let the...
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Filed under: Gluten Free Recipes, Gluten-free pasta recipes, Natural Foods Recipes, Olives Recipes, Pasta Recipes, Penne Recipes, Recipes, Tomato Recipes, Tomato Sauce Recipes
Matbukha Recipe and Shakshuka Variation. Gluten-Free
Posted on 16th of April, 2013 by Lévana
Matbukha (Salade Cuite) is one of our Moroccan favorite dishes, a sort of comfort food for expats and honorary Sephardis alike: See how they mop that sauce with their bread! My version has roasted garlic in it, for a an easily added wonderful layer of flavor. Shakshuka is nothing more...
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Filed under: Israeli Independence Day Recipes, Israeli Salads Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Matbukha Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Moroccan Salads Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Roasted Garlic Recipes, Salad Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Tomato Recipes
Tilapia With Fresh Tomatoes and Lemons Recipe. Vegetarian and Other Variations
Posted on 8th of April, 2013 by Lévana
I love tilapia fillets, versatile, widely available and inexpensive. I always use the large ones (7 to 9 ounces), they never let me down or go to pieces on me during the cooking process. I serve it quite often when my husband and I spend shabbos alone, and want to...
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Filed under: Capers Recipes, Fennel Recipes, Fish Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Fish Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Lemon Recipes, Olives Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Swiss Chard Recipes, Tilapia Recipes, Tomato Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Lamb Chops in Wine Mustard Sauce Recipe. Variations
Posted on 8th of March, 2013 by Lévana
Here’s a perfect example of how some of the best things in life are totally unpremeditated. My daughter Bella recently bought some gorgeous lamb chops for an intimate Sukkah dinner for 4 (she and her husband Meir, my husband and I), planning on just searing them in a very hot...
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Filed under: Artichoke Bottoms Recipes, Artichoke Hearts Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Lamb recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Mushroom Recipes, Passover Recipes, Potatoes Recipes, Recipes, Tomato Recipes
Cooking with Mahia: Linguini with Fresh Tomato Anchovy Sauce Recipe
Posted on 8th of November, 2012 by Lévana
Tinkering with the Wonderful Mahia by Nahmias and Sons This sauce has so much going for it you have no cooking to do. All aboard in a food processor, simple as that! Please note I have not listed any salt in the ingredients list, as the anchovies and capers have...
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Filed under: Anchovies Recipes, Capers Recipes, Eau de Vie Recipes, Gluten-free pasta recipes, Mahia Recipes, Meir Pliskin, Mint Recipes, Pasta Recipes, Raw Tomato Sauce Recipes, Recipes, Tomato Recipes
Chicken Curry with Tomatoes and Plantains Recipe
Posted on 10th of October, 2012 by Lévana
Fresh tomatoes are the star of this wonderful dish: Please do not substitute canned tomatoes—there will be a huge difference! To seed them, simply halve them and squeeze the seeds gently out. Plantains come in two varieties: green to medium ripe and even riper. The former are used as vegetables...
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Filed under: Agave Syrup Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Curry Recipes, Jalapeno Recipes, Latin Cooking, Plantain Recipes, Recipes, Tomato Recipes
Summer Vegetable Couscous Recipe
Posted on 23rd of July, 2012 by Lévana
The following recipe is a lightened version of the classical vegetable couscous, using quick-cooking and fragrant light summer vegetables, like fennel, artichokes, zucchini, tomatoes: perfect for summer! INGREDIENTS: Vegetable mixture: 3 large leeks, cut across, then in 1 inch segment 3 large beefsteak tomatoes, or 6 large plum tomatoes, cut...
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Filed under: Artichoke Bottoms Recipes, Condiments Recipes, Couscous Recipes, Fennel Recipes, Gluten-Free Couscous Recipes, Harissa Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Tomato Recipes, Zucchini Recipes
Gazpacho Recipe
Posted on 7th of July, 2010 by Lévana
I have a couple wonderful secret ingredients that do wonders with this perennial favorite: Watercress, and capers. The upgrade will certainly not be lost on you: Liquid salad never tasted so good. Do not be tempted to substitute stem tomatoes, or grape or cherry tomatoes, no matter how luscious they...
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Filed under: Capers Recipes, Cold Soup Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Soup Recipes, Tomato Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes, Watercress Recipes

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