Blondies
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Walnut Blondies Recipe. CCC Redux

Blondies: Are they, like bleached brownies? Consider blondies the love child of brownies and chocolate chip cookies. I ask you: What's not to love about that? A couple weeks ago, I was baking chocolate chip cookies with kids in summer camp.…
flan
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Coconut Cinnamon Flan Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly

Flan is the Sunday treat of my childhood. My mother made the greatest flan and was my inspiration for this version. I tinkered with a dessert that would be a nutritionally ... hmm not exactly lean, but much more affordable and no less delicious…
meatless dinners
Apricot Tart
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Custard Apricot Tart Recipe. All Stone Fruit Variations

Apricot Tart: I've got just the thing for you! That is, if you are, as I am, crazy about all stone fruit! This is a delicious way to celebrate summer bounty, and fruit desserts are simple and wholesome, and make the whole house smell like flowers…
butternut squash
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Moroccan Butternut Squash Chick Pea Soup Recipe

We Moroccans love butternut squash in every way shape of form And goodness knows it comes in countless shapes and sizes. Butternut squash turns up in many Moroccan dishes (Couscous on top of the list). Their spicy sweetness is equally at home…
Apple Crumb Pie
Amaranth
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Indian Corn Amaranth Pudding Recipe

Meet Amaranth: Another perfect Gluten-Free Grain! The diminutive grain is a nutrition giant: high protein, high fiber! My corn Amaranth pudding is overlaid with my favorite Indian flavors, and a snap to make. Moreover, it is another perfect…
gateau reine de saba
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Gateau Reine de Saba Recipe a la Levana!

My own Gateau Reine de Saba: I got the inspiration directly from the original master, Julia Child. The name Reine De Saba is not too presumptuous for this fabulous and ethereal dessert. Gateau Reine de Saba is almost flourless. But I thought…
vichyssoise
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Vichyssoise Recipe. My Version of Julia Child’s

Vichyssoise is getting on the road! Please do not find me sacrilegious if I start off with an inspiration from Julia Child's wonderful classic, Vichyssoise, and take it on some less-traveled road. Who knows, you might  even welcome my making…
chocolate truffles
mango dressing
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Mixed Greens with Curried Mango Dressing Recipe

My mango dressing is bright and spicy! It is delightful not only over greens, but also with  fish or chicken, grilled or poached. The pungent curry is a wonderful foil for the fruity and tart mango. Use only as much mango dressing as will…
zuppa inglese
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Zuppa Inglese Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly

Zuppa Inglese is not a soup at all Rather, it is an affectionate take on what Italians see as a favorite British dessert, closely related to trifle. The traditional Zuppa Inglese uses cream and eggs. As always with desserts known as containing…