pasta tomato sauce
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Pasta Tomato Sauce Recipe. All Variations

Pasta Tomato Sauce There’s nothing more delicious than homemade. Homemade pasta tomato sauce is much easier than you think, and much superior to its commercial counterpart. And so versatile: whatever you might like to throw in will…
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Eggplant Roulades Recipe. Stuffed Vegetables Variations.

Eggplant Roulades are a great Sephardi dish. Moroccans are big on eggplant, we just couldn't be without our eggplant. We use it in endless variations, from dips to main course and everything in between. These eggplant roulades are fun and…
tilapia fillets
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Tilapia Fillets with Tomatoes Lemon Sauce Recipe. All Variations

I love tilapia fillets: versatile, widely available and inexpensive. I always use the large tilapia fillets,  (7 to 9 ounces): they never let me down or go to pieces on me during the cooking process, and they are much more presentable than…
Shoulder Lamb Chops
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Lamb Chops in Wine Mustard Sauce Recipe.

Lamb Chops on a Stovetop There’s nothing we Sephardis don’t do with lamb: burgers, soup, stew The flavor is so intense, a little goes a long way. Just a pound or so will flavor a whole pot full of soup. Now that's a departure…
Raw Tomato Sauce
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Cooking with Mahia: Pasta with Raw Tomato Sauce Recipe

Raw Tomato Sauce, using the Wonderful Mahia by Nahmias and Sons Enjoy the other Recipes I developed using the Mahia! This pasta with raw tomato sauce has so much going for it you have no cooking to do: All aboard in a food processor,…
chicken curry
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Chicken Curry with Tomatoes and Plantains Recipe

My chicken curry stars tomatoes and plantains. Please do not substitute canned tomatoes—there will be a huge difference! Plantains come in two varieties: Green to medium ripe, and very ripe. The former are used as vegetables in stews…
Vegetable couscous
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Summer Vegetable Couscous Recipe. All Variations

Vegetable Couscous This one is a summery version of the all-time classic Summer Vegetable Couscous: We make it light and summery by using quick-cooking and fragrant light summer vegetables, like fennel, artichokes, zucchini or Swiss…
Gazpacho
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Gazpacho Recipe

Gazpacho   I don't think you'll be rolling your eyes and saying "Huh? AGAIN?" after you taste mine. I have a couple wonderful secret ingredients that do wonders with this perennial favorite: Watercress, and capers. They add a…
Heirloom Tomato, Basil and Haricots Verts Salad Recipe
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Heirloom Tomatoes, Basil and Haricots Verts Salad Recipe

Heirloom Tomatoes Mmm.... Expensive, that they are! But one juicy bite of these magnificent and whimsically-shaped and -colored gems will explain why. An Glorious Occasional Treat! Splurge on gorgeous heirloom tomatoes: slice 'em, drizzle…