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My Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

My Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe is in all my cookbooks.     I can never make enough of these; and apparently, neither can thousands and thousands of people. You would think I would get tired of them. Absolutely not! Besides…
quinoa chili
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Oat Quinoa Chili Recipe. Gluten-Free

Oat Quinoa chili is the answer, when beans don't agree with you. For all of us whose love of beans remains, alas, unrequited, let me say you can make a perfect chili substituting oat, quinoa and rice in any proportion for the feisty beans,…
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Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse Torte Recipe

Mousse Torte: I can't remember how many I made for parties. And at Levana Restaurant, we were never one day without chocolate hazelnut mousse torte. A few years ago, a couple whose wedding I was catering wanted this very cake, but luxuriously…
crockpot recipes
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Crockpot Recipes: Plug it and Forget it

Crockpot recipes: I am often asked if I intend to write a cookbook on the immensely popular subject. No I don't - it's not necessary: there's no end of crockpot recipes and cookbooks out there. But I do intend to point out what a wonderful…
tempeh
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Tempeh Beer-Braised Mushroom Stew Recipe

I am afraid tempeh looks as uninspiring as it sounds. But if you do go past its appearance and unromantic name, you are in for a real treat. Tempeh is made from cooked and slightly fermented soybeans and compressed into patties; it is then…
pumpkin cake
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Pumpkin Cranberry Cake Recipe

Pumpkin Cranberry Cake Cranberry tart, Cranberry vinegar, Cranberry everything: there’s no cranberry food I dont adore. When fresh cranberries pile up, right around now, on produce stalls, I pounce on them. The perfect Thanksgiving…
apple latkas
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Apple Latkas Recipe. Gluten-Free

Apple latkas are one of my favorite desserts! Apple latkas is a rustic French dessert treat we indulge in on Chanukkah and beyond. Strictly for apple lovers like me, and you I hope. Want to see see how many goodies I make with apples, from…
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Rice With Seaweed and Vegetables Recipe

Last night's demo, Super Foods Super Feast, along with this Rice with Seaweed and Vegetables, are on a subject that is very dear to me. Actually it's the subject of the cookbook I am currently working on! I can't tell you how exciting this…

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Turkey chili Spicy bean salad Cabbage, apple and cucumber salad Moroccan potato omelet Carrot cake