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Category - Food

Photo of Beet Salad with Yogurt Dressing.
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Beet Salad with Yogurt Dressing

This is a favorite salad that we just enjoyed that features beets and greens with orange zested chickpeas and a creamy yogurt dressing. There are a ton of add-ons that you can use to both garnish the salad and add...

2 days ago
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Photo of Turkish Eggs with Yogurt Sauce.
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Turkish Eggs with Yogurt Sauce

Turkish Eggs with Yogurt Sauce. The original New York Times recipe this breakfast delight is based on poaches the eggs in a little vinegar while the red chili oil is prepared in another pan. If you prefer poached eggs...

March 12, 2025
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Photo of Sweet Lebanese Toast with Figs.
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Sweet Lebanese Toast

Sweet Lebanese Toast with Figs. Fig season is so short and without the kindness of dear neighbors, I would never see any. I had both a green and black fig tree that produced as many figs as i could eat, but the big...

March 1, 2025
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Bacon & Peas Tortellini

This was what I fixed for lunch last week, even though I had to sub a lot of the recipe. Had only a little butter, so I used part olive oil. No shallots, so half a red onion. No chicken broth so just used water and half...

February 22, 2025
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Photo of Greek Roasted Chicken Salad with Tzatziki Sauce.
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Greek Roasted Chicken Salad with Tzatziki Sauce

Greek Roasted Chicken Salad with Tzatziki Sauce. The cucumber-yogurt-dill (tzatziki) sauce was perfect for the Greek oregano chicken roasted with olives, artichoke hearts, and red onions. You can also add some feta as...

February 4, 2025
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Photo of Japanese Udon Noodles.
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New Year’s Noodles-Yaki Udon

Japanese Udon Noodles. Happy New Year! We welcomed the Chinese New Year today with a big skillet of Yaki Udon—a stir fried dish of vegetables, different proteins, and very long plump wheat noodles. In Chinese culture...

January 29, 2025
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Photo of Braised Beets.
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Braised Beets

Beautiful Braised Beets. This simple and tasty dish is a perfect way to use all the greens and roots of the three beet package I get when I have Walmart do my shopping. I am trying to shift from butter to polyphenol...

January 29, 2025
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Cauliflower Steaks with Greek Dressing

Last week I found another delicious way to eat cauliflower. I already have a lemon-grass and cauliflower soup that is wonderful, but this roasted seasoned slab of vegetable marinated in and topped with more Greek...

January 23, 2025
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Photo of Holy Miracles Temple Food and Goods Drive outside the Heart of Compassion Food Bank-2024.
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Charity at the Holy Miracles Temple

Holy Miracles Temple Food and Goods Drive-2024. Between February 10 and 21, 2024, the Holy Miracles Temple in Pasadena, California held a food and goods drive to help living beings in southern California. Volunteers...

December 20, 2024
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Mustard Greens

Tired of broccoli and kale? Want something a bit spicier? Mustard greens may be right for you. Actually this recipe would work with most greens, but you may need to adjust the timing. Like spinach and other greens, a...

December 16, 2024
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