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Green Beans Masala over Coconut Rice
This is quick (under 30 minute) dish to prepare. The rice cooks while the veggies are taken care of. I think the longest amount of attention is in chopping the onion and green beans. It is tasty and is low-cost and uses only 2 dishes.
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Basic Pie Dough
This is a good, basic pie crust recipe. It has a good mixture of shortening vs. butter to allow flakiness but still keep it delicate. From Cooks Illustrated Baking cookbook / 2007 November issue.
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Black-Bean Burgers
This recipe is a work in progress, but still quite nice. They are good summer fare and we had them for 4th of July.
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Cherry Butter
This cherry butter ended up a little more tart than I’d like, but the caramelized cherry essence is divine. I was surprised to see how it looked like molasses in the end. I could not help but sing this song when smelling it.
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Candied Cherries
This was a part of our glorious 18 pound cherry purchase. These work well on their own, or, as the case was yesterday, great over cake (Classic Bundt Cake in the Dorrie Greenspan “Baking” cookbook).
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Israeli Couscous Soup
A tried and true favorite in our house for colder nights. Yes, not all that great for summer, but great when tomatoes come, which will be soon. 🙂
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Shakshuka (Eggs Poached in Spicy Tomato Sauce)
An Israli (but originally North African) dish, this is simple, quick, and made with things that we usually have on hand. Michelle made it tonight within 25 minutes, most of that cooking time. She said it was about 5 minutes of actual prep. The end result: a new favorite. 🙂
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Southern Red Velvet Cake
A very tasty Red Velvet Cake.
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Veggie Chili
When I first heard Michelle say “veggie chili” I was skeptical. Most meat eaters are wary of anything vegetarian which usually is done with meat. It violates a basic food tenant: don’t substitute, only reduce. (Or something along those lines.) Thousands of Indian dishes make the veggies front-and-center, instead of a “replacement”. But I digress.…
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Honeyed Citrus
This is our adaptation of the Happy Girl Kitchen Honey Orange Slices recipe.