Healthful Eats

Fish/ Gluten free/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Fish Koftas in Tomato and Cardamom Sauce | Engaging your Inner Chef

It has become more evident overtime that the success of a dish has less to do with the recipe, and everything to do with the state…

May 30, 2018

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Dairy free/ dessert/ Fruit/ Gluten free

Banana Soufflés | Any Vegan Alternatives?

These soufflés are the perfect marriage of Puerto Rican ingredients and French technique. In Puerto Rico, Eric Ripert pulled a couple of bananas off a tree…

May 22, 2018

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Bake/ Ellie Krieger/ Low fat/ Side

Baked Garlic Fries and other Garlic Goodness

There is a special place for garlic in my kitchen—right next to the chopping board, because it is the one ingredient I can’t do without. In…

May 8, 2018

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Chocolate/ Cream/ Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ dessert/ Low fat/ Nut/ whole wheat

Paris-Paris | Whole-Wheat Èclairs with Hazelnut Non-Dairy Cream and Chocolate Glaze

This looks like an everyday pastry. But there is quite a bit of work involved. You have to make the éclair shells and the hazelnut praline…

April 20, 2018

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classics/ Gluten free/ Seafood

Seafood Paella

If you like the taste of the sea, a seafood paella is hard to beat. This classic dish never gets old. A seafood paella reminds me…

April 17, 2018

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Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Sauté/ Side

Sunshine Turmeric Pad Thai | Glutenfree & Vegan

It is much easier to eat healthy these days with the widely available gluten-free, low-fat and sugar substitutes out there. Heathy and delicious are achievable on…

April 13, 2018

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breakfast/ cheese/ Dorie Greenspan/ Low fat/ Side/ Sugar free

Savory Apple Matafan | Baking Chez Moi

Dorie Greenspan got her inspiration for this apple matafan in her book Baking Chez Moi from the potato matafan, which was meant to stave off morning…

April 10, 2018

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Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Side/ Sugar free/ Toss

Beet Hummus | A Color Explosion

You see colors of the rainbow of the visible spectrum on this plate. It’s stunningly spring-like although it might not feel that way. We have been…

April 6, 2018

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classics/ Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Side

Hard-cooked Eggs with Tarragon Mayonnaise | #Glutenfree #Dairyfree

I made hard-cooked eggs with tarragon mayonnaise, along with our friends at Cook-the-Book-Fridays. No surprise that it is a popular time to do something with eggs…

March 30, 2018

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Braise/ Dairy free/ Gluten free/ my favorites/ Side/ Simmer/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Spiced Maqluba With Tomatoes and Tahini Sauce | A Feast with Rice

How do you turn rice from what’s normally a side dish into the centerpiece of a meal? Spanish Paella comes to mind. Last week, Yotam Ottolenghi…

March 27, 2018

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Pantry essentials/ Roast/ Side

Roasted Asparagus with Creamy Arbol Chili

This is a Rick Bayless recipe, except he uses pasilla chili, a mild chili similar to ancho chili, for the sauce. I have had a bag…

March 13, 2018

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bread with preferment/ breakfast/ cheese/ Ina Garten/ Jeffery Hamelman/ Pantry essentials/ scalable/ Side/ Yeast bread

Herbed-Baked Eggs | Shirred Eggs

The herbed-baked eggs are also known as shirred eggs. A dish consisting of an egg that is placed in a small buttered dish and broiled until the white…

March 6, 2018

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Berry/ Dairy free/ Ina Garten/ Pantry essentials/ pastry

Mixed Berry Vegan Meringues

Felt like I’m taking the easy way out in making the mixed berry vegan meringues. Open a can of chickpeas while saving the liquid. The alternative…

February 13, 2018

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Appetizer/ Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials

Black Olive Tapenade | #MyParisKitchen

A black olive tapenade, a loaf of freshly baked bread and some artisanal cheese from Vermont were casually assembled. I have been relying on a simple…

February 2, 2018

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cheese/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Ina Garten/ Pantry essentials/ Roast/ Sauté

Spaghetti Squash with Garlic & Parmesan

I have a stash of butternut, spaghetti and delicata squashes stored away for the winter. This spaghetti squash with garlic & Parmesan from Ina Garten’s Cooking…

January 31, 2018

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breakfast/ Dorie Greenspan/ Gluten free/ Nut/ Other Sweets

Crunchy Granola | #Glutenfree

Made-in-my-kitchen granola is so much better. There hasn’t been any store-bought granola in my pantry ever since we started making our own. Dorie’s recipe calls for…

January 23, 2018

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breakfast/ Dairy free/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Heidi Swanson/ Low fat

Chia Breakfast Bowl #101Cookbooks

If you want something healthy, delicious and, not-your-everyday fare, this is the breakfast bowl for you. No cooking is necessary. Have you tried chia seeds for…

January 12, 2018

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David Lebovitz/ Low fat/ Side/ year round

Russet and New Potatoes Cooked in Duck Fat | #DavidLebovitz

Can’t wait for the gentle aroma of warm duck fat filling my kitchen and transforming it into the French country inn of my dream. This is…

January 5, 2018

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breakfast/ Gluten free/ Ina Garten/ Pantry essentials/ Side

Country Omelet | Warm Hearty Breakfast to Jumpstart the Day

I don’t have a list of 2018 resolutions. But I can single out one priority I want to do more often: get a warm hearty breakfast…

January 2, 2018

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Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Pantry essentials/ Soup/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Curried Lentil Tomato and Coconut Soup

Made the second lentil soup this week, although using red lentils rather than green lentils. The idea is the same: comfort food during the busy yearend…

December 26, 2017

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Ina Garten/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ Soup/ year round

Lentil Vegetable Soup | Calming Holiday Jitters

There is no better way to calm the holiday jitters than a big pot of lentil vegetable soup. I make sure I have enough to last…

December 22, 2017

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Chocolate/ Ina Garten/ Nut/ Sugar free

Inverse Chocolate Truffles | #Sugarfree

This is a last-minute holiday cooking inspired by Ina Garten’s video on chocolate truffles. She rolled balls of chocolate ganache over a bed of hazelnuts. I…

December 17, 2017

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Chocolate/ Gluten free/ Nut/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Flourless Chocolate Teacakes | #YotamOttolenghi

This Yotam Ottolenghi’s flourless chocolate teacakes from his new book Sweet call for dark chocolate with 70% cocoa solids. What is it? In general, the higher…

December 12, 2017

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David Lebovitz/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ Toss

Celery Root Salad with Mustard Sauce | Céleri Rémoulade

Celery root salad with mustard sauce or céleri rémoulade is another raw vegetable salad written by David Lebovitz in My Paris Kitchen. While celery root is not…

December 1, 2017

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Braise/ Crack/ David Lebovitz/ Gluten free/ Meat/ Side

Buckwheat Polenta with Braised Greens and Poached Eggs

Buckwheat polenta with braised greens and poached eggs is the comfort food David Lebovitz highlighted in his book My Paris Kitchen. To me, eggs are my…

November 16, 2017

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