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Photo of Lamb Salad with Tzatziki Dressing.

Lamb Salad with Tzatziki Dressing

Lamb Salad with Tzatziki Dressing. This is another recipe that features the Mediterranean Diet complete with a typical Greek sauce serving as the dressing. The following recipe is for one serving, but you can easily...

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Chile-Lime Seasoning

This time I am not offering any new recipe, just a new seasoning that I think some of you might enjoy. It is from Trader Joe’s and it is wonderful on just about everything. I just tried it–quite a lot of...

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Recipe for Sweet Pickled Jalapeños

Pickled sweet jalapeno pepper with onions and carrots. This was the closest I have been able to get to the delicious strips of sweet jalapeño pepper, the local Yosemite Falls Restaurant has in my favorite south-western...

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Breakfast Omelet Salad

Breakfast Omelet Salad. This is my invention to salvage a disastrous burrito or wrap version that used basically the same ingredients. If you can manage this rolled up in lettuce leaves, do it. I can’t. I really like...

Cold Japanese Tofu Salad (Hiyayakko)

Cold Japanese Tofu Salad. This salad is excellent served cold on a hot summer day. It is best served quite cold. You could even serve the tofu on crushed ice and have the condiments served separately. 2 pounds firm or...

Photo of Tofu with Gochujang Sauce fried with Rice and Egg and served with Lettuce Wrappers.

Tofu with Gochujang Sauce

Tofu with Gochujang Sauce fried with Rice and Egg and served with Lettuce Wrappers. I fell in love with gochujang and when I bought my first tub from Amazon, I tried it on everything—ok, I didn’t put it on ice cream...

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Spring Garden Salad

Spring Garden Salad. This is my garden salad because I made it from vegetables from my garden. I could add crisp Persian cucumbers and more herbs, but for now this was enough. Ingredients: Za’atar Dressing2 key limes...

Eggs Florentine.

Eggs Florentine-Air Fryer or Oven

Eggs Florentine. Eggs and spinach are always good together. This is just a contemporary version of a classic. I’m using my air fryer again as I am cooking in my cave instead of the temple kitchen. I do that when...

Chocolate Waffles

I have not made these in a long time, but thought you might enjoy the treat. I really liked them with the apple sauce toppings and Greek yogurt, but the more traditional maple syrup and butter are great, too. Enjoy...