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Old Bay Spiced Nuts

Old Bay Spiced Nuts

I love lots of Middle Eastern & Mediterranean spice blends like Za’atar & Ras El Hanout, and I cooked with many other spice blends such as Curry & Chili so it’s no wonder that I have a recipe using Old Bay –  it the most famous spice blend here in the Greater Baltimore Area!

Cumin Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Cumin Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes are pure comfort. I love they way they smell when roasting & I love the way they taste warm or cold. I serve Cumin Roasted Sweet Potatoes as part of a multi salad lunch or dinner; great for Buddha Bowls or as a side dish. Typically I serve them with zucchini, eggplant, onions, […]

Ras El Hanout Pumpkin Rice

Ras El Hanout Pumpkin Rice

It’s December & my Halloween/Fall Decorative Pumpkins are starting to freeze outside. I baked them off & had a LOT of pumpkin to use up in a really yummy way. Not Pumpkin Pie – first of all we just ate a dozen of them at Thanksgiving & second of all we don’t use Pumpkin in […]

Chewy Oatmeal Applesauce Cookies

Chewy Oatmeal Applesauce Cookies

Applesauce is super simple to make!  Since I love using up apples & not having to throw any in the compost pile, applesauce is a really easy way to turn those aging apples into something wonderful. Sometimes, like after Thanksgiving, I have way too much applesauce. In those moments, this recipe for Chewy Oatmeal Applesauce […]

Mediterranean Farmers Market One-Pot

Mediterranean Farmers Market One-Pot

Anything with roasted or grilled eggplant smells like home to me. Babaganoush? Absolutely. Roasted Eggplants in Za’atar?  Definitely. This Rice & Grilled Eggplant dish is a cozy, comforting simple dish that makes my whole house smell fantastic. This summer dish takes all the veggies you bought at the Farmers Market that are in need of […]

Chai Ice Cream

Ice Cream Base

I know it’s a quandary – I don’t really like sugar, usually skip dessert all together & I absolutely LOVE ice cream. Thanks to a generous gift from my first born, I have an ice cream machine at home & can make up lots of different crazy flavors – we’ve had blueberry cheesecake, cardamon cappuccino, dark […]

Caponata

Caponata

There are some foods that hook you by their taste – think of testing ice cream blindfolded & it will be the flavor of that ice cream mixed with the creaminess & the cold that your palate will react to & you will know in an instant which ice cream tastes better than the rest. […]

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Mushrooms & Leeks in Sherry Sage Butter

Some foods feel sexier than others. My mushrooms & leeks in sherry sage butter is a decadent, velvety, sexy appetizer. The leeks & mushrooms have a rich, caramel-ly flavor & go perfectly with a soft, spreading cheese on bread. Something earthy & delightful happens when you add the extra butter & the sherry at the […]

Za'atar Roasted Chickpeas

Za’atar Roasted Chickpeas

Listen. This recipe will start with dried chickpeas and uses the Instant Pot to rehydrate them. At the moment I have the time and the inclination to make this recipe using dried chickpeas and I think it changes the texture to be more crunchy/chewy, which I prefer. That being said it is TOTALLY fine to […]

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