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Best Ever Parker House Rolls Recipe

This recipe is a classic from the Midwest, and has become a favorite among our friends and customers in our holiday events. You will need a big stand mixer for an easy process and successful results, but even if you don’t – just mix and work the dough by hand as much as you can for good outcome. Yields about 36 rolls. Continue reading Best Ever Parker House Rolls Recipe

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Minestrone Soup: The Healthy Answer to Cold Autumn Nights

Mid November in DC, and the nights are getting longer and colder. This week we have frost almost every night, and the slippery slope of eating more filling food to keep warm and feel good is smoother than ever. What can we eat on a cold night without feeling guilty about the pre-holidays diet? One simple tasty solution is minestrone soup: warm, filling and scrumptious. This is a great cold night dinner. Including suitable “good carbs”, it will make it a meal that will not leave us hungry half an hour later.

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Chicken Green Pea Casserole Recipe

A full meal in a pot. Tajin or Tabekha in North Africa, casserole, cassoulet or stew for the rest of the world, chicken thighs and green peas are flavored with Mediterranean spices and cooked together till flavors blend to a perfect dish for warming a chilly autumn night. A perfect dish for cumin lovers. Serve with couscous or brown rice for the full North African experience

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Roasted Lamb Rack with Herbs. Tasty and Simple.

A simple yet tasty and elegant classic dinner for two: a moist herbed roasted lamb rack. The herbal marinade helps minimize the strong lamb flavor so many find “gamey”, giving it a milder and appealing flavor. Serve with fresh green salad and a glass of red wine, dim the lights, light a candle on the table, and you have a romantic healthy light dinner.

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Gingered Pumpkin-Pear Soup

Thanksgiving. Autumn. Turning Leafs. Enjoy this low fat recipe that brings to light the rich and earthy flavors of fall as the opener for your Thanksgiving feast or as a warmer for a chilly autumn evening.

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Shepherd’s Pie: what to do with leftover lamb

As usual in my kitchen, after celebrating Jewish New Year’s Eve, I had lamb and roasted potato leftovers I did not know what to do with. We had a great holiday leg of lamb roast meal. The lamb might be great the first time around, warming it up or eating it cold just don’t cut it for me. It is quite fatty meat no matter how much you trim it, and the second round is “passable” at best.

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Baba Ghanoush. The Best Roasted Eggplant Salad.

Baba Ghanoush, roasted eggplant salad with tahini and herbs. A classic Mediterranean salad using grilling as the method to emphasize the earthy flavor of the eggplant. A favorite at Palette Dome Cuisine!

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Tzatziki (τζατζικι) Recipe

Greek yogurt, garlic and cucumber delight. Make it as a dip to serve with crisp fresh cut vegetables and crackers or double the amount of yogurt to serve as as a cold soup for a hot summer night. Continue reading Tzatziki (τζατζικι) Recipe