Harak bel-usba-o or Burn Your Finger is one of my favorite dishes.  I think the name came from women burning their fingers trying to drop the dumpling into the boiling lentil stew.   This dish can be eaten hot, room tempreture or cold. My mom used to serve it cold.  She would make it a [...]

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Vegan and Gluten Free Mac and “Cheese” serves 6-8 4        tablespoons olive oil 1        medium red onion, finely chopped 1        cup chopped carrot 1/2   cup chopped celery 2       cloves garlic, sliced 1/2   teaspoon chopped fresh sage 1       teaspoon [...]

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I am reading more and more newspaper stories about the dangers of eating and drinking coffee or latte while driving. I’m reminded of something that happened to my husband’s nephew, who is a lawyer in Rapid City.  He was eating a burrito while on his way to his office, when he accidentally rear-ended the care [...]

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There is a reason why chefs sear spices in oil in order to intensify the aroma of the dish.  Most of aroma flavors are “fat soluble.” This means  flavor factors are attached to fat particular.  If you remember, when we go to a carnival, the food stands usually have onions frying on the grill.  We [...]

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serves 6-8 2       Acorn squash 1        butternut squash 1       12-ounce can pureed pumpkin 4       tablespoons olive oil 1       medium onion, finely chopped 4      celery stalk, chopped 4      carrots, peeled and chopped 1/4   teaspoon crushed red [...]

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Majadara, Bulgur Lentil Pilaf with Caramelized Onion serves 4-6 1/4      cup olive oil 2          medium onion, Julienne 2          cup lentils 1 1/2   cups coarse bulgur #3 salt to taste -Heat the olive oil in a heavy pot. Sprinkle the onion with 1/8 teaspoon salt, [...]

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Did you know that corn was never a wild plant that was domesticated for human consumption.  It was the genius of the Indians of Central America that produced the ultimate corn stalk, which started as a wild grass, called Teosinte, which, after several thousand years of collection and cultivating the wild grass plants resulted in [...]

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