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Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini Yogurt Sauce
Cauliflower is actually a pretty boring vegetable. But with practically no effort it becomes a wonderful Mediterranean side dish. The...
danieats
Apr 21, 20211 min read
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Candied Oranges
It's that time of year again when the wonderfully bitter oranges from Sicily are available. This is not a given in Corona times. My wife...
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Mar 18, 20212 min read
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Easy Fried Rice
It happens more often that I have leftover rice from the day before. It is not so important whether it is basmati rice, jasmine rice or...
danieats
Jan 4, 20212 min read
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Ragout of Mushrooms
Autumn time is mushroom season. You can find many different mushrooms in stores, but also on markets like champignons, chanterelles or...
danieats
Nov 30, 20202 min read
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Black Bean Sauce
Have you ever wondered why you can't get that special taste in your own Chinese cooking at home? You lack the black bean sauce. Black...
danieats
Nov 23, 20202 min read
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Creamy Cauliflower Soup
The days get shorter and the temperatures drop. It is time for soup. Cauliflower is a vegetable that can be prepared in many forms, but...
danieats
Nov 18, 20202 min read
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Tahini Sauce
Tahini or tahina is one of the oldest condiments in the world. It is made from toasted ground hulled sesame, basically a sesame paste....
danieats
Oct 11, 20202 min read
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Oriental rice
This dish is inspired by the oriental pilaf rice. Pilaw rice comes in many different varieties, so that this version I chose can be found...
danieats
Sep 16, 20202 min read
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Roasted garlic
When you roast garlic, the biting, hot garlic taste disappears and what remains is a wonderful caramelized puree. The garlic gets a rich...
danieats
Sep 4, 20201 min read
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Gratin dauphinois (potato gratin)
Gratin dauphinois is a French dish of sliced potatoes from the Dauphiné region in south-eastern France. There are many recipes and ways...
danieats
Sep 1, 20202 min read
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Baba Ganoush
...and back to the Middle East. And back to our eggplants. There is not only hummus when you think of dips from the Arab or Middle East....
danieats
Jul 6, 20202 min read
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Cream Beans
Beans are in my opinion quite underrated. Kidney beans are a rich source of protein, folate, iron and phosphorus. But kids usually don't...
danieats
Jul 2, 20202 min read
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Fattoush (Middle Eastern bread salad)
Arab salad, chopped salad, Israeli salad - whatever you choose to call it, there is no escaping it. Wherever you go in the Middle East,...
danieats
Jun 25, 20202 min read
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Hummus (base recipe)
In recent years there has been a real boom in Mediterranean cuisine, especially that of the Middle East. Hummus is a symbol of this. Let...
danieats
Jun 15, 20202 min read
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Eggplant Parmigiana
There are so many recipes for eggplant parmigiana, I guess that every mamma in Italy has her own and I guess that her recipe is the best....
danieats
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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Mnazaleh („oriental aubergine“)
Another great aubergine dish, inspired by my long lasting quest of so called "chazilim orientalim" or "oriental aubergine". As I told you...
danieats
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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Chickpea curry with Aubergine
This is a combination of ingredients I had to get accustomed to over the years; chickpeas, aubergines and curry. I had to cook for my...
danieats
Jun 4, 20202 min read
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The second best pumpkin soup
I have to tell you the truth, this is only the second most liked pumpkin soup recipe in our house. My wife does another recipe (that I...
danieats
Jun 4, 20201 min read
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Ciorba (Romanian Vegetable Soup)
„Ciorba“ is a basic sour Romanian vegetable soup. There are many different types of this soup, found all over the Balkan countries. This...
danieats
Jun 3, 20201 min read
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Lentil Dal
Dal is a dish that originates in the Indian subcontinent. Is is a stew or almost a soup. I found this to be one of the only recipes to...
danieats
Jun 3, 20202 min read
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