When I was teen, I befriended a foreign exchange student from Spain who attended my small, rural high school. We became good friends and I really enjoyed our conversations. She was so much more worldly than me at the time. The summer after I graduated, she invited me to Spain to meet her family and […]
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Cabbage bread, or káposzta kenyér, are savory rolls that are filled with caramelized sweet cabbage and onion and baked until golden and fluffy. They make for a fantastic breakfast, lunch or dinner and are best served warm, as a main dish or side. This cabbage bread recipe has been passed down through my family for
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My Sweet and Spicy Vegan Tacos are loaded with flavor and oh so craveable! They are packed with sautéed vegetables and seasoned to perfection with brown sugar, apple cider vinegar and spices for a deliciously sweet and tangy bite. You’ll forget all about standard tacos after trying this recipe! Homemade corn tortillas are used as
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This Passion Pea dish is a tradition in my house and is served every New Year’s Day. We eat this dish for good luck and prosperity and we especially eat this dish because it’s really, really good. I typically make my Passion Pea dish using black-eyed peas because they are fairly ubiquitous across the country
My Kale, Sausage and Black-Eyed Pea Soup is a nutritious and hearty meal that will help you restart those healthy eating habits after a few days (weeks?) of holiday eating and drinking. The black-eyed peas in this soup add a rich, earthy flavor and a buttery and creamy texture, while the kale adds heft and
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The tradition in my family has always been to have a lighter supper on Christmas Eve, followed up by a bigger, more formal meal on Christmas Day. And, even though Christmas Eve dinner is small and informal, it’s everyone’s favorite and always lots of fun. We fill the table with fondue, appetizers, finger foods and
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Butternut squash soup is such a perfect meal to have on a cold fall or winter night. This recipe is warm and hearty, yet dairy and gluten free. To give the soup interest, I add urfa chilies that I recently picked up from my favorite spice store, Arome. These chilies add a subtle spiciness and
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Thanksgiving is over and you’ve got a whole lot of turkey left to be consumed. For the first day or two after Thanksgiving, you happily nosh on Thanksgiving Meals #2, #3, and perhaps even #4, but at some point, you get kind of sick of turkey with gravy and all the fixins. That is where
This plant-based burger is outstanding. It’s made from a combination of oats and walnuts, with egg as the binder. Years ago, I made this recipe for a friend who was convinced that I had mixed walnuts with ground beef to create the burgers. Little did he know that there was no meat in the burgers
I’m not sure where the name of this recipe comes from, or even if this dish truly originates from my old stomping grounds, but what I can tell you is that this roast is really, really good. It’s what I call peasant food – a tough cut of meat that’s a fraction of the cost
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