Recipes

Greek Roasted Potatoes

I guess if you add garlic, lemon, olive oil, and oregano to anything you could fairly state that it has...

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Crabmeat Salad

I love this crabmeat salad. The recipe is a little loose so I tried to be more specific with amounts...

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Pomegranate Martini

My favorite summer cocktail, a vodka pomegranate martini. Filled with vitamins and powerful antioxidants I like to imagine that the...

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Grillades

Grillades, a Creole brunch tradition in New Orleans that is NOT about grilled meat. The local debate over grillades usually...

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Froyo Fruit and Nut Bars

These high powered frozen yogurt bars are full of antioxidants; strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, pecans, pistachios and dark chocolate. My one...

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Peruvian Quinoa with Vegetables

Sunday I had a planning party for my traveling tribe to discuss our itinerary and packing list for our upcoming...

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Coffee Rani Brownies

Coffee Rani is a charming neighborhood cafe in Covington and Mandeville Louisiana. They are known throughout the region for their...

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Salmorejo Cordobes, Cold tomato soup from Spain

Instead of the usual gazpacho, this is a thicker, creamier, but without cream, cold tomato soup. This style of cold...

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Casse Croute, Tunisian Spicy Tuna Sandwich

Casse-croute literally means a snack or a little food to eat between meals and is the Tunisian version of a...

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Cold Stuffed Tomatoes from Turkey

Outside of traveling and tasting throughout the Mediterranean region over the years, I learned much of what I know about...

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Cherry Clafoutis

Sometimes when I grow a little weary of fruit cobblers, I remember the cobbler’s cousin, clafoutis. A clafoutis is a...

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Hatch Chile Verde Stew

I call myself a locavore and I prefer for the majority of the foods I prepare and consume to be...

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