Olive Oil and Lemons

This is an easy doughnut recipe made with baking powder and baked in the oven (yeast ones are usually fried). 1.5 cups flour1.5 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/2 cup sugar 2/3 ...

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Soup beautiful soup. This one is a quick and truly delish cheesey cauliflower soup with lots of veggies in it. To make, sauté an onion in a butter and olive oil until soft and translucent. Add 2...

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To finish the holiday foods here are a braided loaf and buns made from one recipe of challah bread. It’s such a lovely dough and versatile too. Challah braid:4 cups flour7 gr active dry yeast1/...

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Shredded salad with hazelnuts and sweet and tangy dressing. For the salad I used carrots and watermelon radish shredded with a vegetable peeler shredding blade. I added radicchio cut into thin st...

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Soba noodles with asparagus and sesame dressing.  Cook the noodles until al dente, follow package instruction and just cut it short if needed so taste them. Rinse in cold water to stop the cooki...

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Morning:), are you up? Early here on the west coast. Here is my contribution to Sunday brunch ideas this morning. Totally doable.  I love making these puffed pancake aka German (pfunnkuchen) or ...

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Baked Falafel Patties with homemade pita pockets.  Here is the method for the falafel. Traditional falafels are made with soaked but uncooked garbanzo beans. This is made with canned garbanzo. E...

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Homemade pita pockets. So much better than store bought.  1 package dried yeast (7 gr)1 teaspoon sugar2 1/3 cups flour1 teaspoon salt 1 cup water1-2 tablespoon olive oil Place flour, yeast, suga...

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A small afternoon tea for three.  Do you host an afternoon tea? I have always loved the concept and if there is any place in town that offers it my friend @morethanburnttoast and I never (almo...

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And to finish the afternoon tea “series” here is the recipe for the scones that I served with strawberry jam and mascarpone (could not find traditional clotted cream anywhere). Here is the re...

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