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Asian Shrimp and Avocado Salad
Asian Shrimp and Avocado Salad I love sushi but I am also trying to reduce my intake of simple carbs. Of course, I could try making sashimi but then I miss out on balancing my diet – so the compromise...
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Chickpea and Desiccated Coconut Salad
This salad is my take on a standard Indian recipe for a warm chickpea salad. For some odd reason my husband loves chickpeas – in every shape of form! He loves hummus, he loves Chana Masal and he loves...
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Black Chickpeas or Punjabi Chana Masala
Recently my doctor told me that I may be at risk of getting diabetes and should work towards losing some weight but that has always been an uphill battle for me. Despite my trying to eat a very healthy...
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Black Bean and Vegetable Soup
Continuing my search for eating healthy and yet delicious foods, I made this Black Bean and Vegetable Soup. I combined elements from three different kinds of soups: the regular Black Bean Soup, the...
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Tofu Lentil Salad with Greek Yogurt and Herb Dressing
In recent years, a lot of people have given up eating soy bean and soy products because often they use genetically modified soy seeds and also because soy bean crops are sprayed with a heavy dose of...
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Baby Summer Squash, Tomatoes and Blue Cheese Salad
This time of the year, when the local produce is hitting the supermarkets and farmer’s markets, I try to eat my vegetables in their raw form because they taste amazingly good. Of course, if the...
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Sprouted Moong/Mung Beans Warm Salad
I love brightly colored dishes and this one is among the most colorful things I have ever made. The green from the sprouted beans, fresh cilantro leaves and green chili contrast so well with the deep...
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No-fry Super Crispy Chicken Salad
Like all American kids, when my kids were little (they are in college now!), they were addicted to chicken nuggets. And my son was an especially picky eater back then and his diet consisted on a...
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Skirt Steak and Strawberry Salad
Even though we are in the middle of winter (with Boston getting 3-4 feet of snow in the past week), we enjoyed a wonderful spring-like day in Washington DC today. Of course that called for a dinner of...
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Indonesian Grilled Bronzini
Over the past twenty years I’ve traveled to Indonesia many times but my fascination with that country, its culture, its people, its cuisine and even its politics continues. For one, the country is...
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