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mexican red kidney beans

mexican red kidney beans

When I traveled to Mexico during the summer of 2013, I wasn’t a big fan of Mexican food. I didn’t like avocado, hated anything spicy, ran away from jalapeños, and thought most dishes were way too oily. My thoughts have changed since then — I have learned 

shakshuka

shakshuka

When I’m in Israel, I make it a priority to have breakfast at least once at Benedict, a restaurant known to have the best breakfast in the country — or should I even say, the world. What’s so amazing about Benedict is not only its 

chicken celery salad with spiced mayonnaise

chicken celery salad with spiced mayonnaise

So far, we’ve talked about stir-frying chicken, cooking it in a balsamic vinegar sauce and grounding it to use in patties. I have so many other chicken recipes to share with you as chicken is — by far — one of my favorite weeknight ingredients to cook, but today I want to focus on one simple recipe: chicken salad. There are approximately 16,600,000 Google results for “chicken salad recipe”, and about the same amount of different ways to prepare it. Some include grapesavocado or zucchini, others use a mayonnaise dressing while a couple are made without. What I love about chicken salad is not only its versatility, but most of all the fact that it makes an easy lunch (or dinner) to prepare in advance and bring to work with you the next day.

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za’atar spiced cod patties in tomato sauce

za’atar spiced cod patties in tomato sauce

I received two Yotam Ottolenghi cookbooks for my birthday, and I have fallen in love with his cuisine ever since I first cooked one of his recipes. What I love about Ottolenghi’s cuisine is his mix of Middle Eastern flavors — something I can totally relate to, as