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Recipes by Daniel Saraga (Page 9)

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Vegetarian Chopped Liver (Mushroom and Onion Pate)

Vegetarian Chopped Liver (Mushroom and Onion Pate) by Daniel Saraga

IngredientsInstructions1. Heat oil on medium and sauté onions until translucent.2. Add mushrooms and continue to sauté until mushrooms are soft (and most of the liquid is gone).3. Transfer mushrooms and onions to a food processor and add walnuts, salt and pepper. Pulse until desired consistency is reached.Serve with matza or dry…

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Cheese and Onion Pie

Cheese and Onion Pie by Daniel Saraga

PagesCheese and Onion PieOur friend Julia has perfect timing. Occasionally, I help her with her website, Fibre Fantastics, and in return, she cooks us dinner or sends us a recipe.The morning of the brunch, I chopped the onions started on the salads and ran (well, drove) to the bakery. The cheese pie was pretty much done when I got…

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Chicken Tajine with Zucchini

Chicken Tajine with Zucchini by Daniel Saraga

IngredientsInstructions1. Heat olive oil in a dutch oven over medium heat and add theonions and peppers. Saute for 2 minutes, then add the garlic. Cover and cook until onions are soft, about 8 minutes. 2. Add the paprika, salt, turmeric, coriander, fennel, pepper, cumin, ginger and thyme and 3. stir for 1 minute. 4. Add the canned…

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Balsamic Vinaigrette

Balsamic Vinaigrette by Daniel Saraga

PagesBalsamic VinaigretteSeveral years ago, when I was living on my own, I frequently ate what I called "kitchen sink salads." It was my entire meal. I'd buy some nice bagged lettuce or spinach (I'd refer to it as "garden weeds"), use either grilled chicken or hard-boiled egg for protein, and add whatever else I had around. That…

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Creamy Dill Sauce (Magic Sauce)

Creamy Dill Sauce (Magic Sauce) by Daniel Saraga

Creamy dill sauce with my chicken on rice dish.Photo courtesy of Simon's smartphone.I realized today that the creamy dill sauce (or, as my good friend put it, Magic) I included with the chicken on rice recipe needs to be on its own since it can be used with several other recipes. It was a smashing success with chicken shawarama as…

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Dark Chocolate Mousse

Dark Chocolate Mousse by Daniel Saraga

PagesDark Chocolate MousseWith friends over for dinner a couple nights in a row and family birthdays on the horizon, Meredith was pretty busy with desserts. So busy, that one evening I had to make dessert (and I don't make dessert). I ended up turning some leftover rice into rice pudding and calling it a night!We have a bumper crop of…

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Rhubarb Curry Chicken

Rhubarb Curry Chicken by Daniel Saraga

This curry gets its flavor from the brown sugar caramelizedon the chicken and the super-tasty rhubarb sauce. When rhubarb was ready to harvest, a generous colleague handed me a bag with at least a couple pounds of the red stuff. My first thought was "I can only eat so much pie!" Then I realized that there might be an alternative.After…

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Secret Recipe Club: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Jarlsberg Cheese and Sauteed Mushrooms

Secret Recipe Club: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Jarlsberg Cheese and Sauteed Mushrooms by Daniel Saraga

I'd been meaning to blog about grilled cheese for some time, but I'd never got around to it. The grilled cheese is an amazing sandwich, and according to The Encyclopedia of Sandwiches, first appeared in the 1930s - around the same time sliced bread…

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Chicken on Rice with Creamy Dill Sauce

Chicken on Rice with Creamy Dill Sauce by Daniel Saraga

Photo courtesy of Simon's smartphone. Our camerawent AWOL during picture time!It all started with an article I read about street meat in Manhattan. The dish sounded good, but the recipe was off. A little vague, mostly in the method, how to cook the chicken, etc -- and I could tell right away: this isn't how it's prepared at a vendor's…

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Salmon Ball

Salmon Ball by Daniel Saraga

This salmon ball is creamy with a bit of crunch, and gluten-free.Continuing on the holiday brunch theme from a couple weeks ago, I wanted another protein dish that could be served in a sandwich or just on crackers. I didn't want to make another salmon salad - too boring. That's when I remembered Shannon, an old friend from the…

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