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Salads and appetizers

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Salads and appetizers

Provençal-style dried tomatoes

Plum tomatoes, garlic, herbes de Provence and olive oil become a fragrant Mediterranean treat. This recipe explains how to dry the tomatoes in an oven or a dehydrator and finish them in garlic oil.

Spicy “Antivirus” Spread :)

For those who enjoy this sort of thing, I'll share my own recipe too. It's spicy, but delicious!! And it isn't just for hummus, bread, or toast; it also works as a condiment with a real “antivirus” f…

Two Salads with Oranges

The obvious advantages of a salad with oranges: it is full of vitamins, healthy fats, and trace elements... This salad combines a distinctive flavor with a boost to immunity - two in one! Just what y…

Canadian Salad Dressing — Dressing

Canadian women cooks taught me how to make this dressing :) It turns out just as good as store-bought dressing, but all the ingredients are fresh, with no preservatives or colorings! So, Canadian sal…

Cabbage Baked with Garlic Curry Sauce

Cabbage baked with garlic sauce and added curry is delicious! By the way, the same sauce also works well on baked eggplant (cut into slices), pepper halves, and sweet potato (also sliced)... Ingredie…

The Most Delicious Tomato Salad

The most delicious tomato salad in the world looks like this! But to achieve it, you have to go on a full-fledged quest to find those very tomatoes. Sniff your way through half of Domodedovo Market.…

Sprat Pâté "A Taste of Childhood"

A simple, inexpensive dish from our Soviet childhood. It makes an excellent spread for crispbread (hello, diet-friendly Shabbat meals), or simply one of the fish dishes on the table. Very little work…

Arayes - Stuffed Pita

Arayes is one of the stars of Israeli cuisine and the simplest way to make a delicious, satisfying dinner :). Arayes is an Arab dish made by baking ground meat inside a pita (a flatbread). Classic ar…

Homemade Butter

Just before the most dairy-focused holiday of the year - Shavuot - our shops had an embarrassing mishap: the butter disappeared! For several days, I diligently surveyed the empty shelves in the neigh…