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This simple recipe for bulgur salad with sweet potato, chickpeas, herbs and almonds makes the perfect side dish or main meal salad. I love the simple ingredient list and complexity of flavors and textures this combination makes. Bulgur, chickpeas, fresh parsley, mint and lemon are a dream team together. And ground cumin is right at home in this salad. Add sweet and creamy roasted sweet potato and crunchy slivered...

Ready to excite your taste buds? Here’s a recipe for Middle Eastern Lamb Stew is boldly flavored with a blend of characteristic Middle Eastern spices and finished with fiber-rich chickpeas. It takes 15 minutes of hands on time before slow cooking in the oven until tender. Served with whole grain rice, bulgur or couscous and a side salad, it makes a delicious weekend dinner (or how about giving Easter...

New favorite grab-and-go snack: Apple-carrot breakfast muffins. Yes! Breakfast muffins. That’s cause they are packed will all sorts of good things to get your day started. First of all apples (fruit!), then carrots (vegetables!), flaxseeds and walnuts (omega-3!), eggs (protein power!) whole grain and regular spelt flour (fiber!), PLUS ginger, cinnamon, vanilla and a little unrefined sugar to keep things tasty! So I would say, these are all around...

This recipe for asparagus salad with fennel also works well with green asparagus if you fancy this salad outside the asparagus season. “White gold” or “edible ivory” – considered a spring delicacy, white asparagus makes it way to produce markets and grocery stores only one season a year. During the German “Spargelsaison” or “Spargelzeit” (“asparagus season” or “asparagus time”), the season usually starts in late April and finishes in...

For this dish, I combined some of my favorite ingredients that ended up being a great play on flavors and texture. Tender lamb is served over a delicious bulgur salad that is packed full of fresh herbs, sweet tomatoes, pine nuts and pomegranate, then tossed in an dressing with flavors of the orient. On the side, a minty yogurt dip to accompany the lamb. It comes together perfectly, and...

Think of this as your next weeknight meal. This parsley walnut pesto is as simple as it gets. Inspired by a pesto made from garlic (lots of garlic!) and walnuts, called agliata in Italy, this dish is loaded with the vibrant flavors of parsley, garlic, olive oil, and walnuts...and a touch of lemon. It's a traditional winter pesto that's just as green, garlicky, cheesy, and nutty as summer pesto...