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"This is my family's take on a wonderful comfort food."

Ingredients: pepper, cumin, garlic...

"This is so easy, you'll want to make it all the time. It's so tasty, you'll be craving it all the time! The best part is when someone bites into the potatoes and has that look of ecstasy."

Ingredients: cumin, ground allspice, garlic...

"These are delicious and addicting. You can also use beef or lamb in place of the chicken. I usually will make my own tahini (See Heavenly Hummus."

Ingredients: pepper, cucumbers, pickles...

"This original recipe was printed in the insert cookbook that came with my crock pot many years ago. I adjusted it to suit our taste. This brisket is often requested for potlucks and during our football booster club days, it was prepared and sold at all home games. It can be served on buns with sliced onions and dill pickles or by itself. The cooking..."

Ingredients: onion soup mix, beef brisket...

"This is a Recipezaar 2005 adoptee. It sounded like an easy vegetarian dinner that my whole family would like. The original stated that this recipe came from "The Vegetarian Gourmet's Easy Low-Fat Favorites"."

Ingredients: cinnamon, couscous, cumin...

"I got this out of a "Taste of Home" Christmas issue a few years back. The lady who submitted this was Jewish, and this was her entree for her Hanukkah meal. I'm not Jewish, but I love lamb, and this recipe is a winner! The sweetness of the citrus fruits and the the heat from the spices really stand out!"

Ingredients: cinnamon, ground cumin...

"We were staying with friends during Passover and this was the main course at the seder. The smell was wonderful, the color beautiful, and the meat literally fell off the bone. It is called "Shabbat Chicken" because religious Jews do not cook on Shabbat/Sabbath and this is meant to be prepared right before the start of the Sabbath and then..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cinnamon sticks...

"This tender lamb has just a little sweetness and a great spice blend."

Ingredients: cinnamon, pepper, coriander...

"This recipe delivers amazing results with virtually no effort. It's from Nigella Lawson's cookbook "Forever Summer". Za'atar is an addictive Middle Eastern spice blend that you can buy or prepare yourself. Chicken requires at least 2 hours of marinating time. Serve with pita crisps and salad."

Ingredients: za'atar spice mix, olive oil...

"A very tasty recipe for fish and a way for me to use all the dill in my garden. This is from a non-cooking friend, who found this recipe for a potluck dinner she attended. She got raves for this and I begged for the recipe."

Ingredients: fish fillets, fresh dill...

"This is just a really simple and easy, and quick, and delicious version of friend fish fillets. Serve it with whatever side you would like - I personally like it with a nice fresh vegetable salad, like a Greek/Aegean/Hortaki. It is parve, so you can go ahead and eat it with dairy."

Ingredients: pepper, spices, cumin...

"These have a very middle-eastern flavor. They taste just like something you could order at most Israeli/Mizrachi restaurants. When I was living in a mircaz klita (an absorption center for new immigrants) in Jerusalem, a Jewish-Iraqi family taught me how to make these for Shabbat. The lady shaped them into little footballs, but I just make small patties...."

Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, cumin...

"From a South African Jewish Cookbook."

Ingredients: chutney, ginger, lemon juice...

"This is one of the most forgiving recipes you will find. It's hard to go wrong here. Observant Jews cannot cook on the Sabbath, and yet it has always been tradition to serve a hot meal on Saturday after returning from Synagogue. This is the heart of Jewish cooking - no finesse, no mess, no fanciness. Just a hearty meal that is economical, delicious,..."

Ingredients: fresh coarse ground black pepper, dried kidney beans...