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"My SIL is a newlywed, and she's turning into quite a good cook -- we have even started sharing recipes. This is HER stir fry sauce, and I love its basic goodness. You can add ingredients (I'll add a few spoonfuls of black bean sauce sometimes, for example) or change them around (I often use brown sugar instead of white, and sometimes I use..."

Ingredients: cornstarch, soy sauce, sugar...

"This is a regular family favourite that we serve with Moroccan or Lebanese style meals. Or Greek or Italian-whatever we feel like I guess! And we love these so much, 2 spuds each is almost not enough!"

Ingredients: cumin, fresh ground black pepper...

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

Ingredients: pepper, cumin, garlic...

"This is an adaptation of a recipe originally published in "I Like Food, Food Tastes Good: In the Kitchen with Your Favorite Bands". It's a delicious curried lentil and cauliflower soup that's filling and incredibly nutritious, and it keeps beautifully for days! You can even make it ahead and freeze it.

WARNING: IF YOU..."

Ingredients: dry lentils, cumin...

"A recipe I learned from two Lebanese friends. This is my family's most requested dish at get-togethers."

Ingredients: cucumbers, cumin powder...

"Soft and satisfyingly flavorful. You can adjust the level of spiciness to taste."

Ingredients: black mustard seeds, cumin seeds...

"This is something I discovered when I moved here, I always make a batch every Chanukah."

Ingredients: ground cumin, eggs...

"These have a very special flavor, go great with my Moroccan Pumpkin Soup (L'hamraak Garagh)."

Ingredients: eggs, salt, sweet potatoes...

"This is a GREAT fried rice recipe and a wonderful way to use up leftover rice. Adapted from a Gourmet Magazine recipe..."

Ingredients: cilantro, fresh shiitake mushrooms...

"Many times when you are alone at home it seems too much bother to cook just for one. Mostly it comes down to just grabbing something, munching away in front of the telly, not even noticing what you are eating. (talking out of experience....)Try this curry, I usually eat it with a salad. The recipe can be doubled, tripled and so on."

Ingredients: curry powder, mushrooms...

"Hot, sweet sauce coats the chicken and onions. Snow peas, broccoli or edamame would be a colorful vegetable side. I usually don't like spicy & hot sauce, yet I had to have the recipe after tasting this at my friends' house. The Sriracha sauce is like the Huy Fong sauce."

Ingredients: curry powder, onion rings...

"This is a recipe from my Aunt, Rosalee Patrick (my Mother's deceased sister), for doctoring gefilte fish from the jar and making it taste as if it were made from scratch. Trust me, IT'S GREAT! Thank you Aunt Rosalee, wherever you are..."

Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, gefilte fish...

"A great way to enjoy one sadly overlooked vegetable. The Eggplant. Add your favorite protein for a great one dish meal! This is my version of my friend Mayumi's recipe. I prefer the long and thin Japanese or Chinese eggplant. They taste less acidic."

Ingredients: fresh ginger, mirin...

"A lot of you don't know it, but Yooper and I are diet buddies. We were chatting on the phone one Friday morning and he told me how he admired my talent of just "coming up" with a recipe off the top of my head. That morning, with Yoop's words echoing in my head, I created this curried chicken recipe. And guess what, Yooper? It's..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, ground cumin...