Eliot's Eats

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Category: Recipes

  • Ethiopian Cuisine for Cook the Books

    Ethiopian Cuisine for Cook the Books

    Inspired by this Cook the Book Round, I delved into Ethiopian cuisine and made a feast of Shiro Wat (a chickpea paste), Sambussa (a lentil fritter) and Injera (Ethiopian flatbread).

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  • Peppered-Cherry Vinaigrette

    Peppered-Cherry Vinaigrette

    I hope the hyphenated adjective above describes this recipe a bit better.  I felt totally inadequate with my Cherry-Pepper Jelly and I know that I led some readers astray thinking that I had made a preserve with cherry peppers (instead of jalapenos and dried cherries). Anywhoo, I wanted to be a little clearer with the…

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  • Green Chile-Cheese Puff

    Green Chile-Cheese Puff

    I love green chile season…

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  • Cherry-Pepper Jelly

    Cherry-Pepper Jelly

    This recipe uses dried cherries, jalapenos, and one green pepper for a new twist on regular pepper jelly.

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  • Spiced Grape-Orange Jam

    Spiced Grape-Orange Jam

    Just enough grapes this year for one batch of jam—an experiment to combine all my favorite recipes into one. See how it turned out.

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  • Vegan Spiced Apple Crumb Muffins

    Vegan Spiced Apple Crumb Muffins

    For September C.L.U.E., we were tasked to find a recipe using apples or pears. Here’s a keeper of a vegan recipe from Heather at girlichef.

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  • Chile-Orange Flank Steak

    Chile-Orange Flank Steak

    Get your “grill-on” this holiday weekend and try this sweet and spicy flank steak.

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  • Crux of the Biscuit

    Crux of the Biscuit

    Here’s an Artisan Biscuit recipe for this month’s Food ‘n Flix as inspired by August: Osage County.

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  • Rosemary Limeade with a Kick

    Rosemary Limeade with a Kick

    Need a refreshing cocktail to jump start (or kick) you for a busy week? This should do it, my friend.

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  • Spiked Cherry Conserve

    Spiked Cherry Conserve

    I haven’t been making quite as much jam this year but I have been trying out a few new recipes. This one is a keeper.

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