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  • Two Spicy Falafel Pita Sandwiches with Lemon Tahini Dressing on a round white plate..
    Spicy Falafel Pita Sandwich & Lemon Tahini Dressing
  • pan-fried pita bread with a layer of cooked zhug spiced ground chicken topped with spinach in a pomegranate vinaigrette with dates and pecans on a round plate with shallow straight sides.
    Spicy Zhug Chicken Pita Sandwich with Spinach Date Salad
  • The Spicy Greek Chicken Meatball Rice Bowl in a wide rim bowl drizzled with yogurt sauce and garnished with chopped parsley, pita triangles and lemon wedges.
    Spicy Greek Chicken Meatball Rice Bowl
  • Top view of the Spicy Cajun Shrimp Rice Bowl with Lemon Remoulade in a wide rim bowl with diced avocado and lemon wedges.
    Spicy Cajun Shrimp Rice Bowl with Lemon Remoulade
  • The tomato-based sauce cooks down.
    Creole Tomato Sauce Recipe | Easy Spicy Haitian-Inspired
  • pico de gallo, fresh salsa in a glass container.
    Homemade Pico de Gallo | Fresh Salsa in 10 Minutes
  • creamy lemon dill sauce in a glass pyrex mixing bowl with a red silicone spoon sitting in it.
    Creamy Lemon Dill Sauce Recipe for Salmon and Chicken
  • top view of the Easy Air Fryer Sticky Date Teriyaki Chicken Wings next to a salad of mixed greens sliced campari tomatoes with carrot ginger dressing in a wide rim bowl
    Easy Air Fryer Sticky Date Teriyaki Chicken Wings
  • side view of the Grilled beef skewers with black mushroom rice on a flat round plate with more escovitch-style vegetables in the background.
    Haitian Djon Djon Rice Recipe (Diri Djon Djon)
  • Vibrant vegetable ingredients arranged for a healthy vegetarian borscht recipe on a black tray.
    Surprisingly High-Protein Meals Using Beans or Ground Turkey!
  • garlic ;and ginger paste in a kitchenaid food chopper.
    Garlic and Ginger Paste: A Flavor Shortcut Every Home Cook Needs
  • a split before and after image of the Avocado Cream Sauce in the kitchenaid food chopper.
    Quick Avocado Cream Sauce for Tacos and Bowls
  • top view of two Salsa Verde Turkey and Beans Tacos with Avocado Cream on a white round plate with shallow sides on a wooden lazy susan.
    Salsa Verde Turkey and Beans Tacos with Avocado Cream
  • Date Pecan Pomegranate Vinaigrette upclose on a split image with it also dressed in spinach.
    Date Pecan Pomegranate Vinaigrette Recipe
  • Golden spiced salmon on fluffy yellow rice with colorful slaw and cilantro garnish.
    Air-Fryer Salmon with Pepper Cabbage Slaw and Yellow Rice
  • up close view of the multigrain rice in the rice cooker.
    How to Make Multigrain Rice | Purple Rice Recipe
  • side view and close up the Easy Spicy Crispy Chicken Tacos with Cholula Sour Cream dish on a flat white round plate with shallow straight sides.
    4 Must-Try Tacos Recipes to Inspire Your Next Craving

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I’m Maika, a professionally trained chef, recipe developer, and culinary educator. For over a decade, I worked at major hotels, including the PGA National Resort, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Conrad Hilton, and W Hotel. As a lifelong passionate cook, my blog explores a world of flavors and experiments with recipes to create restaurant-quality dinners that will excite the food enthusiast's taste buds. Learn More →

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Sliced Peach Piri Piri Chicken with Fonio Kale Salad on a plate.

Pollotarian

Caesar Salad with soft-boiled Egg, roasted campari Tomatoes and Chili-Infused Croutons garnished with freshly grated parmesan cheese and cracked black pepper in a wide rim bowl.

Vegetarian

Gluten-Free

Dairy-Free

Grilled Zhug Ras el Hanout Lamb Chops and Tomato, cucumber, onion Salad served with a lemon-oregano dressing served with a grilled lemon.

Grain-Free

grilled marinated tofu on top of a warm roasted vegetable couscous salad on spicy basil romesco sauce in a wide rim bowl topped with micro greens.

Egg-Free

top view of the the Easy Spicy Crispy Chicken Tacos with Cholula Sour Cream sprinkled with fresh chopped cilantr on a flat white round plate with shallow straight sides.

Nut-Free

top view and close up the Lemon Calabrian Chili Chicken Orzo Soup in a wide rim bowl .

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