Corn and Peas with Shoyu/Butter Sauce
Need a Quick Vegetable Dish that will Probably Be the Star of the Show? It was time to start dinner and I realized I had no vegetable to go with the meal. I was making steak with a Vietnamese Scallion Sauce and serving it with Japanese rice. But I did have frozen corn and frozen […]
Clementine, Red Onion, and Pomegranate Salad with Fresh Mint
So Much More Than the Sum of Its Ingredients – This Simple Salad will Add Spark to Your Meal. This is as simple as it gets. A salad which consists of peeled sliced clementines, sliced red onion, pomegranate arils and fresh mint. Feel free to adjust the amounts of the ingredients. You want more onion? […]
Chocolate Sheet Cake
In the Mood for a Mouth Watering Chocolate Sheet Cake that will Feed a Crowd? There are many many recipes for chocolate sheet cakes. This one has been in my family for over 50 years. I still remember the first time my mother made it. We had been visiting family in Arkansas and she got […]
Blackberry Lime Pie with Orchidea
You Don’t Have to Add the Orchidea Spice Blend, but it Adds a Beautiful Nuanced Flavor Element. Baking a pie is one of my favorite ways to spend some time in the kitchen. Pie baking requires patience and forces you to slow down. And I’ve yet to meet the person who isn’t thrilled when presented […]
Pea, Asparagus, and Avocado Salad with Feta
Salad for Dinner Sound Good to You? This One Fits the Bill. Creamy, Crunchy, Bright, and So Satisfying. Dinner salad nights are some of my favorite meals. It had been quite awhile since I’d made an avocado dressing and when I came upon this recipe from A Cozy Kitchen at Food52, it reminded me how […]
Perfect Twice Fried French Fries
In the Mood for the Best French Fries? If You Don’t Mind the Cleanup, Here They Are. Here we have Classic French Fries, cooked as they should be cooked. First they’re fried at 325 degrees (you will need a thermometer – I use an instant read Thermapen)for 6 to 8 minutes, drained and held over […]
Greens and Chermoula Potato Pie
Ottolenghi Strikes Again with a Surprising Take on a Main Dish Pie. I took on another Ottolenghi recipe from his “Test Kitchen” cookbook. This one is Chermoula and Potato Pie. Chermoula is an herb and spice paste similar to chimichuri, but contains warm spices and lemon juice instead of vinegar. In this case, toasted cumin […]
Pomegranate & Sumac Chicken
Chicken Thighs Roasted in a Bright, Tart, and Sweet Paste. Yes, Please. I’ve been cooking from Yasmin Khan’s wonderful “Ripe Figs” cookbook. These recipes come from Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus and many of them originate with refugees who now call these countries their home. This particular recipe comes from a doctor from Syria who now […]
Green Cannellini Beans with Tahini
Beans that are Creamy and Full of Flavor from Tahini and Chili Oil. I’ve been cooking up a storm from the new “Ottolenghi Test Kitchen Shelf Love” cookbook. This time the recipe is called Green Cannellini with Tahini. Seeing as this uses canned beans, I was able to knock it out in about an hour. […]
The Cake, as It’s Known in My Home
My Favorite Bundt Cake – And it Contains 7 Up. Old School Goodness. In my home, this is known as The Cake. It’s that recipe that’s been with me so long I no longer remember where I first got it. Everyone probably has at least one of these recipes. It’s so good it has become […]