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Roasted Spring Vegetables with Tahini Sauce | Ottolenghi
The roasted spring vegetables is a version of Ottolenghi’s whole roasted cauliflower with tahini sauce inspired by the multi-color cauliflowers I’ve found lately in the market.…
My next favorite drink to a caffe latte is a matcha latte. It’s just a convenient and satisfying drink to get in any Starbucks, especially when…
Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Mark Bittman/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ Toss/ whole grain
Soba Noodle Salad | Mark Bittman
For a weekday dinner, there’s nothing more convenient than reaching into the pantry. In this case, when soba noodle is available, you have an easy and…
Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Grill/ Low fat/ Salad/ Savory/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Yellow Pepper and Corn Salad with Turmeric Dressing | Ottolenghi
Which is my favorite summer corn recipe? It’s tough to pick winners among so many. Corn chowder, fritter, polenta, corn bread or corn muffin? Anyway you…
dessert/ Fruit/ Jim Lahey/ Low fat/ my favorites/ quick cake/ scalable
Orange Olive-Oil Cake | Torta D’olio D’oliva
Don’t let a simple cake like this fool you. It delivers spectacular flavor, uses wholesome ingredients, and easy to mix by hand. If you attend to…
Looking for a salad that doesn’t weep, wilt or lose its vibrant color, consider the kale and sugar snap pea salad. This salad can stay on…
How to make oven-baked fries without a deep-fryer? In David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen, he shows us a method that’s simple to do and a lot…
Dairy free/ Jim Lahey/ Low fat/ straight dough/ whole grain/ whole wheat/ Yeast bread
Whole Wheat Pita Bread | Jim Lahey
It has been a while since I last wrote about pita bread. Meanwhile, many of my favorite Middle Eastern dishes are best eaten handheld, like a…
It behooves a coffee lover, one who also writes a food blog to know what cold brew coffee is. But I didn’t, until now! In New…
Let’s talk science. What’s the difference between sorbet and ice cream? It’s the greater amount of fat, that gives ice cream the richness and creaminess, as…
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Herby Polenta with Corn, Eggs and Feta | One-Pot Game Changer
Polenta is a good ingredient to use as an alternative to pasta or mashed potatoes. Gluten free as well as low carb. Thus there is very…
Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Nigel Slater/ Pantry essentials/ Roast/ Side/ Steam
Lokanta Stew | Roasted Vegetables with Butter Beans
A lokanta, or “tradesmen’s restaurant,” is where you can find delicious home-cooked style food in Turkey. This dish is a healthy, vegan, roasted vegetable stew. Other…
Dairy free/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Simmer/ Soup
Green-as-Spring Soup | Everyday Dorie
If you ever doubt that an all-vegetable soup can be flavorful, this green-as-spring soup is a solid proof that it can be done. Meanwhile, which vegetable…
Gluten free/ kitchen hack/ Low fat/ Nigel Slater/ Side/ spring
Roast New Potatoes with Creamed Spinach
Fudgy new potatoes over a green field of creamy spinach, with a pile of pea sprouts on top, evokes the essence of spring. I came across…
I made salmon burger together with our friends at Cook-the-Book-Fridays, as we cook through the recipes in Dorie Greenspan’s Everyday Dorie. Instead of commenting about the…
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Asian Eggplant Salad | First Day of the Pig Year
There is no better time to cook a global delight than on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Pig. Pick the Asian…
I never thought of celery root purée as a low-carb mashed potatoes until I made it — based on David Lebovitz recipe in My Paris Kitchen.…
Jamie Oliver makes this for his kids for breakfast on the way to school. He calls it Jool’s breakfast on the go. I make it for…
The roasted root vegetables are similar to the baked Provençal vegetables (tian), which we made a while ago, from My Paris Kitchen. The roasted root vegetable may not…
Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ dessert/ Fruit/ Gluten free/ holidays/ Low fat
Clementine Prosecco Sorbet with Candied Citrus Peel
A few days into the New Year, we’re still in the mood of welcoming a fresh beginning. What can be more festive than a dish of…
Yotam Ottolenghi adapts a classic Waldorf salad to this sort-of-Waldorf in Plenty More. The classic is a fruit and nut salad generally made of fresh apples,…
Every household needs one jar of the maple apricot granola around to carry the day. Serve it for breakfast, snacks or on a salad; it can…
Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Levain bread/ Low fat/ my favorites/ Soup
Emerald Corn Chowder With Roasted Tomatillos | Rick Bayless
Emerald corn chowder sounds exotic. Roasted tomatillos and poblano are titillating choices. Combining emerald corn chowder with roasted tomatillo and poblano seems exciting and worthy of…
Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Meat/ Roast/ summer
Stuffed Vegetables | David Lebovitz
Imagine having a variety of stuffed vegetables for dinner one night. For the longest time, we’ve been taking stuffed vegetables in small bites — as appetizer…