Healthful Eats

Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials/ Sauté/ Side/ Simmer

Garlic & Chili Baked Beans | Jamie Oliver

When the external conditions are grim, don’t despair, be prepared. Faced with a pandemic with an uncertain end point, let’s get our food supply in order.…

June 19, 2020

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easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Yeast bread

Easy Burger Buns | King Arthur Flour

I need some burger buns to go with veggies burgers I’m making; so they have to be easy. I find this recipe on the King Arthur…

June 16, 2020

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Dorie Greenspan/ Fry/ King Arthur Flour/ Pantry essentials/ quick bread/ Simmer/ year round/ Yeast bread

Three-Pepper Veggie Burgers | Everyday Dorie

I make a three pepper veggie burger instead of a conventional beef burger because we generally prefer a plant-based diet. Now the challenge becomes whether I…

June 12, 2020

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Dairy free/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ whole grain/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Farro Risotto with Marinated Feta | Ottolenghi

Unlike the proper Italian risotto, the farro risotto with marinated feta does not require the precision and meticulous preparations. So when I run out of Arborio…

June 5, 2020

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Gluten free/ Low fat/ Sauté

Greens and Beans with Red Chile and Fresh Cheese | Rick Bayless

Besides flour, it seems like beans of all kinds are in high demand during the lockdown phase. Beans will keep for a while in the pantry;…

May 29, 2020

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Bake/ Blanch/ Dairy free/ King Arthur Flour/ Low fat/ Soup

Ramen Noodle with Kale and Mushroom

I really miss a good old ramen bowl more than anything else during the Covid season. In my fantasy dreaming, I’d be having a bowl of…

May 26, 2020

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Berry/ breakfast/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ quick cake

Cornmeal-Buttermilk Skillet Cake | Everyday Dorie

This cake has a lot going for it, even in the midst of the Covid season. I say that because all-purpose flour is in short supply.…

May 22, 2020

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easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials/ Sauté/ Side/ Simmer/ spring/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Herby Zucchini and Peas with Semolina Porridge | Ottolenghi’s “Simple”

In lockdown, nights roll into mornings, mornings into days, and days upon days with no defined schedules or boundaries. Likewise, it seems to me our appetite…

April 28, 2020

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easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ Steam/ Toss/ whole grain/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Buckwheat and Haricots Verts Salad | Ottolenghi’s Simple

How do we make it through another day? Exercise our ingenuity and steel our resolve to combat the virus day by day. It’s going to be…

April 17, 2020

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Bake/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials/ Pizza/ Side

Cauliflower Pizza | Gluten-free

What does a bread baker do with all the time on her hands amid the lockdown? Well, my focus has been to bake breads that require…

April 14, 2020

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Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ enriched dough/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ pasta/ Side

Butter-Poached Corn with Squid-Ink Pasta | Everyday Dorie

Three weeks into the lockdown, we can cook anything we want for the coronavirus edition at Cook-the-Book-Friday. I choose the butter-poached corn with egg noodles since…

April 10, 2020

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Appetizer/ Pantry essentials/ Sauté/ Side/ Toss/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Bulgur with Mushrooms and Feta | Ottolenghi’s Simple

An efficient and well-sourced pantry of everyday ingredients my family loves to eat has taken me years to establish. The pantry inspires the wellspring of ideas…

March 31, 2020

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dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ Fruit/ Pantry essentials/ quick cake

Last-of-the-Bunch Banana Bundt | Everyday Dorie

The New York metropolitan area is now the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. With the ever-rising community infections, going out to the grocery stores can be…

March 27, 2020

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Bake/ classics/ Low fat/ Sauté/ scalable

Healthy Baked Potato with Ratatouille | Curtis Stone

You bake the Provencal vegetables (tian in French), a classic casserole dish of thinly sliced vegetables of zucchini, eggplant, and tomatoes, in a shallow earthenware. As…

March 17, 2020

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Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Pantry essentials/ Sauté/ Side

Ginger Fried Rice | Everyday Dorie

Dorie Greenspan in Everyday Dorie shows us how to use ginger to make fried rice taste fantastically fresh and enlivened. This turns out far better than…

March 13, 2020

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Blanch/ Dairy free/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ my favorites/ Roast/ Yotam Ottolenghi

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.…

March 9, 2020

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Dairy free/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ mezze (small plates)/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ Side

Chickpea Tahini Salad | Everyday Dorie

Why have I not put together a chickpea tahini salad instead of blending all the same ingredients to make hummus? Good question. We are, by and…

February 14, 2020

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Fry/ Gluten free

Mushroom Stroganoff | Ultimate Veg

Beef Stroganoff, created in Russia, has been around over a hundred years. Due to the popularity of this dish, there have been many renditions around the…

January 29, 2020

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Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ pasta/ Sauté

Pasta with Cabbage and Winter Squash | Everyday Dorie

“Some dishes just pop into your head while you’re fretting that there’s nothing in the house for dinner,” quoting Dorie Greenspan’s in Everyday Dorie. We all…

January 24, 2020

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5 ingredients or less/ Mark Bittman/ Pantry essentials/ pasta/ Roast/ scalable/ Simmer

Pasta with Roasted Cauliflower | Veggies Forward

My new year resolution is to continue the healthy trend of a plant-based plan. The minimalist approach of pasta with cauliflower is originally derived from a…

January 2, 2020

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Pantry essentials/ Salad/ Toss/ whole wheat

Herb Tabbouleh with Pomegranate & Za’atar Dressing

The herb tabbouleh with pomegranate and za’atar dressing recipe comes from Jamie Oliver. It gets my attention because of the sparkling pomegranate seeds. There is one…

December 24, 2019

1

5 ingredients or less/ breakfast/ Mark Bittman/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ Soup

Basic Miso Soup | Temple Food

There are a few dishes which come to my mind instantly when I think Asian. They are dim sum, steam fish and miso soup. Dim sum…

November 14, 2019

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easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Poultry/ year round/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Roast Chicken with Preserved Lemon | Ottolenghi

There are many ways to skin a cat. By the same token, there are many ways to roast a chicken. I don’t roast a chicken whole…

October 6, 2019

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Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Nut/ Sugar free

Matcha Latte | With Dates and Cashews

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…

September 20, 2019

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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…

September 17, 2019

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