Healthful Eats

Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Levain bread/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ summer/ Toss

Tomato and Peach Panzanella | Everyday Dorie

Dorie starts by saying: “panzanella is an Italian salad that has toured the world and picked up ingredients and ingenious additions at every port.” Instead of…

September 13, 2019

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Braise/ Fish/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Spiced Buttermilk Cod with Lentil | Ottolenghi

My Sunday ritual of late involves going to the farmers’ market, get some fresh-caught seafood and cook it for dinner. I have been repeating this routine…

September 5, 2019

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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…

August 31, 2019

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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…

August 27, 2019

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Gluten free/ Low fat/ Mark Bittman/ Salad/ summer/ Toss

Kale and Sugar Snap Pea Salad

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…

August 23, 2019

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Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Simmer/ Soup/ summer

Fresh-Off-The-Cob Corn Chowder | Everyday Dorie

This is a win-win fresh corn chowder from Everyday Dorie. If you’re concerned about food waste in your own home, this fresh-off-the-cob corn chowder scores a…

August 9, 2019

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Fry/ Gluten free/ Roast/ summer/ Toss/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Roasted Sweet Potatoes & Fresh Figs | Jerusalem

I have been waiting for the seasonal fresh figs to arrive so I can make this dish. Roasted sweet potatoes and fresh figs, combined with chile,…

August 6, 2019

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Bake/ David Lebovitz/ Low fat/ Side/ year round

French Fries: Making crispy fries in the oven

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…

July 31, 2019

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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…

July 26, 2019

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beverage/ Cream/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ year round

Cold Brew Coffee: How to brew it at home?

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…

July 23, 2019

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Braise/ breakfast/ Crack/ David Lebovitz/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Shakshuka | My Paris Kitchen

Shakshuka is a dish of eggs poached in a spiced sauce of tomatoes. It has its origin in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia), although the dish…

July 5, 2019

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Cream/ Dairy free/ dessert/ Low fat/ my favorites

Avocado Ice Cream | Good Fats

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…

June 16, 2019

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Pantry essentials/ Seafood/ summer/ Toss

King Crab Salad Tacos | J for Jalapeño

June starts with the letter J. How many ingredients starting with “J” can I put into a summer dish? That’s the IHCC’S challenge this week. Thanks,…

June 4, 2019

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Bake/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Side/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi

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…

May 31, 2019

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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…

May 21, 2019

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Nigel Slater/ Other Breads/ Pantry essentials/ quick bread/ whole wheat

Irish Soda Bread | Nigel’s Lazy Loaf

Nigel Slater calls this bread his lazy loaf, I’ll rather call it the Irish soda bread. Although there are only four to five ingredients involved, I…

May 14, 2019

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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…

May 10, 2019

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Appetizer/ Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ Gluten free/ Levain & Yeast Hybrid/ Pantry essentials/ Side/ Toss

Green Olive, Basil and Almond Tapenade

This is the third tapenade we make from David Lebovitz’s recipes in My Paris Kitchen with our friends at Cook-the-Book-Fridays. Years ago, we made artichoke tapenade,…

May 3, 2019

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Appetizer/ Meat/ Pantry essentials/ Ruth Reichl

Siu Mai | Steamed Pork and Jícama Dumplings

Every time I walk by the Trader Joe’s freezer section and see siu mai, I want some to go. One little bite of the juicy, bouncy…

April 30, 2019

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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…

April 16, 2019

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Dorie Greenspan/ Fish/ Grill/ Low fat/ Salad/ Sauté/ spring

Salmon Burgers | Everyday Dorie

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…

April 12, 2019

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Berry/ breakfast/ classics/ easy everyday/ Fruit/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ quick cake/ Ruth Reichl/ straight dough

Fannie Farmer’s Classic Yeast-Raised Waffles

The 1896 original Fannie Farmer’s classic yeast-raised waffles are finding their ways on this blog via Marion Cunningham’s completely updated cookbook published in 1979. I don’t…

February 20, 2019

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Chocolate/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ Gluten free

Dark Chocolate Mousse | Baking Chez Moi

Cooking the sugar syrup in the style of the Italian meringue has always been a challenge for me. It’s no exception this time for one of…

February 12, 2019

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Dairy free/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Grill/ Low fat/ Ruth Reichl/ Salad

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…

February 5, 2019

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David Lebovitz/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Side/ Simmer

Celery Root Purée | Low-Carb Mashed Potatoes

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.…

February 1, 2019

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