There is a special place for garlic in my kitchen—right next to the chopping board, because it is the one ingredient I can’t do without. In…
Chocolate/ Cream/ Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ dessert/ Low fat/ Nut/ whole wheat
Paris-Paris | Whole-Wheat Èclairs with Hazelnut Non-Dairy Cream and Chocolate Glaze
This looks like an everyday pastry. But there is quite a bit of work involved. You have to make the éclair shells and the hazelnut praline…
If you like the taste of the sea, a seafood paella is hard to beat. This classic dish never gets old. A seafood paella reminds me…
It is much easier to eat healthy these days with the widely available gluten-free, low-fat and sugar substitutes out there. Heathy and delicious are achievable on…
breakfast/ cheese/ Dorie Greenspan/ Low fat/ Side/ Sugar free
Savory Apple Matafan | Baking Chez Moi
Dorie Greenspan got her inspiration for this apple matafan in her book Baking Chez Moi from the potato matafan, which was meant to stave off morning…
Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Side/ Sugar free/ Toss
Beet Hummus | A Color Explosion
You see colors of the rainbow of the visible spectrum on this plate. It’s stunningly spring-like although it might not feel that way. We have been…
classics/ Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Side
Hard-cooked Eggs with Tarragon Mayonnaise | #Glutenfree #Dairyfree
I made hard-cooked eggs with tarragon mayonnaise, along with our friends at Cook-the-Book-Fridays. No surprise that it is a popular time to do something with eggs…
Braise/ Dairy free/ Gluten free/ my favorites/ Side/ Simmer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Spiced Maqluba With Tomatoes and Tahini Sauce | A Feast with Rice
How do you turn rice from what’s normally a side dish into the centerpiece of a meal? Spanish Paella comes to mind. Last week, Yotam Ottolenghi…
This is a Rick Bayless recipe, except he uses pasilla chili, a mild chili similar to ancho chili, for the sauce. I have had a bag…
bread with preferment/ breakfast/ cheese/ Ina Garten/ Jeffery Hamelman/ Pantry essentials/ scalable/ Side/ Yeast bread
Herbed-Baked Eggs | Shirred Eggs
The herbed-baked eggs are also known as shirred eggs. A dish consisting of an egg that is placed in a small buttered dish and broiled until the white…
Felt like I’m taking the easy way out in making the mixed berry vegan meringues. Open a can of chickpeas while saving the liquid. The alternative…
Appetizer/ Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials
Black Olive Tapenade | #MyParisKitchen
A black olive tapenade, a loaf of freshly baked bread and some artisanal cheese from Vermont were casually assembled. I have been relying on a simple…
cheese/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Ina Garten/ Pantry essentials/ Roast/ Sauté
Spaghetti Squash with Garlic & Parmesan
I have a stash of butternut, spaghetti and delicata squashes stored away for the winter. This spaghetti squash with garlic & Parmesan from Ina Garten’s Cooking…
Made-in-my-kitchen granola is so much better. There hasn’t been any store-bought granola in my pantry ever since we started making our own. Dorie’s recipe calls for…
breakfast/ Dairy free/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Heidi Swanson/ Low fat
Chia Breakfast Bowl #101Cookbooks
If you want something healthy, delicious and, not-your-everyday fare, this is the breakfast bowl for you. No cooking is necessary. Have you tried chia seeds for…
David Lebovitz/ Low fat/ Side/ year round
Russet and New Potatoes Cooked in Duck Fat | #DavidLebovitz
Can’t wait for the gentle aroma of warm duck fat filling my kitchen and transforming it into the French country inn of my dream. This is…
breakfast/ Gluten free/ Ina Garten/ Pantry essentials/ Side
Country Omelet | Warm Hearty Breakfast to Jumpstart the Day
I don’t have a list of 2018 resolutions. But I can single out one priority I want to do more often: get a warm hearty breakfast…
Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Pantry essentials/ Soup/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Curried Lentil Tomato and Coconut Soup
Made the second lentil soup this week, although using red lentils rather than green lentils. The idea is the same: comfort food during the busy yearend…
Ina Garten/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ Soup/ year round
Lentil Vegetable Soup | Calming Holiday Jitters
There is no better way to calm the holiday jitters than a big pot of lentil vegetable soup. I make sure I have enough to last…
This is a last-minute holiday cooking inspired by Ina Garten’s video on chocolate truffles. She rolled balls of chocolate ganache over a bed of hazelnuts. I…
This Yotam Ottolenghi’s flourless chocolate teacakes from his new book Sweet call for dark chocolate with 70% cocoa solids. What is it? In general, the higher…
David Lebovitz/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ Toss
Celery Root Salad with Mustard Sauce | Céleri Rémoulade
Celery root salad with mustard sauce or céleri rémoulade is another raw vegetable salad written by David Lebovitz in My Paris Kitchen. While celery root is not…
Braise/ Crack/ David Lebovitz/ Gluten free/ Meat/ Side
Buckwheat Polenta with Braised Greens and Poached Eggs
Buckwheat polenta with braised greens and poached eggs is the comfort food David Lebovitz highlighted in his book My Paris Kitchen. To me, eggs are my…
Chocolate/ David Lebovitz/ dessert/ Gluten free
Chocolate Cakes with Dulce de Leche and Fleur de Sel
These individual chocolate cakes with dulce de leche and fleur de sel came out of the oven like earth cakes. I called them earth cakes for…
Does the Disney film Ratatouille ring the bell? In the movie, the unlikely dish of baked Provencal vegetables, or tian, won over the French food…