Pantry essentials

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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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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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

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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/ 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pantry essentials/ Side/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Brown Rice with Caramelized Onions and Black Garlic

There are big flavor bombs in the brown rice with caramelized onions and black garlic dish. I can taste it the moment I read this recipe.…

December 25, 2018

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Appetizer/ breakfast/ easy everyday/ Fish/ make ahead/ Pantry essentials/ Seafood/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Smoked Fish and Parsnip Cakes | Make Ahead

How do you make a cake without the usual sugar and wheat flour, in other words, a more nutritious kind for everyday eating? The answer is…

December 11, 2018

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Pantry essentials/ Ruth Reichl/ Soup/ winter

Tuscan Bean Soup | #Kitchen Therapy

It’s starting to feel like December when the temperature is dropping by each passing day. Ruth Reichl writes: “the Tuscan bean soup is one of the…

December 4, 2018

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David Lebovitz/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ Side/ Toss/ whole wheat

Traditional Tabbouleh | My Paris Kitchen

We made tabbouleh this week at Cook-the-Book-Fridays. This is another raw vegetable dish from My Paris Kitchen by David Lebovitz. He also introduced us to fattoush…

November 30, 2018

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Pantry essentials/ pasta/ Sauté/ Side/ Yotam Ottolenghi

Pappardelle with Harissa, Olives and Capers | Ottolenghi #Simple

Yotam Ottolenghi publishes a new book titled Simple. Yes, just one word, simple, which has layers of meaning. This pappardelle with harissa, olives and capers recipe is…

November 27, 2018

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easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Other Breads/ Pantry essentials/ quick bread/ Ruth Reichl

Easy Skillet Corn Bread | Gluten-free #Thanksgiving

Here is an easy skillet corn bread for the Thanksgiving table (or for stuffing). What differentiates this corn bread is that it’s made with 100% corn…

November 22, 2018

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Dairy free/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials

Maple Apricot Granola

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…

November 5, 2018

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Appetizer/ Blanch/ Pantry essentials/ Ruth Reichl/ Sauté

Broccoli Rabe Bruschetta | Bitter to Sweet

My kitchen has turned out more bread on a regular basis than any other food items. How many times can you make avocado toasts? Way too…

October 16, 2018

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