Mary Berry’s retro crab cocktail is the answer to the popular shrimp cocktail. What makes it retro is the cocktail sauce. It uses the common condiments…
Blanch/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Low fat/ Salad/ Sugar free/ summer/ Toss
Ginger-Beet Salad | Everyday Dorie
Beets have been showing up regularly in my CSA box in the last few weeks now. Making a seasonal beet salad, layered with a harissa vinaigrette…
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…
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…
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…
“Milanese” means breaded and sautéed chicken, mostly, that goes hand in hand with a citrusy salad. It’s making a debut on this blog. I served the…
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…
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…
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…
Cosme in New York City is ranked 23rd among the World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2019. Chef Daniela Soto-Innes (age 28), who runs this modern Mexican…
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,…
David Lebovitz/ Salad/ Seafood/ summer/ Toss
Fennel, Radish, Orange and Crab Salad | “My Paris Kitchen”
Fennel, radish, orange and crab salad is not your everyday salad. Chances are you can’t get all the ingredients in one place. Here’s my shopping expedition.…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ mezze (small plates)/ Seafood/ Toss
Shrimp Tacos/Wraps | Everyday Dorie
This shrimp tacos recipe brought back fond memories. I signed my daughter up for a junior chef summer program when she was a preteen. Among the…
breakfast/ foundation recipe/ Fry/ my favorites/ Salad/ Simmer/ Toss/ Yeast bread/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Sabich | Stuffed into Pita
I received two books as gifts recently: Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Israeli Soul by Michael Solomonov. These are exceptional cookbooks with a strong sense of…
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,…
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,…
The sprouting greens and the warming air of spring call for a refreshing salad even on a cold day. I’m shedding the heavier carb in favor…
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…
This is my season’s first crack at watermelon. Love the unique combination of jicama and watermelon. It’s easy to dice and toss these two together to…
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…
It’s a new beginning of sorts. It’s Spring! We are cooking along with a new chef, Eric Ripert, at IHCC for the next six months. That…
This is a one-pot meal without any cooking whatsoever, other than boiling water. It is a great recipe I found in Jamie Oliver’s Comfort Food. Undoubtedly,…
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…
The bounty of heirloom tomatoes is unmatched at this time of the year. I want to savor every large tiger, green and red plum tomatoes as…
The radish sprouts, shown here in the green and purple variety, bring youthful vitality and crunch to the sprout salad. I have yet to find out…