Friday, March 28, 2008 We had a friend visiting from out of town, and she is a vegetarian. What better excuse to make a multi course dinner with no meat? Here is the line up. White bean and spring onion Soup with Green herb oil. Sauteed a bunch of spring onions and added cooked white […]
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Everyone loves pizza, and baked goods in general are one of the easiest foods to make vegetarian AND delicious. What I did here is make the dough the night before. I used a dough recipe that is fridge friendly, Peter Reinhart’s Pain a l ‘Ancienne dough from ‘The Bread Baker’s Apprentice‘.
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Wednesday, Thursday March 6, 2008 Burghul with tomato is another traditional Lebanese dish that I ate on a regular basis as a child. The basic recipe is extremely simple, just burgul cooked with onions and tomatoes. That is all good, but to make it a bit more substantial I added some roasted cauliflower and zucchini.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 Tonight’s vegetarian dinner was a very simple pasta dish of Neapolitan leanings. It’s made from mostly leftover ingredients I had in the fridge, but is delicious and fresh tasting. I had made some pizza on the weekend and had some leftover fresh mozzarella balls, some tomato sauce, a bit of ricotta/cream
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Wednesday, February 22, 2008 I think chickpeas, eggplant and yogurt are a Mediterranean match made in heaven. In one of Paula Wofert’s books, “The Cooking of the Eastern Mediterranean“, she has a recipe for an eggplant and chickpea stew that I love. That one is more like a thick Caponata and includes tomatoes, but it
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Tonight’s dinner includes two recipes, both prepared mostly the night before. The Spanakopita was stuffed the night before and baked as soon as I got home from work for dinner. It’s based on another recipe from Leitesculinaria.com. Here, I halved the recipe. I also omitted the dill, since my wife dislikes
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 Why is this a tart, not a quiche? I am not exactly sure, but I can give it a shot. This here is a quiche. It’s got a lot more eggs, it’s about 2 inches thick and the whole point of it is the custard, not the ‘filling’. A savory tart
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Thursday, January 24, 2008 “What? No f****** Ziti!!!” So says the ever compassionate A.J. Soprano when his dear grandmother Livia falls ill, misses the family gathering and they of course miss her famous baked ziti. That’s the first thing that comes to mind whenever I make this dish. It is one of those simple
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 Earlier this week I picked up a few bell peppers of different colors. At about 50 cents each, these were quiet a deal even though out of season. I broiled them till charred on all sides earlier in the week in preparation for ‘something’. I was thinking maybe I can stuff
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 Not much time to cook last night. Diana decided to have a bowl of cereal with cold milk. I was not crazy about the idea. Instead I did a quick dinner of grilled cheese and a cup of hot chocolate. The sandwich is of course very simple. I used home baked
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