Tuesday, June 17, 2008 It used to be just hearing the words ‘Vegetarian Chili’ would give me the heebie jeebies. Chili needs meat, it is all about the meat and the chillies! Well, I still dislike the name even though a dish with lots of dried and/or fresh chillies, spices, beans and vegetables can be […]
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Sunday, May 18 (and 19), 2008 When it comes to quick-cooking legumes, you cannot bet lentils. They are delicious plain and simple or dressed up. They need no soaking to cook in under 40 minutes like their cousins, the dried beans. Sure, you can cook beans without soaking but they will take a long time.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Home-baked Ciabatta, canned beans, garlic, shallots, parsley, olive oil and some greens from the garden. Nothing to it and very delicious. I grilled the Ciabatta on my cast iron grill pan and rubbed it with garlic and olive oil.
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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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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Red lentil soup (even though it looks more orange or yellow after it’s cooked) cannot be simpler to make. Sautee a bunch of onions, garlic and some chopped carrots in olive oil, add the red lentils and stir for a few minutes. I also had a half tomato, so I threw
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Friday, March 7, 2008 I am not sure why almost every pasta dish I’ve cooked in this project is Neapolitan or inspired by that region. Well, the next one won’t be. Promise. For now, we have the fantastic Pasta e Lenticchie (Pasta with Lentils). This is but one of the many Neapolitan pasta with legume
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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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Thursday, January 31, 2008 Two legume and greens dishes in one week. Definitely not intentional, I actually wanted to make something kind of Indian and remember seeing a recipe in “How to Cook Everything Vegetarian” for a lentil soup with coconut. When I was ready to make it, I noticed that in addition to missing
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 This is one of the many permutations of ‘beans with greens’ that exist in many cuisines and are almost always good. This can be cooked in about 20 minutes. First thing is to boil a pot of water with a generous dose of salt and throw a few garlic cloves in
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