Dragon Bowl with Sweet Potato, Kale, Chickpeas, Avocado & Egg

Sweet potatoes from my garden, yes there are still a few… I love anything topped with egg, especially roasted vegetables.  Combine that with my new discovery of rice bowls, and you have a beautiful, colorful satisfying base for the egg.There are also spiced chickpeas to add flavor and texture. The recipe calls for sprinkling them on top,…

Chile-and-Olive Oil Fried Egg with Avocado and Sprouts

It’s been a busy few weeks with a lot of heavy, rich, fattening foods and way too  much sugar. So I wanted to start the new year with a light, fresh, healthy and very flavorful dinner. I also wanted it to be quick and easy, so, a twist on breakfast for dinner it was…Chile-and-Olive Oil…

Sweet Potato Pecan Bread

I am still enjoying cooking with the sweet potatoes from our fall harvest.   There are still a few nice-sized ones left; so I grabbed a couple to make some bread.The sweet potato bread turned out great.  I often find pumpkin bread to be overly moist and sweet.  This was perfect, the texture was great and…

Mushroom Noodle Latkes

Here is an amazing Hanukkah recipe from Chabad.org.  As you can tell, I love making latkes, and enjoy making latkes out of non-traditional foods, like apple or spinach & feta.  So, I just had to try noodle-based latkes.  And, one or our daughters was going to be home and she loves mushrooms, so this was…

Apple Latkes

Latkes aren’t just for lunch and dinner, we found a fun new way to start our day with latkes – Apple Latkes for breakfast! These latkes by Nigella Lawson are so good that you are going to want them at other times of the year.  Then you can call them apple fritters or apple pancakes….

Golden Latkes with Turmeric

Happy Hanukkah!! Just when you think there can be no other ways to make potato latkes, along comes turmeric. Turmeric is a member of the ginger family with an orange-yellow color when dried and ground. I love turmeric and the color it imparts on food; these latkes are flavorful and beautifully golden. I adapted this…

Leftover Turkey Mole Tacos in the Slow Cooker

I am posting this now because we froze some of our Thanksgiving leftover turkey for use on days just like this.  I have not felt like cooking since Thanksgiving – yes, almost 2 weeks! So, yesterday, I pulled two 2-cup bags of turkey out of the freezer into the fridge to defrost.  At lunchtime today,…

Fig Graham Bread

If I have any addictions, it is to figs and dates.  It flips back and forth as to which I prefer; basically depending on whether I have dates from Israel or Iran around.  When I run out of those, I have better access to quality figs than dates, so I switch to obsessing about figs….

Roasted Onions with Lemon

The Brussels sprouts may have been the biggest hit on our holiday table, but the surprise hit was roasted onions. Talk about easy, this was so simple. I went out to my garden and cut some fresh herbs; halved and quartered unpeeled onions and lemons, and threw the vinaigrette ingredients in the blender. It was the…

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Honey

All the vegetable dishes were a hit at our Thanksgiving dinner, but none was devoured as much as the Brussels sprouts. Surprising? Not to me, I love Brussels sprouts. But usually I get to eat most of them myself. Not this time; they ended up with the least leftovers of anything- even less than the…