My oldest daughter (my zucchini bread baker) surprised me with Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi’s new cookbook, Jerusalem, for Hanukkah. I am very excited to have access to so many of their wonderful recipes. Today’s is a kind of cross between hummus and baba ghanoush – Butternut Squash and Tahini Spread. Although I shop it here in…
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Chicken Fesenjoon in the Slow Cooker
Pomegranate + walnut + chicken + rice = happy husband. Fesenjoon is one of those dishes that takes forever to make. But it is perfectly suited for making in the slow cooker, which is exactly what I did on Christmas day. We wanted to go out during the day, but I had planned on making…
Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese
Who doesn’t love butternut squash? But I have to say that the squash that comes out of my garden is so much more flavorful that what you get in the store, there really is no comparison. If you can’t grow your own, try to get it from a farm market or farmer’s market, it will…
Lemon Pepper Tuna Kuku (Persian Omelet)
Comfort food! Tuna kuku is a comfort food. It is one of those simple foods that just makes me feel good to eat. It starts with some good eggs (and Farmer Kim had brought by eggs over the weekend). When I saw the pouch of lemon pepper tuna in my pantry, I decided to build a…
Spinach, Potato & Feta Latkes
I was not going to blog about these since I was only making them for the first time, but something told me to take pictures just in case. This is an adaptation of the recipe for “spanolatkes” from the restaurant Estia in Philadelphia. I found it in Food Network magazine and could not resist adding…
Potato Latkes
Happy Hanukkah! As I have mentioned before, I have a tendency to become obsessed with cooking with one food or one type of food. So, for Hanukkah this year, my focus has become latkes. I have plans for different types of latkes every day – potato, sweet potato, spinach & feta, carrot & zucchini and…
Chicken and Broccoli Ramen
I love ramen noodles, but do not like the amount of sodium in packaged ramen. But the curly, twisty texture of the noodles is hard to resist. So, why not make it at home with my own sauce. Ramen, as a convenience food, feels like it should be a dish made with whatever is in…
Pesto Bean Dip
Healthy and yummy snacking- my favorite combination. I love beans and I love pesto, but I never had combined them until I tried this recipe from Mollie Katzen’s Enchanted Broccoli Forest cookbook. I used canned organic navy beans and pesto made from the garden. See my pesto post. Since you can make the petso…
Mashed Potato Latkes – Thanksgiving Leftovers #2
What to do with leftover mashed potatoes? Well that is a no-brainer…potato pancakes/latkes! Making the mashed potato latkes gave me the chance to decide whether I want to do those, or grated potato latkes for our Hanukah party. I like both, so I am still not sure which I will do. We are having an…
Turkey Fried Rice – Thanksgiving Leftovers #1
For some unknown reason, we ended up with a 20 pound bird for 5 people. A little crazy, yes. But it means I will need to get creative in my use of leftover turkey meat; some will get frozen for later use. One of my daughters would love for us to eat Chinese food for…
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