It has been a strange spring in my garden. The vegetables that usually grow well, such as sugar snap peas, were basically failures and the ones I usually struggle with, such as cauliflower and the kale below, have done well. So dishes I had been looking forward to making will have to wait until next year as I…
Category: Main Dish
Kebab-e Kubideh (Persian Ground Beef Kebabs)
4th of July weekend…time for grilling! One of our favorite things to grill is Kebab-e Kubideh or Persian ground beef kebabs. As you can probably tell from my posts, we do not eat much meat for dinner. And very little of that meat is beef, perhaps it is once a month. So, when we do…
Grilled Asparagus & Avocado Quesadilla
Farmers market asparagus is the highlight in this interesting and tasty quesadilla that was inspired by a taco recipe in Runners World magazine. That said, I am not sure what my favorite part is, the homemade white refried beans (made with oregano from my garden), the grilled asparagus, or the grilled avocado. The flavors all blended so well,…
Roasted Cauliflower Frittata
As I have been saying, I am tickled with the cauliflower in my garden. So far I have used the cauliflower in Spanish Cauliflower-Chickpea Salad and in a vegetable tempura that really good, but I did not get enough photos of to be able to build a post on it. Tonight was a frittata I developed last…
Baked Beans with Swiss Chard
Today was the day to thin the carrots, leeks and parsnips. It was the day to pick the first strawberries and watch my son devour them. It was the day to pick some cauliflower and swiss chard. …Today was a good day to cook from the garden. Baked beans with swiss chard and smoked turkey….
Potato, Leek & Swiss Chard Hash with Eggs
Cooking from the garden has begun again! I got home from work and went out to the garden to pick some food for dinner. Look at my beautiful swiss chard bouquet… It made a really pretty bunch of sliced chard. Unfortunately, I am not feeling very well, I am recovering from a spring cold that had…
Broccoli, Snap Peas, Snow Peas and Spaghetti with Lime Peanut Sauce
I love asian peanut sauce. I am always trying to find the perfect version to make at home. I had made one I was happy with for my Noodles with Zucchini and Carrots with Peanut Sauce. But I have found a sauce I like even better – from Ellie Krieger’s Aromatic Noodles with Lime Peanut…
Sesame Asparagus Stir Fry
We are now in the height of asparagus season. I went to Fifers farm market and picked up some thin asparagus for stir fry and thick asparagus for roasting. The asparagus was beautiful. I also picked up some snap peas, mushrooms and carrots. These are what I used for my stir fry, you can add other vegetables,…
Farfalle with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Arugula
Mario Batali’s recipe and my home-grown sun-dried tomatoes and garlic – a very happy combination. I am on the plane coming home today, so here is another dish I made before I left. As always with Mario Batali’s recipes, this has great flavor. An added plus is that the whole dish came together in the…
Roasted Chickpeas and Spinach
I am still in Israel, so I will share a post I wrote about a dinner I made a couple of weeks ago… After I made roasted chickpeas and spinach for dinner, we went out to my son’s art show. When we returned, our house was filled with such wonderful smells. Roasted cumin, coriander, onion…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 