Lunch is one of my favorite things when we are in Iran. Most days it means kabobs; and for me that is joojeh, or chicken, kabobs. So simple, yet so tasty. The red powder on top is sumac, what a wonderful flavor that adds! There is also a grilled tomato and some pickled olives on…
Category: Main Dish
Tah Chin Booghalamoon ba Sabzi (Persian Rice with Turkey and Green Herbs)
Let me start this post by saying that this is the first time I made this and it was so tasty I have to share it! This was also my husband’s and my attempt at naming the dish in Farsi, so please forgive us if there i a better description. I saw the recipe for…
Chesapeake Crab Cakes!!!
One of the benefits of living in Delaware is our proximity to the Chesapeake Bay and access to blue crabs. Chesapeake crab cakes are a treat; and they are a treat we make just as tasty at home as you can get at a crab shack. The key is good crab and using a minimum…
Khoresh Karafs – Celery Stew
The first time I went to Iran, my sister-in-law made a wonderful celery stew – Khoresh Karafs. I had never tasted anything like it. Who knew celery could be so tasty as a star ingredient? Since then I had tried to find a recipe for it, but none were quite right. So, during our visit…
Tomato Galette
The tomatoes in my garden are ripe and delicious. The purple cherokees, in particular, are abundant and as tasty as ever, even if they never are very pretty. I have been waiting until this point to make some tomato-centric dishes, such as this adaptation of Yotam Ottolenghi’s Tomato Galette. It is a fresh tomato, pizza-like…
Zucchini Parmesan Grinders
We still had a large chunk of the huge zucchini left; I wanted to use it for dinner, but I was in a finicky mood. None of my zucchini pastas or casseroles were what I was looking for. But I had this big pile of chopped zucchini to deal with. I love eggplant parmesan grinders,…
Turkey and String Bean Stir-Fry
One of the only vegetables that grew at my parents’ house was string beans. They pretty much grew wild along the fence by our picnic table; no one ever planted them. My guess is that they started as a volunteer from our neighbor’s yard and then became quite established. Wherever they came from, I loved…
Broccoli Cheddar Pockets and My Amazing Snake Rescue
Remember when hot pockets were new? Boy did I think they were cool. So handy, and back then I even thought they were tasty. OK, that was before I discovered fresh, non-processed foods. But I still think they are a neat concept. So I was tickled when I found a recipe for broccoli cheddar pockets…
Vegetable Gumbo
It is that time again…Swiss chard bouquets are adorning my counter top. Such a happy thing, they always make me smile. There is a lot of swiss shard growing in the garden. I thought I had a lot last year, but I think this year there will be more. So I need to even more…
Kohlrabi, Carrot & Broccoli Stir Fry and Garden Update
This was the first year I grew kohlrabi. I think I let them grow for too long, 3 of them split (I couldn’t use those) and the others were a little tough. That said, they still tasted really good cooked, all I needed to do was cook them a little longer. Next year I will…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 