I am always surprised when I walk out to the garden. I expect to see the parsnips and Jerusalem artichokes that are not yet ready for harvest, not the but late season tomatoes we are still getting. They were perfect for a stew to serve to our vegetarian daughter when she came home to visit….
Category: Main Dish
Khoresh Bademjun (Persian Eggplant Stew) without the oil, “Take 2”
During a visit to my friend in San Diego, she took me to this wonderful international food market, Harvest. After being drawn in by the warm, fresh flatbreads, I spotted the warm foods…persian dish after persian dish! I was home! After explaining all the dishes to my friend, and telling her that most of them…
Green Beans in Szechuan Sauce
It’s bean time in the garden! Even with the Japanese beatles eating their fill of leaves, the beans are coming in fast and furious. The magic of the purple beans…I still get tickled when they turn from purple to green as they cook. This recipe has been one I have worked on over the past…
Tilapia with Bruschetta Topping
Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes – fresh summer tomatoes! Mine were taking a hiatus from ripening; it is very frustrating to see my plants loaded with tomatoes that are just refusing to ripen. So the one I used for this was grown by a neighbor down the road. The purple basil came from my garden. This was so…
Beef and Zucchini Chili
My super producing zucchini plant was destroyed in a summer storm, so I have been buying my zucchini from a variety of local farmers. The zucchini in this dish was from 2 different farms in Kent and Sussex Counties. They may not be my zucchini, but they are GOOD zucchini. School is back in session,…
Tomato and Cheese Frittata
Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes. Nothing says summer like tomatoes. Then there are eggs, tomatoes and cheese – a familiar trinity. Make that home-grown heirloom tomatoes with fresh eggs from Farmer Kim and it becomes a holy trinity. Ok, enough goofy phrases, what did I make? It is called a frittata, but with the bread in this mixture, this frittata…
Andalusian Gazpacho & Catalan Vegetable Paella
Tonight’s dinner brought me back to my trip with my daughters to Barcelona last November. Or, should I say, MAKING tonight’s dinner brought me back to our cooking class in Barcelona. I even used the recipe for gazpacho that Emily made that night. But tonight we served it in glasses. As our main meal I…
Joojeh Kabob (Persian Chicken Kabob)…Revisited
I decided to revisit my recipe for joojeh kabob by making it more my own recipe, adding more flavors to the marinade to make it brighter (garlic and lemon). I also wanted to show how to make it in the broiler – which is as easy as making it on the grill. The main difference…
Salmon and Feta Pie
I really did not think I would be sharing this with you. I mean, really, a salmon pie? But I couldn’t resist trying it, it did have feta in it after all. How can something with feta be bad? Well, not only was it not bad, it was really good! Even my 7 year-old enjoyed it,…
Kuku-ye Kadoo (Persian Zucchini Omelet)
Italians have their frittata, Spaniards have tortillas, and Persians have kukus. They are all similar, yet distinct from each other. The kuku gets its flavor from saffron – which is ground with sugar and dissolved in hot water. My first introduction to the kuku was the second night during my first trip to Iran. It…
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