I have a love affair with dates. My favorites, of course, are the ones I get in the Middle East, but there are some really good dates to be had that are grown in California. I tasted some fantastic dates at the farmers market when I was in Sonoma County this summer. Now there is…
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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Maple Thyme Glaze
Time to finally finish off my garden sweet potatoes. A sad but satisfying feeling. I used any potato that even hinted at being big enough and we still only had enough for a half recipe.These almost didn’t make it to the dinner table. Roasted sweet potatoes are one of my favorite side dishes, the maple…
Tah Chin (Persian Rice with Chicken, Saffron & Yogurt) – revisited
I have refined my Tah Chin over the years, now using a Persian rice cooker. The recipe below is still the one I base off of, but always am fiddling at the edges. The moment before unfolding is still always stressful… But now this is what I unmold… I have found that a key step…
Kale-Turkey Bacon Herb Bread
Quick breads are a big thing in our house, a favorite breakfast food. Zucchini bread is, of course, the favorite, but there is peach bread, pumpkin bread, blackberry bread, and others. Recently, I added the fig graham bread and sweet potato pecan bread, and will be trying out a bunch of new breads over the upcoming…
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,…
Lamb Biryani
One of our guests for Thanksgiving brought leg of lamb – how wonderful! With all the food we made, I had both turkey and lamb leftovers. I ended up freezing about 3 cups-worth of lamb pieces.I had initially planned on using leftover turkey and making turkey biryani, but I decided the lamb would be an…
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…
Cammy’s Cookies
My little top chef has returned to the kitchen. He has been making breakfasts and helping me with dinners. But his preference now is to bake. For MY birthday, he gave me a cookie cookbook for us to use together. Of course we are using the recipes as guides and adapting as we see fit….
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….
Andrea's Garden Cooking 