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…
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Roasted Sugar Snap Peas
I am getting impatient for spring produce from my garden! I have been craving sugar snap peas, so I broke down and bought some at a local farm market. They were so tasty raw – sweet and juicy – that it was difficult to get myself to actually cook them. But I really wanted to…
Big Reds – Strawberry Muffins
While I was away from home for the strawberry harvest last year, my oldest, Arielle, was home, tending the garden. As usual, we had a bumper crop of strawberries. As one person with a lot of strawberries, she tried various uses for them. She dried them, she made strawberry bread, and she decided to make…
Baby Spinach Salad with Dates & Almonds
It is time to use two of the ingredients I brought back from Israel: Dates and Almonds. I have been eating both with my breakfast – greek yogurt with almonds and fresh fruit, with a date and a fig on the side. But here was my opportunity to make them the stars at dinner-time… Yotam…
Pan-Charred Asparagus with Walnuts
It was Cam’s 5th birthday and we were going to have a meal of kid favorites – chicken nuggets, Mexican rice, and cupcakes. For my husband and I, it just was not going to be satisfying, so I added charred asparagus to the menu. Asparagus is one of the few green vegetables Cam will not…
Cinnamon Toast Pancakes
My boys helped me prepare the garden for the second round of planting. When I returned from my trip, I was happy to see that my plants and seedlings had mostly survived the frost. The garden is now ready for the main season plantings of tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, peppers and the rest. I made…
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…
Creamed Spinach Matzo Brei with Fried Onions
A couple of years ago, I found a recipe for Matzo Brei with Creamed Spinach and Crispy Onions on Food.Com. I made it and was wowed by it. It has become a necessary part of our Passover meal plan ever since! The only change I have made to the recipe is to use fresh spinach…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 