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…

Green Fried Rice (Snap Peas, Peas, Spinach, Sprouts & Scallions)

I stopped in at Highland Orchards on my way home and picked up a wonderful basket of green:  snap peas, peas, spinach and sprouts.  The first new fresh greens of the year! I was so excited!  The rest of the drive home was spent figuring out what I was making for dinner with my find.  Pasta?…

Spaghetti Squash with Chickpeas, Sauteed Greens, Feta and Couscous

I love volunteers in my garden!  In this case I mean plant volunteers, but human volunteers are always welcome! The volunteer I am referring to was a spaghetti squash.  I only planted butternut squash this year, but a variety of squashes grew in both the garden and the compost pile, babies from last years crop….

Hanukkah Latkes

It’s Hanukkah – time for latkes! Potato latkes, Spinach latkes, Noodle latkes we love latkes! The perfect one for this Thanksgivnukkah year is Mashed Potato Latkes – yummy with some leftover cranberry sauce. There are the traditional Potato Latkes, which we only eat with applesauce or as a dinner with a fried egg… One of my…

Flatbread Pizza from the Garden

Sometimes my plans for dinner get changed at the last minute.  While I had planned to make a roasted brussels sprouts pasta dish tonight, Cam (who has been sick and barely eating) begged for pizza.  I realized that I had some flatbread in the freezer, so, instead of bringing in pizza, we had individual flatbread pizzas…

Butternut Squash Stew with Couscous

A butternut squash grown in the garden is as different from one you get in the store as a homegrown heirloom tomato is from one bought at the supermarket. This is a fact that I was quite surprised to discover.  So, I celebrate my butternut squash by making dishes where the squash is the star….

Spinach Salad with Dates and Almonds

Time to try another recipe from Yotam Ottalenghi’s Jerusalem.  I thinned the spinach in my garden so I ended up with some nice baby spinach leaves.  When I combined them with spinach Arielle picked at Farmer Kim’s I had enough for a good salad! There are many stars in this salad, but I have to…