There is a middle eastern restaurant near my daughter’s university…Ali Baba in Newark, DE. It is one of my favorite places to eat. They have many delicious dishes, but somehow, whenever I go there I have to order the fattoush. Fattoush is a middle eastern bread salad, and I think I am addicted to it….
Category: Tomatoes
Tomato and Watermelon Salad
It is time for one last “summer” salad – Tomatoes and Watermelon. Of course I still have tomatoes in my garden, but I supplemented them with heirloom cherry tomatoes and watermelon from Highland Orchards. Tossing the tomatoes with a balsamic dressing and leaving the addition of the plain watermelons til last kept the salad refreshing. It…
Keema (Indian Ground Beef and Peas)
As you can probably tell, we eat mostly vegetarian, with fish or other meats every now and then. But our youngest daughter, who recently turned full vegetarian, was coming home. Since she will only be home for a couple of weeks, we would be having all vegetarian dinners as well. So, to give everyone their…
Pasta with Pesto, Fresh Tomatoes and Garlic Shrimp
We have been in a bit of a shrimp kick this summer. Wild caught gulf shrimp, it may not be local, but it is certainly good. My goal is to combine the shrimp with food from my garden. Today it is my basil, garlic, and tomatoes. Oops there is a bruised leaf in my picture…
Khoresh Bademjun (Persian Eggplant Stew) – Revisited Without all the Oil
As I have said before, Khoresh Bademjun is pretty much the most popular meal in my household. The only thing that keeps me from making it more often is all the oil used in frying the eggplant. So, when I made the Eggplant and Tomato Stew with Pomegranate Molasses and prepared the eggplant by roasting rather…
Eggplant and Tomato Stew with Pomegranate Molasses
My eggplant are not doing well this year, so I picked up some eggplants from Taproot Organic Farm at the farmers market. Now, typically, when I have eggplants I make Khoresh Bademjun (Persian Eggplant Stew). And when my husband heard that I was not making that, he was not happy. But I had seen the recipe…
Cousin Zamy’s Romanian-style Grilled Tomato Salad
When I was in Israel this spring, I was treated to a wonderful dinner at my cousin Zamy’s house in Netanya. There was one dish, in particular, that I could not get enough of, a grilled tomato salad that was an accompaniment to the barbecue. Like my father, Zamy is from Romania. They share…
Mediterranean Turkey Wrap
I had a long week with a lot of driving, including 1 day when what is normally a 3 hour round-trip became a 6 hour round-trip. So, by the end of the week, I was too wiped out to spend the effort to cook dinner. Time for a wrap – a Mediterranean Turkey Wrap inspired by…
Kebab-e Kubideh (Persian Ground Beef Kebabs)
4th of July weekend…time for grilling! One of our favorite things to grill is Kebab-e Kubideh or Persian ground beef kebabs. As you can probably tell from my posts, we do not eat much meat for dinner. And very little of that meat is beef, perhaps it is once a month. So, when we do…
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…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 