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…
Category: Tomatoes
Pasta with Roasted Tomatoes (or Tomato Confit), Cannellini, Garlic and Spinach
OK, my snack-meal phase is over for now; I am ready to return to focusing on healthy meals. My first half marathon is in just over a week and I have not lost the few pounds I have put on since Amsterdam. I have been fighting injury and illness for the past few months, so my…
Butternut Squash Chili Nachos
When I checked my freezer to survey what sauces and veggies I still have from last harvest, I found a surprise – black bean & butternut squash chili that I had made using squash and peppers from my garden and frozen in the fall. Since I seem to be in the mood for fun food…
Pepperoni Calzones
I used to shy away from making anything that required pizza dough. Then I discovered frozen dough balls. Boy, do they make life easy…and the baked dough tastes good and has a nice consistency. Tonight I used them to make pepperoni calzones. How does this relate to my garden? Well, the sauce is frozen tomato sauce…
Garlic & Sun-dried Tomato Pickle
One of the many things Jews and Persians have in common is a love for pickles. Not just cucumber pickles, but pickled vegetables of any sort. This recipe celebrates both our pickling heritages and the garlic and tomatoes grown in my garden earlier in the year… The recipe comes from The New Persian Kitchen by Louisa Shafia,…
Broccoli Pesto Pizza
Growing basil indoors in the winter gives me fresh basil to use to make pesto. There is no denying that I would like this dish even better in the summer and fall when I have my own broccoli and tomatoes to use, but since I love my tender little basil leaves, I will post it…
Andrea’s Mixed Winter Vegetable Goodness – Sweet Potato, Cauliflower, Peas and Spinach
Some days you feel more restless in the kitchen than others. Nothing I had planned to cook in the next week looked interesting to me. So, I started rummaging around my pantry and fridge. I came up with sweet potatoes and garlic from my garden, cauliflower, frozen peas, a half used bag of spinach, canned…
Slow-Roasted Tomatoes
What?! A tomato recipe now?! I have to admit, this is sneaky. I am missing my garden tomatoes. And all that is available are tasteless tomatoes from the grocery store. I found this recipe (from Cooking Light, November 2012) that takes those “plastic” tomatoes and turns them into a flavor-filled transporter that takes you back…
Winter Vegetable Stew
I had a winter squash plant growing in my compost pile. I think they were from the Kabocha squash, they were the right shape, but they never changed from green. Some aged and wilted before ever turning orange, so I rescued the biggest, healthiest looking one and figured I would see what would happen when…
Savory Caprese Bread
Fresh basil from the garden, sun-dried tomatoes from last year’s harvest, olive oil from the sun-dried tomatoes, and fresh mozzarella – sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Now put them all in a bread…oh my! I doubled the recipe to make one to eat and one to share. That worked very well. This bread can be a…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 