I love when I am able to merge my husband’s Persian culture with my Jewish one. This was a perfect to do so with both Norooz (Persian New Year) and Purim just days apart. I decided to merge the two holidays in one treat – pistachio, cardamom, chocolate chip rugelach. Rugelach is a traditional Jewish…
Category: Vegetarian
Kuku-ye Sabzi, II (Persian Heb Omelette)
Persian new year is here and one traditional dish to serve is kuku-ye sabzi, an herb omelet. Sabz is also the color green, and that is exactly how this kuku should look when you cut into it, a nice deep green. It starts with a mix of herbs and green vegetables. I like to include spinach, although…
Roasted Jerusalem Artichokes, Sweet Potatoes, Brussels Sprouts and Broccoli
The Jerusalem artichokes from my garden met some friends… They decided to all be roasted together, And then bake together with some eggs in order to provide us with a delicious meal. We love roasted Jerusalem artichokes and other vegetables. It is such a versatile method of cooking them, there are so many ways to use…
The Challah Project #17 – Maple Syrup Challah
My Valentine’s Challah is a wonderful blend of two posts from Amanda at TheChallahBlog – her Wisconsin Maple Syrup Challah and Heart-Shaped Challah. It is funny, when she made the maple syrup challah, she broke with her practice and did an overnight rise, and when I did it, I did a single rise during the day…
Lemon Roasted Green Beans
Another goodie from Highland Orchards – beautiful green beans. This is another recipe that was a hit with 6 year-old Cam – roasted green beans with a hint of lemon and topped with some Parmigiano reggiano. I think he is finally rediscovering his palate. The beans were a very nice side dish with my cornmeal-crusted…
Sourdough Crackers
I decided I had to share these with you since they got really high marks from Cam, my very hard to please 6 year old, with discerning tastes. The cool thing for me about these is they are made with the cup of sourdough starter I would normally discard each week when I feed it….
Roasted Butternut Squash, Jerusalem Artichoke and Kale…with Eggs (of course!)
A “from my garden” post in the middle of winter!!! Tonight’s dinner was a combination of my newly harvested Jerusalem artichokes and the last of my butternut squash with Farmer Kim’s eggs. I harvested an amazing crop of Jerusalem artichokes Big, beautiful tubers that you will be seeing much of over the next few weeks. One…
Pickle Grilled Cheese
The food I remember loving the most in the whole wide world since as far back as I can remember is pickles. Dill pickles, half sour pickles…all I can remember is my father yelling at me for eating all the pickles. The best part of passover was the buckets of pickles my Uncle Heshey would…
Parsnip Frittata
Frittatas are a great way to use the bits and pieces of vegetables left over from making other dishes. I had parsnips sitting in my fridge, perfect to pair with Farmer Kim’s eggs in Mario Batali’s frittata recipe for la light, healthy dinner. These parsnips did not come from my garden. My parsnips did not…
Challah Project #16 – Rye Challah
I will be honest, I did not expect much from this challah. I figured it would be ok, perhaps interesting, but I never expected it to be a wonderful challah with a great chewy yet light texture. Nor that it would be an equally good rye bread! Look at that texture! It was really good…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 