Cooking from the garden has begun again! I got home from work and went out to the garden to pick some food for dinner. Look at my beautiful swiss chard bouquet… It made a really pretty bunch of sliced chard. Unfortunately, I am not feeling very well, I am recovering from a spring cold that had…
Category: Vegetarian
Broccoli, Snap Peas, Snow Peas and Spaghetti with Lime Peanut Sauce
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…
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…
Hummus with Za’atar and Garden Update
Today was a day of working in the garden – weeding and laying paper mulch. Things are coming along nicely… Carrots and parsnips have sprouted well. The spinach is growing. Kale has finally sprouted. The swiss chard is ready for its first picking. And even the cauliflower is on its way. Laying the paper mulch was…
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…
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…
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