I decided to make an all-Spanish food Seder this year. It started with a Spanish Sephardic Charoset with hazelnuts, pistachios, marcona almonds, walnuts, dates, pears, figs and apples. This made a fabulous Hillel sandwich with my home-made maror (horseradish) The serious eating started with saffron sofrito matzoh ball soup. This was so good, it will likely become…
Butternut Squash – Potato Bundles
Latkes are not just for Hanukkah! I am not sure if these are really latkes since there is no egg in them. THey are really kind of a cross between , latkes, hash browns and shoestring french fries. The combination of butternut squash and potato was fantastic. Just a touch of sweetness. It was also really…
Persian Sweet Potato Stew
It feels so good to be cooking again. Making dinners and baking breads really does serve to center me. Especially when I get to use foods I grew. Even though I am planning and preparing my garden for this season, I still have lots of sweet potatoes that I harvested in the fall. This stew…
Maple Peanut Butter Challah
Now THIS was a really different challah! It was rich in texture and loaded with peanut butter flavor! It really cried out to be toasted and topped with jelly or preserves. First a banana rum preserve, then a simple strawberry. And look at the beautiful color of the loaf! Not a challah to have with a…
Slow-cooker Beef Ragu
During my Levy Court campaign, pretty much the only type of cooking I did was in the crock pot – slow cooking. The only free time I had was at the very beginning of the day, and that only for about 15 minutes. So, that meant it needed to be recipes with very little preparation…
I will be back…busy running for office!!!
Sorry I have disappeared. Life has been turned upside down as I have entered into a race to fill a new vacancy as a Commissioner on our County’s Levy Court (our form of government). The special election is March 21. In the meantime I am collecting photos during the rare opportunities I am able to…
Lentil Loaf with Maple Balsamic Glaze
As we ate this and I was so surprised at how delicious it was, our daughter laughed and said, “What did you expect, of course it would be bad, you were making it. pause. Of course it was going to be good!” Now, you have to realize how amazing this is – growing up the girls pretty…
Quinoa with Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Kale & Feta
I still have PLENTY of sweet potatoes from our garden, about 1/2 a milk crate left (somehow I still have the crates we used to use when I grew up in NY in the 60’s and we still got milk deliveries). The crates are perfect for storing the sweet potatoes. Our last CSA box included…
Potato and Parsnip Latkes
After several days of “let’s make latkes out of anything” including lasagna and mac and cheese, it was time for some “normal” latkes. But not quite normal; parsnips and potatoes are a great combination, so why not potato and parsnip latkes? Parsnips add a nice sweetness that added interest to the latke. It was another reason…
Spaghetti Squash Latkes
Spaghetti squash latkes, who would have thought? Zakah Glaser, that’s who; and I thank her for the recipe I found on Chabad.org. I have to say that these were good the first day, but they were excellent as leftovers. I have no idea why this was true, but that bodes well for making these in advance for…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 