My oldest daughter (my zucchini bread baker) surprised me with Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi’s new cookbook, Jerusalem, for Hanukkah. I am very excited to have access to so many of their wonderful recipes. Today’s is a kind of cross between hummus and baba ghanoush – Butternut Squash and Tahini Spread. Although I shop it here in…
Epic fail
I promised you the good the bad and the ugly. Well, this is a more bad than ugly… I wanted to make pumpkin scones this morning. They have lots of healthy ingredients in them, but something just didn’t seem right with the dough. I put it in the oven anyway, hoping some magic would happen….
Chicken Fesenjoon in the Slow Cooker
Pomegranate + walnut + chicken + rice = happy husband. Fesenjoon is one of those dishes that takes forever to make. But it is perfectly suited for making in the slow cooker, which is exactly what I did on Christmas day. We wanted to go out during the day, but I had planned on making…
Adventures in Cooking from the Garden is 6 Months Old – Top 6 Recipes of the First 6 Months
Thank you all for a great first 6 months of my blog! I have really enjoyed sharing my garden and its bounties with you. I am looking forward to sharing ways to use the items I froze or canned over the next few months (and the winter veggies) and to start all over again with…
Cranberry White Chocolate Agave Scones
Scones for breakfast is probably one of my favorite things (food-wise). One of the problems I usually find with baking in the morning is that I wake up really hungry and the time it usually takes to prepare and bake is a real turn off for me. The beauty of these scones was that it…
Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese
Who doesn’t love butternut squash? But I have to say that the squash that comes out of my garden is so much more flavorful that what you get in the store, there really is no comparison. If you can’t grow your own, try to get it from a farm market or farmer’s market, it will…
My first guest blogging – Spaghetti Squash with Honey and Feta
Check out my guest blog on Spaghetti Squash with Honey & Feta on Rantings of an Amateur Chef. I am very excited about doing my first guest blog. While you are there, check out the rest of Pat’s site, it is a fun one with lots of good recipes; it is one of the sites…
Turkey Chili in the Slow Cooker
After Thanksgiving, I was turkeyed out. It had been 5 straight days of turkey meat for this family that eats vegetarian over 80% of the time. There was one last 1-pound bag of turkey in the fridge, but I really did not want to eat turkey again. So, I wanted to make a dish I…
Turkey Bacon & Tomato Pasta
I just have to share this picture I took while I was out for my before-train walk this morning. It was a foggy morning, and the sun was just starting to break through as I walked along the Christina River. This is one of my favorite spots along the river, a little enclave with this…
Lemon Pepper Tuna Kuku (Persian Omelet)
Comfort food! Tuna kuku is a comfort food. It is one of those simple foods that just makes me feel good to eat. It starts with some good eggs (and Farmer Kim had brought by eggs over the weekend). When I saw the pouch of lemon pepper tuna in my pantry, I decided to build a…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 