Side Dishes
Roasted eggplant with lemon and olive oil
Large eggplant (20 oz) 2-1/2 to 3 T olive oil 1 T lemon juice Salt and pepper Preheat oven to 400 F. Cut the eggplant in half the long way. Cut each half into 4 […]
Month: February 2007
Breakfast
How to cook amaranth
Barry shuffled out to the kitchen in his bathrobe and peered into the just-opened pressure cooker. “What’s that?” he asked. “It’s amaranth,” I replied, stirring a little salt into the light brown porridge. “I thought […]
Sauces
Will’s Amazing Orange Sauce
I have no idea what the quantities were for this, except that he used 3 oranges and about 1/3 of a large jalapeno. The rest of the ingredients were added “to taste.” This was fabulous […]
Articles
Eating my way across Portugal
We boarded the train from Coimbra, Portugal, to Lisbon, and we found people already sitting in our ticketed seats. As they reluctantly moved to their own places, one of them asked me, hopefully, “Are you […]
Salads
Pickled Olives and Celery
I’ll always remember February 11, 2007 as a milestone in my life. That was the day I first ate raw celery and really enjoyed it. The olive flavor (which I love) completely eradicated the raw-celery […]
Asian
Black rice pudding
Black rice is also known as “forbidden rice.” It’s a whole grain with an excellent nutritional profile. I’ve just run across a version on FatFree Vegan Cooking made in the pressure cooker — it only […]
Side Dishes
Green beans with lemon zest and bitters
1-1/2 lb green beans, trimmed 2 T olive oil 3-4 cloves garlic, sliced 1 t finely grated lemon zest 1/4 t Angostura bitters 3/4 t salt 1/4 t black pepper Steam beans until crisp-tender and […]
Salads
Soba salad with feta
10-oz pkg soba noodles 10-oz package frozen peas 1/3 C diced scallions 1/4 C olive oil 2 T lemon juice 2 t soy sauce or tamari 1 t sugar 3/4 t salt 3/4 t black […]
Asian
Coconut rice
1-1/2 C white rice 1-1/2 C water 1 t sugar 3/4 t salt 1 C coconut milk, well-stirred Rinse rice. In a heavy medium saucepan, combine with water, sugar, salt, and coconut milk. Bring to […]
Meat
Chipotle chicken salad
Serves 6. 2-lb roasted chicken, cooled 1 onion, diced 15-oz can black beans, rinsed and drained 1/2 C cilantro leaves 1 T canned chipotles in adobo 1/3 C olive oil 1/3 C lime juice 3/4 […]