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Breakfast

How to cook amaranth

2/21/2007 meps 0

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 […]

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Sauces

Will’s Amazing Orange Sauce

2/20/2007 meps 2

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 […]

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Articles

Eating my way across Portugal

2/12/2007 meps 1

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 […]

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Salads

Pickled Olives and Celery

2/12/2007 meps 0

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 […]

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Asian

Black rice pudding

2/5/2007 meps 0

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 […]

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Side Dishes

Green beans with lemon zest and bitters

2/5/2007 meps 0

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 […]

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Salads

Soba salad with feta

2/5/2007 meps 0

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 […]

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Asian

Coconut rice

2/5/2007 meps 0

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 […]

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Meat

Chipotle chicken salad

2/5/2007 meps 0

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 […]