For those of you looking for a salad base other than lettuce, baby bok choy is great. Because it’s an ingredient used frequently in Asian cooking, I like to do an Asian-style salad with a sweet & spicy dressing to help cut through the slight bitterness of the bok choy. Baby Bok Choy Salad Ingredients:…
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Shakshouka
Last night, AK made me something for dinner I had never before even heard of: Shakshouka. A popular dish in Israel, shakshouka is a North African dish of eggs poached in a mixture of onions, peppers, tomatoes and spices. It was, in a word, delicious (and I’m not just saying that :)). It’s also pretty…
Yet Another Chanukah Recipe: Wontons w/ Bourbon Dipping Sauce
Wontons wrappers are fun–you can pretty much put anything inside, then all you need to do is fry them up into crispy deliciousness. For those of you who are health conscious and prefer not to deep fry things, you can pop these into boiling water for a few minutes (or steam them if you have…
Another Chanukah Recipe: Fried Pineapple
It struck me this morning that the association of the potato with Chanukah is actually completely arbitrary–it’s the oil we fry up the latkes in that is a symbol of the holiday (commemorating the miracle that the menorah [candelabra] in the Temple stayed lit for 8 days when the amount of oil shouldn’t even have…
A Chanukah Recipe: Creamy Potato Leek Soup
I participated in a cooking competition this weekend where, in honor of the holiday of Chanukah, we had to create a dish that highlighted the potato. I wanted to do something others might not think of, so I decided on a potato leek soup. I caramelized the leeks in the oven to add a little…
Spinach Salad w/ Citrus-Ginger-Fennel Dressing
My friends LM and RK hosted lunch this week, and asked me to bring salad, which I am always more than happy to do. I’m never sure how adventurous people are, so the salad I decided on is a riff on a previous post, but a little more conventional. Spinach Salad w/ Citrus-Ginger-Fennel Dressing Ingredients:…
Easy & Cheap Side Dish: Corn Kugel
This is one of my all-time favorite recipes because it’s so easy–you pretty much just dump everything in a bowl, mix it up, and pop it in the oven. Now I have to credit my friend BL with the original recipe–I’ve adapted it a bit just to make it a little healthier, but she certainly…
Pantry Raid: Winter White Bean Soup
Walking home from work yesterday was miserable–it was cold and windy, and with the forecast of a wintry mix of rain and snow, I decided a hearty winter soup was in order. I didn’t feel like stopping to pick up any ingredients (I really didn’t want to have to walk a second more in the…
Salmon w/ Caramelized Leeks
For those of you who enjoyed my previous post, I did promise to share my salmon recipe at some point, so here you go! Note: I like to use 2-3 smaller fillets because they cook faster and I like it when the edges of each piece get all brown and crispy, but you can also…
Roasted Brussel Sprouts
One thing about my mandolin is I’m a little scared of it. Or at least, of cutting my fingers off. So when I made the shaved brussel sprout salad over the weekend, I was left with about half of each sprout because I didn’t want my fingers to get too close to the blade and…
