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Louisiana style shrimp and crab stuffed eggplant

October 7, 2011

This recipe comes from Paul Prudhomme’s incredible cookbook, Louisiana Cooking. When I lived in Dallas in the nineties, I frequently used this book. I was especially partial to his panéed chicken and fettucini, spice-coated deep fried chicken thighs over a rich and spicy cream sauce with pasta. The dish blew my socks off. Everything in [...]

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Ottolenghi’s socca with tomatoes and onions

August 15, 2011

This recipe comes from “Plenty” by our new favorite cookbook author, Yotam Ottolenghi. He writes that a good friend first cooked this delightful dish for him as a variation of pissaladière using “socca” dough for the base, a chickpea flour based creation. Like all the pics in the book, the one for this was so [...]

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Yotam Ottolenghi-style roasted eggplant with labneh, za’atar and pomegranate molasses

July 15, 2011

Heavenly Housewife has been singing the praises of Yotam Ottolenghi lately. She’s even taken an Ottolenghi cooking class in London after waiting forever to get in. Yes, that’s how popular this chef has become in the UK. She posted some delicious treats from the class and then, good heavens, she made some of his salads! [...]

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germinated red lentil sprouts with fresh garden herbs

June 30, 2011

I made this tasty and healthy dish from germinated red lentils. Hegui sprouted them from dried a few days before. Inspired by all the fresh herbs in our community garden plot, I used a mix of chive, mint, Italian parsley, sage and lemon thyme. Any combination might do. The kale stems are sort of optional. [...]

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sautéed Porcini and Shiitake mushrooms with Fontina over polenta

December 13, 2010

I absolutely adore polenta. It has such a perfect texture and flavor. But today mushrooms are the main focus of this dish. I’ve been on a mushroom rampage ever since Steven complained that we hadn’t been enjoying them very often. Well, by now, obviously, I disagree. Look here for some other exciting dishes that feature [...]

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bolo de feijão rosinha com cogumelos, or vegetarian mushroom and pink bean loaf

November 1, 2010

This recipe was adapted from The Best – Ever Vegetarian Cookbook by Nicola Graimes. I bought it recently while perusing a used bookshop in downtown Reno a couple of weeks ago. We went there to visit our friends Karen and Veronica. It was fun spending the weekend at their gi-normous house, their two lovely and [...]

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zucchini and yellow squash stuffed with fresh fava beans

June 7, 2010

We had a bunch of fresh summer squash and fava pods sitting in the fridge the other day. The fava had been there for a while. You know how labor intensive preparing some veggies can be. Think for instance of artichokes. Fava is equally time-intensive though you’re less likely than with artichokes to poke or [...]

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Mediterranean lemon tofu with artichokes, olives and herbs

June 3, 2010

I never know what to do with the extra firm high-protein tofu. It feels like a rubber brick and doesn’t really taste that much better either. We had two blocks of the stuff sitting around for a while and I wanted to make something before they reached their expiration dates. I used to make something [...]

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roasted purple asparagus with semi-dried Roma tomatoes

May 26, 2010

I saw this purple asparagus at TJ’s the other day and I couldn’t resist. It’s so beautiful and fresh, and, well, so purple! I just baked them in the oven with some balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper and tossed a few quartered semi-dried Roma tomatoes I had made earlier. The flavors were amazing! [...]

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oven-baked potato, zucchini and tomato

September 29, 2009

Potato au gratin is delicious but it packs a whole load of calories and starch. So instead of making it from just potatoes with loads of dairy, why not interspersing the layers with tomato and zucchini? That’s what we had for dinner this week with red butter lettuce dressed with a simple Dijon mustard vinaigrette [...]

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