I’m posting a recipe for challah that I think turned out pretty well. I changed it a little bit the second time I made it, and I think it’s better. I added an extra 1/4 c. honey, and another egg (3 eggs total). And remember – nothing is better than fresh challah, except french toast […]
Author: Lillian Magidow
Artemis’ Lentil Soup
This soup is from my good friend Artemis who I met in Jordan. It’s a seriously delicious lentil soup, much more than the sum of its parts. I’ve copied and pasted the recipe from an email, hence the narrative style. Ingredients:Red Lentils5-6 cloves garlic, WHOLEOnion4-5 juicy tomatoesVeggiesOreganoBrothLemons Start with a relatively deep layer of olive […]
Pasta with Sausage, Mushroom and Cream Sauce
This recipe is adapted from something in the local co-op’s circular. The sausage we used was sweeter turkey-chicken sausage (similar to the stuff you get from Cost-co) Ingredients:1 Tbsp butter3-4 cloves minced garlic1 lb. sweet sausage in small pieces1 lb. sliced fresh mushrooms(Preferably dry) white wine1 1/4 c. heavy cream/half and half (this takes longer […]
Chocolate covered strawberries
For Valentines, I whipped up a nice batch of chocolate covered strawberries. The original recipe I saw called for you to “drizzle white chocolate over the top with a fork” but it turns out the white chocolate I had wasn’t terribly drizzleable. We ended up putting it in a plastic bag with a hole cut […]
Pancakes!
I just realized that we don’t have the family pancake recipe on here. I sometimes need to check it or give it to other people, so I’m going to upload it verbatim how Mom sent it to me back when I was living in the dorms. I prefer to add baking soda and acid as […]
Roasted Red Peppers (for tonight’s pizza)
When peppers are on sale, it must be time for pizza! We got 8 big red ones and proceeded to roast them. There are two rules to this: (1) it won’t work on an electric stove, so don’t even try (you can, however, roast them on a barbecue grill); (2) do not do this right […]
Black Bean Frittata
This is not a real recipe per se – just sort of a meal idea, and you can add and subtract as you like. I bet it’d be really good with a bit of meat (chorizo), and I didn’t have any cheese on hand, which would definitely make it better. Note also that you need […]
Ful Medames – Fava Bean Dip
It’s hard to fathom how we don’t have this recipe up yet. This dish is a standard mezze and breakfast item in much of the Arab world. It’s often eaten during Ramadan because it’s so nutritious and filling. You can use dry beans (Brown Egyptian Favas) by soaking them overnight and then slowly simmering them, […]
Cabbage Stuffed with Lamb and Barley
It’s hard to find a good cabbage roll. Some of them are just absurdly large. Others are in a gross tomato sauce. A lot of them simply have too much rice and not enough spice. Well, problem solved! Here’s my adaptation of this recipe from Almost Turkish. The lamb makes these pack a flavor wallop, […]
Muesli
I’ve developed a backlog of recipes that I haven’t loaded up to the blog, but here’s one I couldn’t ignore. I’ve always loved muesli, but it’s usually ~$5 for a tiny box that will only last for a few meals. I figured that it can’t be hard to make and lo-and-behold, a little internet searching […]