Stir Fried Leftover Salad in Black Bean Garlic Sauce (If I had known how delicious this was I would have taken a picture) Saute in un-flavored oil: Onion, carrot sticks, green vegetables, pre-soaked shiitake mushrooms Stir in a heaping spoon of Black Bean Garlic Sauce, combine well Add the leftover salad that didn’t get dressing […]
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Moroccan Beet Salad
So this is actually a ridiculously simple beet salad, but I got it from my friend Melanie who just got back from Morocco. Apparently she knows at least two other recipes for beet salad, but this is her favorite: 4 small-medium sized beets1/2-3/4 cup beet juice(produced by boiling the beets)juice of one lemon2-4 Tbsp sugar […]
Tuna and Pasta Salad with Tahini Dressing
I often wind up with leftover pasta and struggle to find ways to use it. This recipe is a great way to use it with stuff you probably have around the house, and doesn’t involve heating up the kitchen at all. If your noodles are stiff from being in the fridge, microwave them for a […]
German Potato Salad
This summer standby is traditionally served warm. It doesn’t take too many ingredients and it’s a reliable crowd-pleaser. I used Yukon golds, but any waxy or semi-waxy potato would work. This recipe makes a moderate amount, and can easily be increased for more people. 2 lbs. waxy potatoes6 strips thick-cut bacon6 green onions, sliced thin1 […]
JiJY’s Special Marinade and Thai Pickled Cucumbers
It’s grill season and I think it’s time to post a fantastic marinade recipe from my former roommate JiJY. She brings this sweet, sticky, Asian style marinade from her homeland, Thailand. It can be used on any meat, but is particularly good on fatty pork. I recommend cooking it on the grill, but in a […]
Pink Pickled Onions and Zingy Vinegar Coleslaw
Pink Pickled Onions Pickled onions are great to have on hand, since they make everything more delicious and are also nice to munch on as an accompaniment. Apparently they are the hip new thing, but the recipe has been around basically as long as onions have, which is to say a long time. 1 large […]
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Roasting Chicken
I’m fairly certain that roast chicken is the food I’ve had the most kitchen meltdowns over. It’s so simple, so basic, and so beautiful to have that whole, browned and glistening bird on the table–and yet, I can never seem to get one to the table without shedding tears of frustration and throwing a spatula […]
Meat Blintzes and Sweet and Sour Coleslaw
I made this a while ago and just now found the pictures. I guess I was in the mood for spending an entire day cooking, so I made blintzes and they were really yummy. This is another recipe from The Art of Jewish Cooking–it just has such great recipes for cold weather, and hooo boy […]
Iftaar with Christians
So the other day, while playing cards at my friend Rim’s house, we got to talking about cooking, and I mentioned that I really don’t know how to cook any Syrian food. She offered to show me how to cook some upcoming Friday(her day off). We ended up deciding to make it an iftaar, since […]
Tabouleh
I don’t have a picture to go with this one, but we all know what tabouleh looks like (though I’m not sure how to spell it–Al, is this right?). It’s the perfect recipe for late summer, with the hot weather, ripe tomatoes and cukes, and waning kitchen inspiration. Here’s how it goes: Soak 3/4 or […]