January 2010

"Boiled Brussels sprouts tossed with sauteed mushroom with a sprinkling of parsley and lemon." 

These wafer-thin cookies may have been created with Passover in mind, but their shattering crispness and perfume of almonds and lemon make them alluring at any time of year.

I have been craving tuna fish salad and tried many online recipes, yet none seemed to satisfy my craving. One day I just decided to take all ingredients I used to put on my tuna and combined everything together. 

Ingredients:

2 cups fresh spinach
1/2 avocado
1 cup sliced pineapple
1 banana
dash of ginger ( I use powdered )

Directions:

I threw this recipe together last night as a way to use up eggplant from my garden. My bf and I loved it. I served some bruschetta with it and it complimented the pasta very well. 

This is an easy and quick tangy salad - great for just one or pot lucks. All the ingredient amounts can be adjusted to whatever amount you prefer. I tend to just make it up as I go.

This is a delicious green smoothie with fruit and ginger!

Why broccoli rabe was not a part of the American vegetable culture until relatively recently is completely beyond me. What can you not cook it with? It is near-perfect as a side dish, especially with oil, lemon an garlic; as a bed for any meat or fish; on pizza; tossed with sausages; as the basis of a frittata. And, of course, with pasta, which showcases it as well as anything.

AYTEKIN YAR, the executive chef at Dardanel on the Upper East Side, eats mucver — delicate, crisp zucchini pancakes — at four in the afternoon, before he starts cooking for the dinner crowd. “I love it because it’s tasty, and it’s not heavy,” Mr. Yar said. His version of mucver (pronounced MOOSH-vair) has not just shredded zucchini, but also tiny clouds of feta and a sprinkling of minced fresh dill and scallions. They are crisp on the outside, tender within and subtly herbaceous. Mr. Yar was born in Turkey, and his grandmother and mother made the dish a bit differently there.