With this tropical weather I’m craving tropical food. This simple and refreshing combo is prepared quickly and requires no fussing at all. And as the satés are BBQ, no need to fire up the oven and warm up the house further. Green papaya salad and smoked tofu satés with peanut dipping sauce Tofu satés [...]
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Green papaya salad and smoked tofu satés with peanut dipping sauce
Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, Recipes, Salads, Sauces & Dressings on June 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Grilled Cambray onions
Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, gluten-free, Recipes, Vegetables, Wine pairing, tagged grilled spring onions, Vegan recipe on March 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Grilled spring onions to me equals fiesta! Mexican Cambray onions or Catalan Calçots, spring onions with their slightly bulbous base and tender, delicious flesh are the perfect thing to trough on the grill. I buy mine at my local Mexican grocery. They’re the perfect snack or side. You’ll see it’s so easy to make, this [...]
To each his own pizza.
Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, Italian, Main dishes, tagged grilled veges, pizza, vegan cheese, Vegan recipe on August 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Classic thrown-together-leftover pizza. The result was decent but I still need a better pizza dough recipe (paging Jonny) and a proper pizza stone would be a plus. I had some leftover grilled veges from the night before ready to go. So I made the dough and whipped up a sauce out of fresh orange tomatoes, [...]
Tomato and Persian cucumber salad with a lime basil & mint chiffonade.
Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, Raw food, Recipes, Salads, Vegetables, tagged raw vegan, Vegan recipe on August 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Do you see a pattern emerging here?… What can I say, tomatoes are in season and my tiny urban garden is bursting with them! This salad was homegrown except for the crunchy little Persian cucumbers. Grow your own food, it tastes so much better! Cherry tomatoes and Persian cucumbers salad. Ingredients 500 ml (2 cups) [...]
My #1 summer food.
Posted in Main dishes, Appetizers & Snacks, Sauces & Dressings, tagged Vegan recipe, tomato sandwich, vegan mayo on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Seriously. I could eat this every day. It’s all my mom’s fault really… She’s transmitted her addiction on to us. We’re now contaminating the 3rd generation. Orange zebra tomato sandwich with avocado and red curly lettuce. No recipe necessary. Ingredients are super basic but must be the best and freshest you can get your hands [...]
Stuffed zucchini blossoms with fava beans and garlic scapes
Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, Italian, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables, Wine pairing, tagged fava beans, Fiori di Zucca Ripieni, garlic scapes, summer recipe, Vegan recipe, zucchini blossoms on July 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I had been craving zucchini blossoms for weeks and could not find them at all. It always blows me away when I can’t fin something in NYC. I mean seriously, this is NYC how could it not have XYZ?!? Specially food stuff. Why can’t I just reach for puntarelle, zucchini blossoms, chestnuts, preserved lemons, vin [...]
Pissaladière rework
Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables on July 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Here’s an other one from the country vacation folder. As usual it’s easy to make and can quickly be thrown together. Pissaladière is a Niçoise onion tart eaten as an appetizer. The classic version does not have tomatoes and takes longer to prepare as you need to compote the onions first. Here I’ve made it [...]
Fresh Shell Pea Soup
Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, Soups & Stews, Vegetables, tagged fresh shelling peas, soup, Vegan recipe on July 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The first fresh shell peas of summer are a gorgeous thing. This super fast and simple recipe is all about them. Fresh shell pea soup garnished with pea shoots and peas. Ingredients 15 ml (1 Tbsp) olive oil 1 french shallot, chopped 700 ml (3 cups) fresh shelled peas 1 L (4 cups) homemade mild [...]
Mexican tostada
Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables, tagged bean, Mexican, summer, Vegan, Vegan recipe on July 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Bean tostada Here’s an other “it’s too hot to bother with cooking” summer meal. The tortilla was crisped in the oven instead of fried then topped with homemade bean chili which was kicking around the back of the freezer. I added chopped up lettuce, tomatoes, avocado and onions then some chipotle salsa and garnished it [...]
The new dehydrator has been going non stop!
Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, tagged dehydrator, raw vegan, raw vegan snacks, Vegan on July 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Just in time for summer, when I rarely feel like firing up the stove, the kitchen gods have sent me a new dehydrator. It’s been going non-stop for the last 3 days. Here’s what’s cooking. Mango raspberry “leather” Next up: zucchini “bacon” and dill & vinegar zucchini chips BBQ kale chips Ginger sesame kale chips
