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 [...]
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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 »
Pumpkin stuffed with rice, black beans & wild mushrooms
Posted in gluten-free, Main dishes, Recipes, Vegetables on February 2, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This is really leftovers in disguise. I had some rice ready-made in the fridge and mini pumpkins which needed to be eaten. Combine that with a can of black beans and some dried mushrooms and you have a fast and easy dinner. Mini pumpkin stuffed with a brown + wild rice, black beans and wild [...]
Today lunch was…
Posted in Soups & Stews, Vegetables on December 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Radish top soup with assorted fresh radishes and buttered bread. Doesn’t get much simpler than that. For the soup, simply put the cleaned radish top in a pot of boiling vege stock, and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Season to taste and add half a block of silken tofu to the pot before processing with a [...]
Kale & seaweed salad
Posted in gluten-free, Raw food, Recipes, Salads, Sauces & Dressings, Vegetables, tagged kale, raw vegan, salad, seaweed, Vegan recipe, wakame on September 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
To be happy I need a generous daily dose of straight up greens, relatively unaltered and preferably raw. Here’s what it looked like today. Kale and wakame salad. Ingredients 1 bunch kale, chopped 20 gr wakame seaweed, rehydrated and drained well 3 scallions, sliced thinly 30 ml raw tahini 30 ml toasted sesame oil 30 [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
