summer
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Eggplant Char Siu Style, from Hetty Lui McKinnon’s Tenderheart
You can find the original recipe here, and the cookbook here. I only used one eggplant because that’s all I had from the CSA farm box, plus it’s only hubby and I who eat eggplant around here (the others get… Continue reading
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Something to Do With Fresh Tomatoes
It’s the height of summer, and I’m beginning to be inundated with tomatoes from our farmer’s CSA box. My own tomato plants aren’t even flowering yet, as the seeds I sowed early on (German Johnson, from my friend Anna) are… Continue reading
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Green Soup
This is the default soup I use for when I have an abundance of greens — spinach, kale, chard, etc., AND when I want all the kids including the picky teen to eat their greens. The original recipe comes from… Continue reading
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Quinoa Tabbouleh
I already have my tabbouleh story from 2006 in this blog, so won’t bore you with that. We’re mostly gluten-free now, so I thought I’d post an updated recipe using quinoa. I didn’t mean to grow so much parsley this… Continue reading
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Iced Chai (Tea)
Years ago I made a chai tea recipe, and it was soooo good, but I lost it, and I haven’t been able to recreate it or find the original. What I liked about it was that the flavors weren’t muddled,… Continue reading
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What Nino Read July 2017
I haven’t been keeping track of Nino’s reading the past couple of months. He had asked for a vacation from school this year as he realized that his siblings were officially off school. So far the summer has been spent… Continue reading
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Black Bean Salad
Another flexible recipe that will adjust to whatever you have on hand, but as always, the more colorful, the better-looking (for your eyes) and the better for your health. This one had: Another flexible recipe that will adjust to whatever… Continue reading
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Addicted to Ayran
Ayran is my go-to drink this summer. It goes so well with Mediterranean food, or you can try it with Mexican or anything that has a bit of a kick or bite to it. Ayran is easy to make too,… Continue reading
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Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Fresh Figs
Was getting a bit tired of our usual veggie salads, and needed more vegetarian ideas, specifically those with more of a Mediterranean bent, so I got me Yotam Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem cookbook. I cannot wait to try ALL the recipes. Okay,… Continue reading
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French Onion Soup / Soupe a l’Oignon Gratinée
Onion soup is a lovely thing to make right after the onion harvest at end of season, when the weather’s just starting to cool down. Onion soup is also a lovely thing to start love stories with. Like ours, which… Continue reading
