Something halfway between pesto and puttanesca I get my veggies from time to time from an organic farm but I have to pay a flat fee delivery charge so it behooves me to order a lot. This time I got a hefty bag of brussel sprouts and I didn’t want it losing its nutritional value …
A meat-less take on a classic for St. Paddy’s Day I was in Ireland for St. Patrick’s Day and after a small parade in the small village of Kilcar in County Donegal, I wanted to make something traditional for the holiday so I tried my hand at Irish stew sans the lamb or beef it …
It is Day Whenever of the Great Coronavirus Shut-In and I continue to look for creative ways to serve up food to my spouse and teenage daughter (the latter is a waste of effort but I am a Sisphean by nature.) Four days ago I ventured to a local bakery masked and armed with hand …
I had leftovers after we wolfed down the meatless tacos. And if you’ve been reading this blog, you will know that I HATE wasting food. I’d soaked and cooked up a batch of garbanzo beans for hummus and that container of lentils/quinoa/corn/tomatoes/olives/mushrooms looked kind mideastern. So I thought: Hummus Platter! I also had three Italian …
I picked up a package of locally-smoked salmon. But we didn’t have bagels and I didn’t feel like eggs and salmon. How about noodles? In my pantry I had fusilli noodles — those are the corkscrew shaped ones. I had asparagus and basil. So that’s what I used. First I boiled the entire package of …
I grew up on Chinese food. My family is Jewish and we were pretty conservative Jewish. My mother kept a kosher house. We didn’t eat meat and dairy together. We had separate plates, cutlery and cookware for meat and dairy. But we were Jewish. And that meant we LOVED Chinese food. We ate at the …
We’re self-isolating during this Coronavirus panic-alypse and I keep fantasizing about great restaurant meals I can’t have. This is ridiculous, considering I live in a place with few choices on restaurants anyway. I was rummaging through my pantry and thinking about how to use some of the stuff that’s been in there a long time …
My daughter has strep so I do what every Jewish mother does. I make chicken noodle soup. But without chicken. One of my inspirations for ditching meat in August was a Hanukah party I attended last year. The woman hosting the party was a colleague and friend and Jewish. So we decided to have a …
A dish of green beans, mushrooms, onions fava beans and homemade seitan that I whipped together. I’ve been a meat eater all my life and I’ve cooked with meat every since I started working as a cook in my dad’s delicatessen at age 13. But this summer I read story after story about the carbon …
No Meat Required 