So I am sliding in at the end of the Taste & Create deadline–which really bugs me and I am sorry I took so long. Basically I had chosen this yogurt chickpea dish to make a week or so ago, and when I realized I got paired with Aparna, of My Diverse Kitchen (who is…
Tomato, Pepper, Cucumber & Feta Salad
At the risk of inundating you with salads, I decided to make another chopped veggie salad, hi-lighting tomatoes instead of watermelon. Personally I think if you use a good quality French Feta, you cannot go wrong with almost any veggie combo. For this salad, I chopped up cucumbers, orange bell pepper and tomatoes, relatively…
Just Call Me A Sheep: Watermelon & Cucumber Salad with Feta
Has everyone else noticed the savory watermelon salads popping up everywhere on the internet? It seems to be the hot summer foodie trend. And I am not normally a trend follower (just ask my sister about my sense of fashion, haha) but this was one bandwagon I had to hop on. I have seen them…
Taste & Create: Leek and Goat Cheese Quiche
Today was a sad day. Today was the day I confirmed that my husband does not really like quiche, and my children might not either (I say might because I refuse to believe any toddler has a true dislike of a food until they have rejected it multiple times). I am also sad because this…
Indian Vegetable Curry with Coconut Milk and Yogurt
Nothing derails a food blog quite like a virus attacking the GI systems of the toddlers in the house. Not only are they sick— which is a time suck as they suddenly insist on being held 24 hours a day —and unable to eat what you cook, BUT they also are irrational and crabby, which…
The Meal Before The Cupcakes: Thai Cucumber Salad & S.E. Asian Potato Salad
So what did we serve at our birthday party? By Alex’s request, first and foremost, there was a lot of fruit: cantelope, watermelon, red and green grapes, and strawberries. I would have loved to have added blueberries, but I just think they taste so much better when they are local. What we did have was…
Black Bean Croquettes with Mango Salsa and Lime-Cilantro Cream
My veggie cake/patty/whatever kick has continued—probably because of the heat. If you must cook inside (as opposed to grilling meat outside) and if it is too hot to work up an appetite for said grilled meat anyway, vegetarian seems like a good way to go. I gotta be honest—I am not sold on the bean…
Black Beans With Mango Sauce & Savory Corn Cakes with Chipotle Cream
I was reading The Days Are Just Packed and experienced the strongest feeling of wishing desperately I had been present for a meal Vicci made: Black Beans With Mango Sauce & Savory Corn Cakes with Chipotle Cream. YUM. Since it looked so easy, the ingredients all immediately went onto my grocery list—I have trouble with…
A Remedy For Meat Overload: Spiced Chickpeas and Roasted Onions on Local Greens
Even though it was my mom who taught me to cook and from whom I inherited good cooking instincts, somewhere along the way our tastes diverged pretty strongly. I stopped eating much Italian food (I have nothing against it, it is just not to my taste frequently), which is The Cuisine of my family, and…