A couple of summers back, we spent a glamourous weekend celebrating a friend’s birthday at a farm-house in the Catskills. Everyone in this particular circle of friends happens to cook amazing food. There was fresh-baked bread, Tomato Pie, chickpea and butternut squash salad with tahini dressing, fava bean salad, smoked salmon hash with fresh herbs…
Author: Big Sis Little Dish
This is a blog run by two sisters. Erin is the big sister who lives in New York, and Silvi is the little sister who lives in Vancouver. They both love to cook! They created this blog to share and store recipes for the food they make.
Butter, Garlic and Ginger Laced Pureed Mustard Greens served with Radish Corn Bread
I used to make this a lot. I made it so much that I had to take a decade long break from making it, but now I am ready to eat it again! According to my favourite Indian cookbook, Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking, this is the “soul food” of the Punjabi Sikhs. It…
Roasted Potatoes and Fennel with Za’atar
Every year around my birthday I go out for dinner at one of my favourite restaurants, The Kebab Cafe, in Astoria Queens. I don’t really eat out much, because it interferes with my desires to spend all of my time cooking in my own kitchen, but eating at the Kebab cafe is deeply satisfying to…
Wilted Dandelion Salad with Cured Meats
The mother of my childhood best friend used to make salad from dandelion greens that grew in her yard. She is one of the most elegant, magical, beautiful women I have ever known. She read us all of the children’s classics in her beautiful English accent. She’s an actress and it’s probably partly her fault…
Quiche with Smoked Salmon, Smoked Gouda and Swiss Chard (gluten-free)
This is based on my friend Bethany’s favourite omelet combination, smoked salmon, smoked gouda and swiss chard. She recently had a big bunch of friends over for brunch and served us the frittata version (who wants to make individual omelets for 10 people?) It was insanely delicious and you can find her recipe for the…
Floral Scented Shortbreads (Gluten-Free)
These cookies combine the lovely aromatic quality of Indian deserts with a crisp and not too sweet shortbread. I was inspired by the cardamom, pistachio and rosewater shortbread on the lovely food blog My Darling Lemon Thyme. I enjoyed these rose scented cookies so much, that I started experimenting with orange blossom water and culinary…
Swiss Chard Stems with Tahini
I am quite excited by this swiss chard stem dish. The recipe is from “Moro, The Cookbook” by Sam & Sam Clark. I eat a lot of swiss chard. In the winter the stems are a little bit intense so I like to cook them separately from the greens and beat them into submission with…
Shepherd’s Pie with Scalloped Carrots, Celery and Caraway Seeds
I used to make this a lot back in the days when I had time to cook at this time of year. Those days are back again! Of course, when I used to make this in March, the weather was behaving in a more March-like manner. It must be cold enough to make this somewhere…
Irish Soda Bread Inspired Scones (Gluten-Free) Traditional Irish Soda Bread
Happy St Patrick’s day, a few days early! On the actual day, I will be hiding from the festivities in my apartment eating these Irish soda bread inspired scones. I’m not always the most participatory Irish person. I teach at a school where a lot of the teachers are Irish and/or Italian American. The students…
Wilted Amaranth Greens
This more of a public service announcement, than a recipe. If you encounter this lovely leafy green with streaks of purplish pink under its leaves, it is Amaranth. Yes, in addition to providing a healthful, gluten-free, grain-like seed which can be used to make fabulous pancakes and a super nourishing version of sushi, the Amaranth…
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