Tag: easy

Ride your Bike to Coney Island Salad

I originally published this salad recipe on August 8th, 2010. It was the seventh recipe we posted! The original blog post said “One morning, Silvi and I ate this salad for breakfast and then rode our bike’s from Queens to Coney Island.” I have not riden my bike to Coney Island in a long time, but I still like to make this salad for breakfast when I need to feel fortified and hydrated for a long NYC summer day.

Crispy Zucchini and Creamy Leek Fritters with Herbs (gluten-free or not)

It’s been an unusually rainy spring and summer in New York. My farmshares have been heavy with vegetables that are basially water storage systems. I’ve been making crispy zucchini and creamy leek fritters with herbs. I like to have them for breakfast with smoked salmon, sour cream and capers or with feta and Ajvar. Either way, they also get a pile of sliced cucumbers.

Puttanesca

Next up in the project of posting simple things that I cook often, is my version of Puttanesca Sauce. Puttanesca sauce is a tomato sauce for pasta flavored with whatever umami bombs you might have in your pantry. So, traditionally that would be anchovies, capers, olives, garlic and chilis. I do not keep olives on hand, so my version does not have olives. My version has fish sauce becasue I make a lot of Asian food.

Creamy Dill and Leek Scramble

Next up on my project of posting all of the simple food that I make….creamy dill and leek scramble. This is a special way of making eggs that makes a quick creamy scramble.

Extra Vegetable Pad Thai

This is a very good way to pack a bunch of vegetables into your dinner. It also takes less than a half hour to make!

Farmshare Skillet Breakfast

My husband and I call this “Skillet Breakfast” because we make it in our giant cast iron skillet and usually eat it directly out of the pan. We also eat it sometimes for dinner. It evolved directly out of the need to process as much of our farmshare as we could on the weekend, so that the vegetables were prepared and ready to eat with as little fuss as possible later in the week.

Colorful and Delicious Black Rice Bowls

We made these delicious black rice bowls at the Run a Luncheonetter Camp in August and served them to the parents at the end of the week. I will absolutley be making this dish again. It is an ideal dish to serve to a large group of people with divergent tastes and dietary restrictions. Whichever topping they choose, it will taste great and look gorgeous!

Blistered Green Beans with Walnut Vinaigrette

We received a truly astonishing quantity of green beans from our farmshare in August and September. This is how we ate them for weeks and we didn’t get tired of it! Green Beans are not in season here in November, but I like to have them at Thanksgiving. This recipe would make a great Thanksgiving dish. It is very fast and easy to make.