Chris and I just got back from visiting his parents in Tennessee. The Greens hike and bike and are fastidiously careful about how they eat. They eat not much meat, no real butter, no whole eggs, and only skimmed milk products. It seems to be working out for them because they are fit, healthy, beautiful…
Tag: lunch
The many virtues of home-made chicken stock
This is the beginning of chicken stock making season for me. In truth, it is more satisfying to make chicken stock when the weather gets a bit colder, but I am underemployed in the early fall and too busy to make chicken stock in the winter when I need it for soups and holiday dishes….
Spicy Chickpea Pancakes (with green salad)
I eat this a lot. Really. When I am working, it is a rare week that I don’t eat this at least once. It is very easy, cheap, healthful and delicious. The recipe for Chick-Pea Crepes with Ginger and Hot Chilies is from Classic Indian Vegetarian Cooking by Julie Sahni. My friend Gayathri was impressed…
Ride Your Bike to Coney Island Salad
The salad was inspired by one that I ate at Diner in Williamsburg one early afternoon while rather hung over. It made me feel better. I started making it a lot. One morning, Silvi and I ate this salad for breakfast once and then rode our bike’s from Queens to Coney Island. For those…
4 Reasons to make home-made mayonnaise
It helps to have multiple reasons to make home-made mayonnaise. It should really be eaten within day or two of being made since it is made with raw egg but it is impossible to make a small amount since you have to add enough oil to make it thick. It’s a drag to throw…
Quinoa-Amaranth Sushi
This is a recipe for sushi without rice. I grew up in Vancouver eating sushi my whole life. I think this is the sushi capitol of North America (the California roll was invented here by Tojo- Hello!). This recipe came about last year when I was cooking with amaranth for the first time. (Amaranth is…
Big Sis Little Dish 