…and now back to our regularly scheduled program “What can I cook with all of the butternut Squash?” On this episode we are making Creamy Vegan Butternut Squash Soup with Miso and Paprika. I had never wondered what the ideal weather conditions were for the butternut squash crop, but now I know. With a long, warmer…
Tag: winter
Beet Salads with Preserved Lemon (simple, hearty and fancy variations)/ Oven Coven
Back in May, my friend Maria sent out an email to a group of women that began… “Greetings Bombshells: Wanna be part of my living right project? It is tender young grape leaf season in my backyard! Time to make dolmades! I’m also calling it my Living Writer project, because man, one needs to balance work with…
Cardamon Orange Cakes with Coconut Topping (Gluten-Free)
This is the best smelling cake I’ve ever made. Cardamom is by far my favorite dessert spice. I know that there are already a ridiculous number of cardamom desserts on this blog, but I just can’t help myself. I have more cardamom desserts on the way too! My love is endless. Last fall, I puppeteered with a…
Snow Day Nordic Brunch- Potato Pancakes, Poached Eggs and Smoked Salmon
It finally snowed in New York City! As far as I’m concerned, the timing is perfect. I know that the warm weather that we’ve been having is probably a sight at the end is near, but I loved it. As I’ve mentioned before I had a rough fall and early winter. Cold weather might have…
Miso Butter Broiled Cauliflower
Well it’s finally snowing in New York. Here is a proper, healthy, no fuss winter dish. If you are someone who makes Asian food on a regular basis, you will have all of these ingredients in your pantry, so you can make it without running around in the snow. This is another recipe that I…
Christmas Breakfast- Spiced Chia Seed Pudding with Walnuts
Last Christmas I was visiting my mother in Hawaii. We made this delicious pudding on Christmas Eve so that we could have it for breakfast while we opened our presents. It is easy, delicious and it won’t spoil your appetite for Christmas dinner. Please give it a try. I have been waiting all year to…
Winter Farmshare Recipes
Last year, I signed up for a winter farmshare with my local CSA. The summer farmshare rocks my world. The winter farmshare was pretty great too. Of course, I live in New York, so local food in the winter means LOTS of root vegetables, onions, leeks or garlic, winter squashes, winter greens and cauliflower. My…
Gluten-Free Cardamom Bread
This is a chewy, yeasted bread. It’s not sweet, although it is perfumed with cardamom and studded with walnuts, dates and raisins. It’s best toasted and slathered with salted butter. I like it for breakfast, tea or with afternoon coffee when my husband is kind enough to make me some (I make terrible coffee). It…
Cauliflower Roasted with Curry and Cashew Butter
I recently wrote about the foods that I miss from my childhood home, Maui. I decided not to mention an entire genre of delicious hippy cuisine, served up at potlucks, vegetarian and/ or vegan restaurants and health food store lunch counters. This food is a gleeful mash up of vegetarian food from all over the…
Roasted Celery and Buttermilk Soup
When I was in my 20s my friends and I had a game that we liked to play with any new person that we met. We would each list the 10 foods that we would take if we were going to be stuck on a desert island for the rest of our life. You could…
Big Sis Little Dish 