Wednesday, November 28, 2007

indian and japanese acorn squash

Two different ways to bake all those winter acorn squashes:

Indian acorn squash, stuffed with fried spice mix: cumin seeds, brown mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, dried chili peppers, garlic, salt, and brown sugar. (I'd probably add onions next time to give the stuffing more body)


Japanese acorn squash, stuffed with garlic, ginger, and onion/shallots sauteed in oil, and sauce of rice wine, soy sauce, veggie fish sauce, and sugar.

Friday, November 23, 2007

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

white asparagus with garlic and lemon


a simple side: white asparagus topped with fried garlic, olive oil, and lemon juice

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

bok choy with peanuts & shallots


A quick and tasty meal: stir-fried bok choy topped with fried shallots, garlic, peanuts, and an impromptu indonesian sauce (kecap manis, kecap sambal, and a bit of brown sugar)

Sunday, November 11, 2007

falafel & eggplant sandwich


Some recently rediscovered food porn from the summer: an amazing loaded falafel sandwich from Paris's Rue des Rosiers (aka falafel street)
falafel, hummus, cucumber, lightly pickled red cabbage, melt-in-your-mouth fried eggplant, and tahini
Perhaps the best falafel in the world? (something I don't say lightly...)

Monday, November 05, 2007

jam cookies




With almonds, oats, whole wheat, and maple syrup as sweetener, these easy-to-bake cookies are practically healthy enough to pass as breakfast. Go ahead, have 2!

Recipe here: http://theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/index.php?RecipeID=47