Roasted Red and Yellow Beet Salad with Goat cheese and Pistachios with Champagne vinaigrette
Last week I picked up beautiful red and golden beets, roasted them as soon as I came home, and made the svekolnik (cold beet soup) from some of the red […]
Category Archives: Vegetables
Roasted Beet Svekolnik (cold beet soup)
Svekolnik, Cold Borsht, Hlodnik, Holodnik, Beetroot Okroshka etc., this summer soup has quite a few names and many variations all over Eastern Europe. The common denominator for all those diverse […]
Eggplant with Kefir sauce
The following eggplant preparation is an adaptation from the recipe in the book “Plenty” by Yotam Ottolenghi. A few weeks ago a friend recommended this book to me, and stressed how […]
Heirloom Potatoes with Greek Yogurt and Roasted Garlic
Balsamic and Honey Grilled Portobello Mushroom salad
I love food that tastes great and at the same time does wonders for your body. Portabello mushrooms are one such superfood, they have fiber phytonutrients, fiber, and unlike other […]
Pea and mint soup
Walking through the market yesterday, my eye gaze fell upon a bag of shelled peas that I just had to buy. Initially I wanted to make pea risotto, however this […]
Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms a la Susanna
Allow me to present a recipe and pictures by a guest in this blog, Susanna. This amazing, health conscious lady cooks only with the freshest, organic ingredients to creates beautiful […]
Baked sweet potato with corn and black bean salad.
Lately, my favorite lunch has been baked sweet potato with corn and black bean salad; not only is it quick, easy, and delicious, but it is a nutritional powerhouse to […]
Roasted Vegetable and Herb ed Cheeses Terrine
Terrine, the word itself sounds so sophisticated – t e r r i n e , and yet it’s just food baked in an earthenware mold. There are meat terrines, […]
Roasted and Honey Marinated Bell Pepper
I love sweet peppers for their versatility, for their rich colors and for their flavor. My aunt used to make amazing marinated honey peppers. She cooked them whole in water […]
Sweet 'n' Savory 