veggies
Carrot and Chickpea Salad
This post is for my brother Andrew. He left last week for a 4-month public health research trip in Karachi, Pakistan. He has started a fascinating blog about living in Pakistan and working at the Indus Hospital. Anyway, when he isn’t being a public health superhero, it feels like he is sending me emails about [...]
Spaghetti with Artichokes and Pancetta
Artichokes are one of those vegetables that have always frightened me a bit. They look so beautiful, but what the hell do you do with them? For years, I would only eat artichokes in restaurants, awkwardly sucking out the tasty flesh of the leaves, but last year at a farmers’ market in Oceanside, California, I [...]
Chopped Greek Salad
Now that the weather is warming up in Vegas, I’m starting to crave crunchy and cool salads for lunch. As much as I enjoy salads, it is sometimes pretty easy to get in a salad rut, especially since most nights we have a green salad as part of our dinner. While this Chopped Greek Salad [...]
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Often when you order spaghetti and meatballs in a restaurant, you get a ginormous meatball–hard as a hockey puck–in a generic red marinara sauce, which is why I never thought I really liked spaghetti and meatballs. I thought meatballs were just a poor substitute for a rich bolognese sauce, which is how I preferred my [...]
Crunchy Tomatillo-Avocado Salsa
Tonight is the season premiere of Top Chef Masters 2. Carlo and I thoroughly enjoyed the first season of the show, especially watching the chefs, who had previously been judges on the regular Top Chef, realize that those quick fires weren’t so easy and perhaps they were a little too critical of the contestants. I [...]
Pasta with Creamed Leeks and Spinach
There are some days when you just crave a creamy pasta dish. Ever since I discovered alfredo sauce when I first moved to America in 1989, I’ve had a bit of a weakness for creamy sauces, even if I first got hooked on sauces that came out of the jar or a packet. In fact, [...]
Brussels Sprouts and Smoky Onions on Cheddar Toast
One of my favourite comfort foods is cheese on toast. No matter how crappy the bread or cheese that you use, the end result of lots of gooey cheese on a crunchy piece of toast always hits the spot. This recipe for Brussels Sprouts and Smoky Onions on Cheddar Toast is an adult version of [...]
Homemade Tomato Ketchup
Ketchup: cheap, readily available, easy to find, a simple condiment. Exactly the sort of thing you’d buy at the store, right? Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with Heinz for slathering on your fries, but its consistent acceptability can’t meet the amazing flavor of this homemade version. You wouldn’t really think of ketchup as [...]
Moroccan Couscous Soup
I made up this recipe for Moroccan Couscous Soup after seeing a couple of different recipes that used couscous as the base for a soup flavoured with harissa. Basically I emptied the fridge and pantry of all the things that needed to be used up and tossed them in the soup. You can follow this [...]
Chickpea, Potato, and Kale Curry
Wow, life around here has been crazy! I got back from Austin last Tuesday night and it took a few days to catch up on everything that I had missed while we were gone, as well as to catch up on some much needed sleep. Then we were off to Los Angeles for the weekend [...]
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