My sister Vicky developed a simple and incredibly tasty recipe for air-fried kale. Comes out perfectly crispy every time, and is an incredibly delicious way to eat kale! Sharing on this site for all to enjoy! Ingredients: 3 cups of curly kale, torn into pieces no larger than ~1.5 inch squared (you can use […]
Category: Vegetables
Vietnamese Vermicelli Salad is Kelin’s new favorite dish, and one of my top 10, so of course we had to learn how to make it. After a lot of trial and error, we finally perfected a vegetarian version that Kelin gave the thumbs up as restaurant-quality. Pho Ca Dao is by far our favorite restaurant […]
Another exciting Mediterranean recipe from my sister in-law Guelevren, made from zucchinis carved like, well, gondolas. Ingredients: 4 tomatoes, peeled & chopped 8 zucchinis, cut in half long way 3 red peppers, chopped 1 Anaheim or banana pepper, chopped 3 onions, chopped 1 C mozzarella cheese, shredded 1 lbs of ground soy meat ½ […]
(above photo is missing the egg and has added pickled cucumbers because Deniz likes it that way) Bibimbap is one of those dishes I love, but don’t make often because it’s so time consuming to make. There are so many individual components to the dish that make it so delicious, but each one needs to […]
Got this delicious recipe from anne on our Thanksgiving 2019 visit to Turkey. So healthy and flavorful at the same time. The slight sweetness of the carrot combined with the zing of the garlic and the coolness of the yogurt compliment each other so well. Can be eaten by itself or used as a dip. […]
Gulevren taught us how to make this delicious salad during our Thanksgiving 2019 visit. The sweetness and softness of the beet pairs so well with the freshness and bitterness of the arugula. The redness of the beets is also striking against the green salad. It’s a match made in heaven! Ingredients: 1/2 onion, chopped […]
Deniz and I love kale. It’s the perfect leafy green. It’s so nutritious, mild (not bitter!), and holds up great in dishes. We usually shred it and add it to whatever warm dish we’re eating to increase greens and fiber in our diet, particularly heavy or starchy dishes which helps to balance the taste. This […]
Deniz and I modified this recipe of tabouli from the Ziad bulgur package to meet our tastes. It has a lot less lemon than typical tabouli, which we like a lot, because it brings out the taste of all of the other ingredients! Yum! Ingredients: 1/2 c bulgur, medium fine #2 1 c tomatoes, finely […]
Living in Washington DC, we’re blessed with a plethora of Ethiopian grocery stores that we are happy to take full advantage of. =) There’s something so satisfying about being able to buy a fresh injera rather than havng to make it yourself. We always buy a pack when we cook Ethiopian, but then end up […]
I’v never been a big fan of quiche because of the eggie and heavy taste. But after having brunch at a french eatery, I realized that quiches don’t have to be eggy or fatty. So Deniz and I created this delicious and easy to make quiche that is lower in fat than normal quiches and […]
One day we were searching for a vegetarian recipe as usual, and we came across this leek & carrot recipe in a Turkish cookbook. It looked simple enough, but we weren’t sure if it was going to taste good. Since we have done this twice, we can say that we have no more doubts. This […]
Vegetables in a cream sauce, there’s something so satisfying about the combination. The richness of the cream pairs so well with the crunch and healthiness of the vegetables. Deniz and I love to modify cream soup recipes to make them into creamy vegetable dishes. This creamy cauliflower recipe is one of our favorites, modified from Ree […]
I modified Food Network’s Roast kabocha squash with lemongrass cream soup recipe on a whim to make this amazing squash side dish. The flavors are so rich and decadent with the yummy squash taste still coming through. It’s so good it’s addictive. Ingredients: 1 large kabocha squash, green skin shaved off, seeds removed, and chopped into bite-sized pieces 1 […]
Modified a recipe from Cooking with Imaye: Second Edition to make this delicious Ethiopian dish. It’s such a boldly fragrant and tasting dish, I just love it. It’s a great balance of sweet kabocha squash and bold ethnic spices. Great even as a side dish to another meal. Ingredients: 1 fresh kabocha squash, peeled, deseeded, […]
One day, Deniz and I had some extra broccoli and decided to make the classic Chinese-American beef with broccoli dish. We vegetarian-ized a recipe from Wei-Chuan’s Chinese Cooking cookbook and were happy with the results. We’ve continued to modify it to further enhance it. Here’s our latest and favorite version. Ingredients: 6 oz Morningstar vegetarian Grilers […]