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 […]
We decided to take a long overdue trip to Chinatown last weekend. It was great to find some hard to find items, including pickled mustard green. Here’s an incredibly addictive Sichuan recipe from Wei-Chuan’s Chinese Cooking cookbook, modified to be vegetarian. The ginger and pickled mustard green are the stars in this recipe, and pair perfectly […]
Deniz and I love indian food and palak paneer is one of those great flavorful and healthy dishes. We had a lot of extra ong choi in the garden and figured, why not try it with water spinach instead? We took Dassan’s Palak Paneer recipe and modified it slightly to make it our own. Here […]
This is a light and healthy Turkish Salad that Gülevren taught us. In Taiwanese cuisine, green mung beans are always sweetened and used in dessert. It was cool to discover a way to make them into a salad. The diversity of vegetables in this refreshing dish makes it not only healthy, but also deep in flavor and […]
Gülevren also taught us to make this tart and creamy dill meze. It’s refreshing to the pallet, especially with rich and/or hot dishes. It’s full of flavorful and healthy veggies, a perfect Mediterranean dish. Ingredients: 1 potato, cut in half 4 small carrots, shredded 2 zucchini, shredded 2 T olive oil 2 t salt, or […]
Deniz loves these bean sprouts, we’ve made them more than any other recipe on this blog. I’ve never been a big fan of bean sprouts, and even I like them. They’re simple to make, full of flavor, and very nutritious. This recipe is taken from Wei-Chuan’s Chinese Cuisine cookbook, with the seasoning amplified for our tastes. […]