Some weekends it seems to blustery to go outside, and you just want to cuddle, watch movies, listen to NPR and have breakfast in. This is one of my “special” breakfasts. It doesn’t take long, but long enough that I want to save it for a weekend occasion. No real recipe – just sauteed leeks [...]
Posts Tagged ‘vegetarian’
18 Nov
Pho Xe Lua Viet Thai
I love Vietnamese food, but often struggle at authentic restaurants to find vegetarian options. Pho Xe Lua Viet Thai, under the glowing neon train sign in Chinatown, has a HUGE menu, and I was not only able to find a couple of options, but they happily substituted out the shrimp for tofu and the soup [...]
20 Sep
Garden Lunch Salad
My garden is still producing tomatoes and cucumbers and herbs and all kinds of good things. But the beginning of the school year always means that I have less time for cooking in the evening than I would like. My solution? Toss a whole bunch of delicious things in a tupperware, take them to work, [...]
8 Sep
Black Pepper Tofu
I’m about to make a very bold claim: this is, very likely, the most delicious dish I have every cooked. Seriously. In the last 19 years of cooking, I think that I have never, every made anything this delicious. This black pepper tofu recipe from Plenty involved fried tofu, butter, shallots, red chilis, 12 cloves [...]
5 Sep
Fresh Fig Tart with Sage and Gorgonzola
The Co-Op sent out a message this week about a stock of fresh figs from South Philadelphia. Many Philadelphians have fig trees, and I’m so jealous of them! I ran out and bout all of the figs, with which I made some delicious brandy fig preserves for my morning yogurt and the above tart for [...]
23 Aug
Veggie Hoagie, Planet Hoagie, Citizens Bank Park
Lucky me got to go watch the Phillies destroy the Mets last night. From the 8th row. YES. And as much as I love a Phillies game on a beautiful evening, I also love having some food options at the stadium. Especially when I’ve run to a game right after work. Citizens Bank Park has [...]
22 Aug
Shakshuka
This weekend was full of delicious recipes from my new cookbook love, Plenty. Pictures above is Shakshuka, a dish of caramelized peppers (I substituted greens for yellows) and Spanish onions, burst tomatoes, herbs and saffron, finally cooked in individual skillets with a fresh egg. The recipe called for two eggs per serving, but I stuck [...]
19 Aug
Sweet Corn Polenta with Eggplant Sauce
In the last year, I’ve been raving quite about about the grain, vegetable, and citrus zest-happy recipes from the “Simply Natural” cookbooks. As a recipe-referring cook at best, I was shocked to find a cookbook whose recipes I wanted to follow to the letter. Friends, it’s happened again. After reading rave reviews for Plenty: Vibrant [...]
