I can’t get enough of the fresh sage growing in the flower pot on my porch. One of my favorite ways to eat sage is fried, with butter, on pasta. I was feeling just a little guilty about the pasta/butter dinner combo, so I added some lovely zucchini, fried in homemade herb butter, olive oil [...]
Posts Tagged ‘zucchini’
26 Jul
Summer Squash Soup
I don’t really follow recipes: I mostly just look at a few, or none, and cook with what I have. I’ve been amazed at my ability, even enjoyment in following the recipes in Simply Natural Everyday, but for this summer squash soup recipe, I made a few substitutions, as is my thrifty/curious cooking way. While [...]
9 Aug
roasted baby heirlooms, polenta, fried marrinated zucchini, braised seitan
Sometimes simple is best. This may look like a complicated meal, but if you start everything at once, it will all come together quickly. A simple polenta with a dash of cream, butter and local parmesan. Onions, slow carmelized in butter while the baby tomatoes roast, then tossed together with salt, pepper, a dash or [...]
19 Jul
Cold Summer Zucchini Salad
I know that I’ve been slacking -its true. A trip to Toronto, a visit from my aunts, a visit from some other special someone, and now the flu and the past three weeks have been a whirlwind. But I’m back. I promise. Above, an easy easy salad that makes use of all the zucchini that [...]
30 Jul
Summer Tortilla Soup
With the exception of our recent humid weather, it’s been a pretty cool, wet summer. Cool enough to turn on the stove, and even to make soup! I just couldn’t get tortilla soup out of my mind, but I wanted to use my fresh local vegetables. This soup was born, and let me tell you, [...]
27 Jul
Summer Bread Salad
I was testing some red pepper recipes last week for the September issue of Grid, and felt like I really wanted to take advantage of some more wonderful summer vegetables. I had three puffy pitas in the freezer, a basket full of produce, and a hankering for olives and feta. I quick stop off at [...]
20 Feb
Whole Wheat Fussili with Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Sauce
This pasta was another mid-week experiment meal. I had an opened jar of roasted eggplant, meant for another purpose it turned out to be unsuited for, aging in the fridge. Thinking about the pasta dish I had at La Laconda the other week, I whipped up a sauce with fried garlic, roasted eggplant pulp, canned [...]
1 Dec
Tempeh, Greens, and Zucchini
For a delicious and (fairly) easy Sunday night dinner, I whipped up a the Smoky Grilled Tempeh from Veganomican, though I omitted the liquid smoke added a little extra maple syrup, and threw in a splash of tequila. Veganomican advises boiling the tempeh before marinating it, and I think it makes all the difference, removing [...]
