Another oldie, one of the most popular recipes from my Lebanese cooking class. This couldn’t be any simpler, just be sure to use the ripest peaches you can get your hands on. I actually used this as a topping on a Victoria sponge for Kendra’s wedding cake, we just sliced the peaches and made a […]
Minestrone
This is the time of year I freeze a whole lot of minestrone for the winter months. I leave the pasta out, to keep it from becoming mushy upon defrosting and heating. That allows me to change it up at whim into a Moroccan, Mexican, or Indian stew or soup. This is what I traditionally […]
Mexican Salsa Verde
This recipe can be made raw, roasted, or boiled. I prefer boiled to cut the harshness of the onion, so that’s the recipe I’ve given you below. Mexican cuisine dry-roasts aromatics and vegetables and the oil is added later, in this recipe once the ingredients are cooked and put through a blender. I quadrupled the […]
Homemade Vegetable Broths
Homemade Vegetable Broths Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 20 mins Total time 30 mins A tale of three broths. Recipe By: Sheila McDuffie Cuisine: Cooking Basics Serves: 12 cups Ingredients Vegetable Broth 2 onions, quartered 4 carrots, coarsely chopped 3 celery stalks, coarsely chopped 2 potatoes, quartered (optional) 1 sweet potato, […]
Key Lime Indian Pickle
This is the actual yellow of these Key limes. Key Lime Indian Pickle Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 5 mins Total time 20 mins An exquisite side-dish for any Indian or Southeast Asian cuisine. Recipe By: Sheila McDuffie Cuisine: Indian Serves: 1 pint Ingredients 12 Key limes or 8 limes, cut […]
Miang Kham: Thai Green Mouthfuls with Ginger Garlic Sauce
Miang Kham, a traditional Thai snack food, translates as ‘little mouthfuls’. This is by far my student’s favorite in my Small Bites from Around the World cooking class, even though it’s the simplest recipe to make. All that’s required is a little gathering of ingredients, a little toasting of dried coconut, some chopping of shallot […]
Butternut Squash Soup with Spices and Dukkah
What happened to Spring? Another dreary day and chilly, only in the fifties (I wrote this 2 weeks ago – hey, life gets in the way! – and now we’ve had day after day close to 90 degrees). This recipe will seem out of season but with peas and new potatoes far off in the […]
Red Lentil and Tomato Soup with Ras el Hanout, Harissa, and Preserved Lemons
All at once my neighbor Mark showed up with 30,000+ lbs. of gravel for the driveway and outdoor kitchen area, the sun came out, and I was craving some red lentil soup. This Moroccan inspired soup comes together in just over 30 minutes. Remember the recipes I posted for Preserved Lemons, Harissa, and Ras el […]
Tabouli with Figs, Almonds, Orange, Parsley, and Ginger
Tabouli with Figs, Almonds, Orange, Parsley, and Ginger Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 5 mins Total time 20 mins Recipe By: Sheila McDuffie Cuisine: Lebanese Serves: 4 to 6 Ingredients 1½ cups tabouli (cracked bulgar) 1½ cups boiling hot water 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 6 figs, cut in 8 […]
Cambodian Noodles
The World Curries class this week at my cooking school provided the ingredients and inspiration for this cup-o-noodles. The cilantro had turned to black mush. How does it do that so quickly – it’s the worst. The exotic garlic chive flowers remained in excellent condition, happily soaking up water in a vase in the fridge. […]