It’s July! While we’re thinking in red, white and blue, we want to spend as little time as possible in the kitchen and to keep it cool. Here are a trio of appetizers in red, white and blue that are healthy, no bake and quick and easy to make. The fresh tomato and basil topping [...]
We Americans are an independent lot. Imbued with free spirits, we embrace individuality, creativity, and self reliance. Since we so admire the self-made, do-it-yourself attribute, a burger bar is the way to go for your July Fourth festivities. Essentially, you will provide your guests with burgers and all the fixings, so that they can create [...]
This is my version of Tsimmes--a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish dish of stewed vegetables and dried fruits. It has sweet overtones to evoke a Sweet New Year. "Tsimmes" is Yiddish for "fuss". This Tsimmes comes together quickly and is not too "fussy".
Spaghetti squash is known as a vibrant fall/winter vegetable, but it really is a fruit. Botanically speaking, spaghetti squash as well as other squashes such as pumpkin and zucchini are fruit since they develop from flowers and contain seeds. However, from a culinary point of view, spaghetti squash is treated as a vegetable in its [...]
I love ratatouille, a classic vegetable stew hailing from the Provencal region of southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. To make these colorful and healthy veggie stacks, I used many of the seasonal vegetables and flavorings you would find in a ratatouille—eggplant, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes and onions, infused with olive oil and fragrant with garlic [...]
This Israeli Seven Layer Mosaic Spread has become my new go-to dish when I’m looking for an hors d’oeuvre or appetizer that’s fun and festive and visually appealing. It features two popular Middle Eastern spreads: Hummus—made with mashed chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic—and Baba ghanoush, made with baked or grilled eggplant, [...]
Here’s a great recipe for veggie burgers. Composed of healthy veggies, grains, and beans, these burgers are sure to please the vegetarians. Tasty, wholesome, and filling burgers, the meat eaters may come around and enjoy one of these as well. I like to serve my veggie burgers on my homemade buns with curly lettuce, tomatoes, [...]
As I write this column it is late January of the New Year and the new decade. Many of us have made some New Year’s resolutions that are still intact. Among the top resolutions is—no surprise here—eating healthy. If you’re still in healthy eating mode for 2020, then this recipe for baked spaghetti squash is [...]
I love ratatouille, a classic vegetable stew hailing from the Provencal region of southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. To make these colorful and healthy veggie stacks, I used many of the seasonal vegetables and flavorings you would find in a ratatouille—eggplant, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes and onions, infused with olive oil and fragrant with garlic [...]
Recipes for cauliflower crust pizza have been trending. They’ve appeared in magazines, on TV cooking shows, and on social media. I’ve lost track of all the cauliflower crust pizza posts on my Instagram feed. I must confess, I was skeptical. Cauliflower crust pizza? Really? No way it can compete with the crusty, high octane carb [...]