Stuffed Brazil Nut, Apple and Fennel Portabellos
Serves 6. Mushrooms 6 Portabello mushroom caps (spores scraped out with spoon). Place face up on cookie sheet with a bit of olive oil beneath. Bake for 15 minutes at 425 to remove some (not all) of the excess moisture. Stuffing Sautee the following in olive oil: 1 medium fennel bulb, chopped fine 2 cloves garlic 1 medium eggplant (diced in small cubes) 1 spartan/mactintosh/baking apple with peel...
Read MoreGrilled Eggplant with Chickpeas and Pistachios
Serves 6. I made this alongside an Quinoa salad with green olives and golden raisins (recipe below). Ingredients: 2 medium eggplant 4 Roma tomatoes 2 bell peppers 1 medium onion 1 500ml can chickpeas 1/2 cup pistachios garlic & ginger cumin hot chili pepper ( or powdered) ground cloves cardamon allspice turmeric paprika cinnamon (dash) Directions Turn on broiler. Slice eggplant 1/2″...
Read MoreSweet Chili Tofu with Cashew Nuts
Serves 4. Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive/canola oil 2 tsp dark sesame oil 1 small chopped red onion 1-2 clove(s) garlic 2 tbsp ginger (more or less, depending on how much you like ginger) 1 cauliflower head 6 crimini mushrooms 1 can baby corn 1 block firm tofu green kafir lime leaves (Thrifty’s carries these now in the fresh herb section) 2 tbsp soy sauce/tamari 1/4 cup sweet chili...
Read MoreWhite Chocolate, Cranberry and Pistachio Cookies
These cookies just came out of the oven …. they are a first time experiment and I’m freaking out at how tasty they are! The cranberry adds a wicked zing, the white chocolate gives them a cheesecake-ish flavor and the pistachios go crunch! The inspiration came from leftover ingredients from this turkey roast recipe. Here’s the breakdown Wet ingredients: 3/4 cup butter (salted) 1...
Read MoreGuack? Oh yeah Guacamole
Guacamole is pretty forgiving, but there’s a few key elements that I can get preachy about: don’t mash the sh$t out of the avocados – a little chunky texture is nice lotsa lime skip the sour cream / mayo / etc… avocados are wonderfully creamy on their own! The Goods 2 large avocados, as ripe as you can get them, cubed* 1/3 cup fine chopped red onion juice of one big...
Read MoreTurkey Roast with Cranberry, Pistachio and Goat Cheese
I cooked a turkey roast instead of a whole turkey to simplify the prep and cleanup… admittedly I’ve never shoved a whole bird in the oven so maybe I’m just avoiding that experiment. In any case, the dinner turned out beautifully, and the cleanup was minimal. If you haven’t cooked one of these before, it’s basically turkey breasts tightly bound in string, in the shape...
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