A raspberry sorbet that can be made any time of year, thanks to frozen fruit. A bit alcoholic. Not too sweet. Can be made non-sugared if desired. 12 oz. frozen raspberries 1 cup simple syrup OR unsugar syrup made with 1/4 cup Truvia brand sweetener dissolved in 1 cup water 6 Tablespoons raspberry liqueur (I [...]
This is my version of a Claudia Roden recipe. It’s gluten-free, dairy-free, easy, Passover-safe, and it has only four ingredients. Well, OK, six, if you count the stuff you use to prep the pan. You need a 9-inch springform pan. You also need a food processor and an electric mixer, or a good food [...]
This is some crazy weather, isn’t it? Batidas — buy some frozen fruit. What kind? What kind do you like? There’s always frozen guava pulp in my freezer, that much I can tell you. But strawberries are delicious and easier to find at the grocery store. Puree the frozen fruit in a blender. Add cachaca [...]
This is one of those dinners that is not for the kind of person who is afraid of mixing things on the plate. I caramelized zucchini in a tablespoon of olive oil with whole cloves of garlic — a medium heat, with infrequent stirring and a good stout pan, will get it done in a [...]
Tagged chiles, cucumber, dog, Eggs, garlic, monday's supper, pickles, saladsI’m dining alone tonight, my Belovedary down at Camden Yards watching the Orioles lose. It’s a nice night for it. Dining alone can be a challenge. Even I sometimes get tempted not to bother cooking if it’s just me, especially when I am, as I am tonight, working late on a deadline. I try, though, [...]
Tagged eating alone, Eggs, Friday's supper, garlic, home cooking, squashTo serve one very hungry person or two less-hungry people (perhaps with the addition of some other dish), prepare the following as mise-en-place: about a cup of cold leftover rice, broken up with a fork about a cup to a cup and a half of kimchi, very well drained, and cut into reasonably uniform bite-size [...]
Tagged cabbage, Eggs, kimchi, rice, stir-fryFor those of you who are still unconvinced that delicious, home-cooked dinners with local ingredients are out of your reach due to time constraints, let me just tell you that our dinner tonight took me a grand total of 15 minutes start to finish to prepare. And that includes the time it took to go [...]
Tagged bison, chard, Eggs, leafy greens, monday's supper, salads, sausageI wanted protein, and I got it. Smoked tofu, crisped up by stir-frying it in smoking hot oil, then stir-fried with broccoli and seasoned with black bean-chili sauce. We ate every scrap. One of our standbys, eggs with chives. I had a bunch of leftover egg whites to use up, so I made this with [...]
Tagged black beans, broccoli, chives, Eggs, home cooking, monday's supper, stir-fry, tofuThe theme for this evening’s cookery turned out to be Dishes That Require Four Ingredients. I didn’t plan it this way, it just turned out like that. Still, it’s nice to have simple good things up your sleeve, isn’t it? For my actual supper, I was jonesing for greens so I ate a huge bowl [...]
Tagged citrus, desserts, Friday's supper, greens, kale, leafy greens, lemon