Category Archives: main dish
Spiral Vegetable Tart
Here’s a beautiful vegetarian showstopper for your Thanksgiving table. Continue reading
‘Beyond’ Kofta Experiment
We’ve been experimenting with plant-based meat substitutes for years…and several of them have been quite good. Lately, the “Beyond” and “Impossible” burgers have been getting all the headlines and we’ve been trying them and their make your own versions (faux … Continue reading
The Award Winning Moussaka
Thanks to my publicist and sous-chef, aka my husband’s encouragement and assistance, I entered a cooking contest the other day, and I was crowned the best home cook in DC yesterday (thanks CookNook!). I’ll share the recipe here, but first … Continue reading
Moroccan Lemon, Olive, and Cinnamon Chick’n
This recipe was inspired by a recipe on epicurious and is part of an effort to turn expand our palates and adapt meat recipes that my husband might like into vegetarian ones. Ingredients: 1 onion 1/4 preserved lemon (original … Continue reading
Edamame burgers
I received this recipe from Cooking.com in my inbox and thought “hey I have all of the ingredients!” It seems like a lot of stuff but you probably have a lot of it. And then as I got to cooking, I did … Continue reading
Mango Tofu
A taste of summer and the islands, brought to you by that perennial question: what do I do with these overripe mangos? Ingredients for sauce (for blender) 1 ripe mango 1/2 green mango 1 lime 1 jalapeno 2 T … Continue reading
Squash Daal
Inspired by a recipe from my father-in-law with some modifications from me–like squash instead of carrots. serves 4 3 small yellow squash (zucchini, butternut, Accorn, or carrots all would work) 1.5 cups Masoor Daal (red lentils) 5 cups water (it … Continue reading
Zucchini Pad Thai
Pad thai minus the noodles. Zucchini in long strings forms the base of this version. Ingredients 2 T tamarind concentrate 1/2 c water 2 T soy sauce 2 T brown sugar (if you have palm sugar, use it) dates would … Continue reading
Vegetarian Moussaka
This is a modified version of the recipe found in Carla Hall’s book, “Carla’s Comfort Foods”, which itself is a modification of another recipe. My changes: Using soy (aka “groundless groundbeef”) and seitan (Field roast sausage-style links) instead of bulgar … Continue reading
Pongal Arancini
Happy Pongal. This recipe is a cross between a traditional indian rice, lentil, and peppercorn risotto and the Italian aranccini Continue reading
Maamiyaar’s Soup
This is my mother in law’s recipe (aka my maamiyaar in Tamil). She made it when we were down in Tampa last week and we loved it so we got the recipe and made it again today. Ingredients 1-2 cups … Continue reading
Butternut Squash Thai Curry Soup
This recipe was on our mega Thanksgiving menu. My parents hosted 23 this year…and so I made a triple batch to serve everyone. I’ll just give you the recipe for a single batch though. My inspirations were these: http://cookieandkate.com/2014/thai-curried-butternut-squash-soup/ and http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/thai-red-curry-squash-soup The … Continue reading
Huevos rancheros with sweet potatoes and avocado
These aren’t your typical huevos rancheros. This is part of my is pantry/fridge challenge–use up ingredients you have. The ingredients: a sad looking avocado. A sweet potato needing to be used up. Some taco shells that happened to be out. … Continue reading
Arugula Pesto Pizza
For the bday dinner, we talked about going out for pizza, but when I found out they weren’t going to be available until 9 or 9:30 pm, I decided to make pizzas instead. This one was the favorite. The Crust … Continue reading
Cherry Almond Dutch Baby Pancakes
I’ve made “dutch baby” pancakes (Pannenkoeken) before—something I had to try after trips to the Netherlands—but this time, I decided to try making them a little healthier. I used less butter than the original recipes called for, no sugar (just … Continue reading
Chik’n & Jungle Garden Veggie Saltimbocca
Our garden is going gangbusters. When I went the other day, the tomato plants were out of control, as was the basil and parsley. And there were 4 beautiful long eggplants. So I needed to make something with this stuff. … Continue reading
Souffle (with caramelized onions, chard, and asparagus)
Ok it’s been a LONG time since I’ve posted a recipe…It’s been a busy few months and these have been stacking up. In particular, this one is long overdue. It’s got a fair amount of cheese and eggs in it, … Continue reading
Superbowl Sunday Series
Unlike last year, this year’s superbowl foods edition (my first of 2014…whoops, January was a wee bit busy), isn’t actually superbowly/footbally food. As my husband said in his cute & adoring facebook page, “While I was at a bar watching … Continue reading
4 lentil daal with star anise: A crock pot recipe
Garam masala with star anise is my new thing, and this ended up being a key flavoring in this daal. Why, not sure–it just adds a different and I think interesting flavor. And since I make garam masala every few … Continue reading
A Happy Veggie Foodie 