Monthly Archives: June 2010

Chestnut-lentil pate

Chestnut-lentil pate

#16 – Page 63 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 3 I saved a lot of time on this recipe by using pre-roasted pre-peeled chestnuts from Whole Foods. I wouldn’t recommend …

 

Curried carrot dip

Curried carrot dip

#14 – Page 62 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 3 This dish is definitely… carroty. Joey loved it, but then, he loves carrot juice, which is pretty strange. The curry …

 

Hot sauce-glazed tempeh

Hot sauce-glazed tempeh

#99 – Page 129 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 5 I love tempeh. I know it’s weird fermented soybean stuff, but it tastes really good. This stuff was pretty spicy …

 

Pasta della california

Pasta della california

#161 – Page 192 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 3 This pasta is full of green. Broccoli, arugula and avocados all mixed together with a garlic and veggie broth sauce. …

 

Strawberry-rose water cobbler

Strawberry-rose water cobbler

with lemon-poppy seed pastry #226 – Page 246 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 2 Rose water is strange. It tastes like concentrated roses, which is just something I’m not used …

 

Sauteed spinach and tomatoes

Sauteed spinach and tomatoes

#66 – Page 106 Easiness: 5 Tastiness: 4 This wasn’t actually that bad, and I’m not a big fan of leafy greens. The tomatoes and onions went pretty …

 

Broccoli-millet croquettes

Broccoli-millet croquettes

#4 – Page 51 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 4 We made a fantastic meal out of these. Recommended by the recipe itself, I served the croquettes with the white …

 

White bean aioli

White bean aioli

#15 – Page 62 Easiness: 5 Tastiness: 4 I’ve never had real aioli, probably because I hate mayonnaise, so I have no idea how this compares. We ended …

 

Asparagus quiche with tomatoes and tarragon

Asparagus quiche with tomatoes and tarragon

#126 – Page 153 Easiness: 2 Tastiness: 5 I wouldn’t exactly call this a quiche, but it did taste good. The inside was just fairly squishy, more gooey …

 

Basic single pastry crust

Basic single pastry crust

#242 – Page 262 Easiness: 3 Tastiness: 3 Whole wheat pastry crust probably isn’t a good idea… but I did it anyway. I’m fairly stubborn about making food …