Pesto is one of those things that sounds mysterious and difficult to make, but in fact, it’s incredibly fast, easy, and satisfying to whip up. Once it’s made, you can bake it on pizza dough for a pesto pizza, use it as a sauce for pasta, rub it on chicken or fish, spread it on […]
When I was growing up, one of my favorite dishes was fried rice. My grandmother would make it with day-old leftover rice (a must, as freshly steamed rice resulted in fried rice that was much too wet), ham, carrots, and sometimes peas, onions, or other veggies. The thing that made her fried rice different from […]
Back in May, I wrote about a Morrocan-inspired side-dish that I tried out. A dish of braised carrots using dried figs instead of raisins, it was really quite good served with rice, fish, and even beef. When I decided to revisit this recipe again, it was because I’d picked up some red carrots at the […]
One of my favorite holiday-time appetizers is crab dip. I like the recipes that call for the dip to be creamy and cheesy, with a little melted cheese (care of the broiler) on top; the classic Hot Crab Dip recipe from Food Network is a good starting point if you’re looking for a recipe. Once […]
Today’s last-minute gift idea is a cookbook. If you have a cook in your life who really relishes fresh ingredients, the process of cooking, and many different kinds of cuisines, I will say that you can’t go wrong with Eric Ripert’s book, Avec Eric. (The awesome TV show is also available on Hulu.) I’ve mentioned […]
Today, I started my day with a glass of almond milk. Light, a little nutty, and just a tiny bit sweet (from dates), it’s a nice alternative to cow’s milk (which alas, I cannot drink anymore as I become more lactose intolerant) and a nice change of pace from soy milk. Like many people, I […]
Hello! I know it’s been awhile since I’ve last blogged. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to. In fact, I have lots of photos and ideas saved up since that last pudding post, but honestly, between work and personal craziness, the last two months have been quite hectic here chez Zontee. But now that things […]
Last week, I shared a quick and easy recipe for classic burger patties. Today, for Meatless Mondays, I’d like to share my latest iteration of the quinoa burger. (I had previously shared a recipe I’ve tried here.) Quinoa Sweet Potato Chickpea Burgers 1 cup quinoa, cooked (that is to say 1 cup dry quinoa, cooked […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote that I really love carrot cake of all sorts. Yesterday, because of a surplus of carrots, I decided to throw one together using this recipe, the first hit on Google. I added about a cup of dried dates, chopped, for more sweetness, as well as 1/2 tsp each of […]
Whenever we hit the summer season, I get a serious craving for burgers. Cooking burgers (either on the stove our outdoors on a grill) is not difficult. Neither is making the patties from scratch. I like to serve my burgers with the classic condiments, sometimes cheese, definitely lettuce and tomato. Sometimes I dress them up […]