Category: Vegetables + Salads
Vegetables + Fruits + Fungi Recipes
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I love serving this salad because it’s so different from just a lazy bowl of mixed greens. Ingredients: 3 fresh portobello mushrooms, brushed off dirt using paper towel 1 leek, roughly chopped and thoroughly washed minus the hard green leaves a handful of baby spinach, roughly chopped goat cheese balsamic vinegar salt, pepper, olive oil…
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You can use olive oil to roast these potatoes but they would just be more evil if you use duck fat. Sometimes, potatoes call out to be more evil. Ingredients: 1 bag of small white potatoes, rinsed thoroughly, halved duck fat 1 bunch of flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped salt, pepper 1. Put potatoes on roasting…
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Nigella Lawson suggested to serve this salad with roasted duck. I didn’t want to disappoint her so I followed her advice. Ingredients: Belgian endives, separated into leaves a bunch of watercress, thoroughly washed, patted dry with a paper towel 1/2 cup hazelnuts, shelled and crushed into smaller pieces 1 tsp grain mustard 2 tsps lime…
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This recipe calls for clarified butter. In a small pan, melt a few sticks of butter over low heat. Brown the butter until there is no more sizzle, but remove from heat to avoid burning it. Using a cheesecloth, strain to remove the burnt sediments. Transfer to a ramekin and put inside the fridge to…
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This recipe is from the All-Star Thanksgiving 2004 show on FoodTV demonstrated by Tyler Florence. Getting the flesh of the artichoke is a lot of work, so a Filipino father is necessary, but it’s also a wonderful Thanksgiving dish that doesn’t involve any turkey. Your artichokes should look like this after trimming them to expose…
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Pumpkins are everywhere come Halloween time and my mother always takes one home from her kindergarten school trip. Ah, autumn. If you don’t want to spend the extra effort to bake, feel free to use Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Butter Recipe Golden mix and follow their instructions on the box instead of using your own…
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Di Palo’s in New York City sells different kinds of pasta. In the fall, I like to pick up their pumpkin ravioli and buy mushrooms from the farmers’ market to match. Maitake mushrooms, also called hen of the woods mushrooms, are capless and look more like a cluster of wings. They’re very fragrant and can…
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This is one of my favorite salads. The yellow bell pepper adds a sweetness to it while the portobello mushrooms make it beefier. I don’t have a grill outside my apartment–I don’t have an outside!–so I use the stovetop and hold the bell pepper using heat-resistant tongs. You can also broil the bell peppers until…
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Taleggio, a very rich and semi-soft cheese made from whole cow’s milk, has a distinct smell. When I saw this recipe in The New York Times, I knew it would be more fragrant with earthy mushrooms. It’s a great autumn recipe if you can afford some truffles or chantarelles in season. Otherwise, shiitake mushrooms will…
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I love it when tomatoes are in season. You just know it’s summer when the farmers’ market starts selling them in all sizes. I saw this recipe from the Best Book of Greek Cookery and I just had to try it. In lieue of dried currants, I used Sunmaid raisins. Not only are they pretty…
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I like cold vegetable soups. They’re great in the summer as a starter. This is especially creamy because of the potatoes, but the sour cream makes it a little tangy. Ingredients: half a head of Boston lettuce, coarsely chopped 3 potatoes, peeled, diced 1 cucumber, peeled, diced 4 scallions, white part only, finely chopped 1/2…
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Who says you can’t enjoy sports on TV? Serve this homemade guacamole with chips and salsa and you’ll be set. Ingredients: 2 ripe avocados, halved 2 medium red onions, finely chopped 1 bunch of cilantro, finely chopped white vinegar with chili lime juice salt 1. Carve out the avocado meat to a bowl in chunks.…