You don’t need to be Dr. Frankenstein to bring life back from the dead. You just need the ingredients in a Thai curry or stirfry. A gnarly celery bottom, hairy scallion ends, lifeless-looking dried mung beans, the spiky top of a pineapple and other vegetable and fruit scraps you usually discard will come back to…
Eating Down The Greens
There comes a time when watering my vegetables isn’t enough. That time is May. Much of the country is just starting to warm up, but in Miami, it’s already summer-hot, and my dill, mustard greens, spigarello and arugula were fast going from green to brown. So it’s time for hortopsomo. Sounds like a rare…
Sukuma Wiki
Sukuma wiki means “to stretch the week”—in other words, using these greens, which are affordable and readily available, can help stretch any meal a bit further. This post contains affiliate links that allow us to earn fees on qualifying purchases. If you’re like me and love greens, this recipe from Hawa Hassan’s In Bibi’s Kitchen…
Maque Choux — the Big Easy
It’s Labor Day, so take it easy with maque choux. Easy yet elemental, maque choux features the Creole holy trinity of onion, pepper and celery, and three summer besties — tomato, basil and corn. It honors the big-hearted spirit of Louisiana, offers the pleasure and bright flavors of summer, nourishment when we need it, and…
Colorful Vegan Ceviche from Nobu Masuhisa
Ceviche is cold dish, perfect for hot summer nights. Although typically made with fish or seafood, this citrus-spiked vegan ceviche is fish-free, flavorful and refreshing. Nobu Masuhisa is best known and beloved as a sushi chef. It’s been his passion since his first meal in a sushi restaurant as a child. He began cheffing in…
No Power? No Problem. Conscious Cookery for Hurricane Season | Bulgur with Kale and Spiced Chickpeas
Bulgur with Kale and Spiced Chickpeas is the perfect post-hurricane food during power outages. This hearty recipe requires no cooking and no refrigeration. It’s conscious cookery at its finest. The Eastern coast had a weekend visitation from Hurricane Isaias — because with COVID and all, we didn’t have enough stress, right? Isaias gave Miami a…
Chili-Spiked Tofu With Broccoli and Brown Rice
Chili-Spiked Tofu has a lovely Asian flavor with a kick of heat. Adding broccoli and brown rice provides an extra boost of protein and can provide you with enough energy to take down even your toughest opponent. WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan Stomps On Meat Originally posted for Huffington Post on 04/16/2012 Daniel Bryan is vegan, but don’t…
Wafuu, Dinner in Hand
You won’t find wafuu in sushi bars, but it’s a beloved comfort food often served in Japanese homes and as a lunch shop special. Think of it as the Japanese equivalent of mac and cheese. An enormous sweet potato sat on my kitchen counter. It was among the last offerings from my CSA before season…
Calabacitas | Cinco de Mayo During Coronavirus
Calabacitas–roughly translated as “zucchini” is a hearty, vegetarian Mexican dish that is intensely satisfying. Serve it alone as a side or add rice and tortillas to make it a meal. We see — or want to see — glimmerings of hope, of life after Covid-19, of a return to normal life. But honey, I think…
Quinoa With Mint Pesto and Spring Greens
I’d intended to make this post about Passover and Easter, the two holidays coming up this week. Nature has had other ideas, signaling to me in my favorite kind of way. As the birds and the bees flit about collecting seeds and pollen, we too begin to enjoy more of nature in our food. Fresh…
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