Category Archives: Recipes
Coconut-Laced Black Sticky Rice Pudding
Rice pudding is a dessert I love and this is one of my favorite versions. It’s exotic and delicious. You can serve it if you’re looking for a Wow! factor but it’s so easy to make you can also prepare it for a personal treat.
Oranges in Cointreau
This delightfully different dessert is so easy to make, yet sumptuous enough to satisfy even the most sophisticated palate. It’s delicious topped with whipped cream, but I love to serve it as an oh-so-chic sundae, over vanilla ice cream or a complementary sorbet. Yum!
New Potato Curry
This is an excellent way to cook new potatoes. They cook slowly, almost in their own juices, in a curry-flavored sauce. It’s a great side dish, but you can also serve it as a main course along with a bowl of dal and a green vegetable. It also makes a delicious summer meal accompanied by a garden salad.
Tagine of Squash and Chickpeas with Mushrooms
I love the unusual combination of flavorings in this dish. The tastes of the
cinnamon and ginger really come through, and the bittersweet mixture of lemon
and honey, with a sprinkling of currants, adds a perfect finish. Serve this over
whole-grain couscous to complement the Middle Eastern flavors. Add spinach or
Swiss chard to complete the meal.
Red Beans and Greens
Few meals could be more healthful than this delicious combination of hot leafy greens over flavorful beans. If you’re cooking for a smaller group, make the full quantity of beans, spoon off what is needed, and serve with the appropriate quantity of cooked greens. Refrigerate or freeze the leftover beans for another meal.
Arugula-Laced Caramelized Onion Sauce
I love the bittersweet flavor of caramelized onions but on the stovetop caramelizing onions is a laborious process of slow, constant stirring. Made in the slow cooker, caramelized onions require almost no attention. In this recipe, I have added sugar to the onions to ensure deeper flavor. Serve this luscious sauce over whole wheat pasta, Slow-Cooked Polenta (page 182) or Basic Grits (page 183). Complete the meal with a tossed green salad topped with shredded carrots for a splash of healthy color.