Recipes

Breakfast/Brunch and Breads

Apple Pie Tahini Oats with Chia and Walnuts

October 2, 2020

Harissa-Spiced Chickpeas with Spinach and Tomato

Harissa is a Middle Eastern tomato-based spice mixture that is fantastic when added to food as a spicy condiment. I love making this when I have a crowd for dinner because it can be served as a side dish or as a vegetarian main course.

October 1, 2020

Soup

Vegetarian Moroccan Chickpea and Lentil Harira Soup

A Harira soup is a traditional Moroccan soup made with lamb or beef stewing meat and legumes. This is my vegetarian version. This soup is great made a few days in advance!

September 27, 2020

Dessert

Farinata - Chickpea Pancake - Socca

This recipe is so versatile. I love it as a bed for a salad or a “blini”-type pancake with smoked salmon and crème fraîche, but it can also be used as a side dish, as a roll-up in place of a tortilla or even as a sweet breakfast pancake. It is healthy and has only two ingredients (if you don’t count the salt, pepper and water)!

September 25, 2020

Chicken & Turkey

Venetian-Style Roast Chicken with Tagliatelle

This dish originated in the Jewish Italian ghetto and was traditionally served on Friday nights for Shabbat.

September 23, 2020

Chicken & Turkey

Fast and Easy Weekday Chipotle Chicken and Black Bean Chili

This chili is perfect for a fast weeknight meal. It comes together in under 30 minutes. It’s full of protein and not added fat! For vegetarians you can replace the chicken with a 1-2 lbs. of extra firm tofu, mashed.

September 21, 2020

Holidays and Passover, Sides & Salads, Snacks

Slow Roasted Tomato Hummus

September 19, 2020

Chicken & Turkey

Chicken Yakitori

Yakitori or chicken-on-a-stick is a real crowd pleaser. It is sweet and tangy and super easy to make. You can even marinate a whole bunch of chicken pieces at a time and freeze the chicken while it marinates. Defrost it, put it on a stick and cook it!

September 19, 2020

Chicken & Turkey

Spicy Korean Chicken Wings

These insanely addictive baked Korean chicken wings are sweet and savoury and super delicious. Try to find gochujang— Korean red chili fermented red pepper bean paste and the spicy red pepper powder, gochugaru . I buy it at at my local

September 17, 2020

Chicken & Turkey

Perfect Whole Roasted Chicken

Roasting a whole chicken is a right of passage into the world of cooking. Once you know how to roast a whole chicken diner na lunch possibilities are endless! This chicken is great as leftovers for about 4 days.

September 15, 2020

Chicken & Turkey

Whole Roasted Chicken with Fennel and Fingerling Potatoes

A whole chicken is so simple to make and easy to cut. Leaving it whole makes the end product so juicy. However, you can also do the same recipe in a chicken cut in quarters or eights. This chicken is great as leftovers for about 4 days. You can do this recipe with a boneless, skin-on turkey breast as well, same cooking time.

September 13, 2020

Chicken & Turkey

Tuscan Chicken Under a Brick

Cooking chicken under a brick keeps the chicken juicy by cooking it faster. I recommend using bone-in chicken but this works with boneless also. I keep 4-5 bricks outside, near the grill at all times. Cover them with clean foil when you need them. It is also a good idea to pre-heat the bricks with the BBQ.

September 11, 2020