I’ve mentioned Marcy Goldman’s Quiche-in-a-Loaf as a good option for fancy entertaining. For everyday meals I often make a crustless quiche. This recipe comes from the Tightwad Gazette. My variation appears underneath.
Ingredients:
November 29, 2009
A Week of Weekday (Vegetarian) Meals
Monday: In the morning, I cooked the beans in the pressure cooker for twenty minutes. I turned off the gas and left the house, releasing the pressure slowly. Later in the day, I spread half the beans in zippered bags on cookie trays in the freezer and refrigerated the rest.
I had asked my husband to buy chili peppers at the shuk. As I live in the Middle East, I always felt I should be using them more but had never worked with them. So I asked for ideas on CookingManager.Com Facebook page, and Tikva recommended Spanish rice and salsa.
Spanish rice: I peeled, chopped and sauteed an onion and garlic in a pan, then added two cups of dried rice. At this point my teen daughter asked what smelled so good.
November 18, 2009
White Sauce in the Microwave
Wednesday is Recipe Day on CookingManager.Com.
You can use this simple white sauce on its own or add spices, herbs or vegetables. It’s a good base for a casserole or cream soup (pictured) when you don’t want to buy the canned variety.
This version of basic white sauce comes from The Well-Filled Microwave Cookbook, by Susanna Hoffman and Victoria Wise.
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1½ cups milk
¼ teaspoon salt
November 11, 2009
Sourdough Muffins
Batters with sourdough have a special flavor. Even when I do it “wrong,” sourdough muffins can’t be compared to ordinary ones and if I only used sourdough for this recipe, it would be worth the trouble.
The recipe comes from Richard Packham’s Sourdough Recipes. I’ve added my comments at the end.
October 28, 2009
Recipe: Cottage Cheese and Noodles
Wednesday is Recipe Day at CookingManager.Com
This is one of my favorite comfort foods from childhood. A variation on traditional Jewish dairy noodle kugel, my Americanized mother simply called it cottage cheese and noodles. She usually served it on Thursdays, one of her two days for dairy meals.
When I married, she included Cottage Cheese and Noodles along with her baking mix recipe. I’ll share more of her recipes in the coming weeks.
I copied the ingredients as they appear, but for some reason she forgot to mention poppy seed. Don’t skip it. It makes this noodle casserole stand out from the rest.
October 14, 2009
Recipe: Homemade Flour Tortillas
This is a simple recipe for homemade tortillas. Kids love to help shape the balls and roll them out. Older kids can stand at the stove. Preparation time: 45 minutes to an hour, including 35 minutes of “resting” time. Allow extra time if you’ve never made them before. Ingredients: 2 cups flour, whole-wheat, white or […]
October 7, 2009
Grilled Eggplant Dip
Wednesday is Recipe Day at CookingManager.Com. Click here to submit a recipe. Leah shares an easy recipe for the food processor: Grilled Eggplant Dip Ingredients: 1 large eggplant 1 red bell pepper 1 large tomato 1 cloves garlic 3 tbsp cup olive oil small bunch cilantro ½ tsp paprika salt to taste Instructions: Grill the […]
September 9, 2009
Homemade Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise has a reputation for spoiling quickly. But most people have no problem keeping a jar of store-bought mayonnaise for months. I bet they wouldn’t try that with an open can of tuna or a hard-boiled egg.
The acid of the lemon juice or vinegar keeps homemade mayonnaise from spoiling. I store mine in a plastic container in the refrigerator, usually for several weeks. If the oil separates from the egg you can mix them up again—this doesn’t mean the mayonnaise has spoiled. If you are not sure whether the mayonnaise is okay, leave it for another day or two. Then you will know for sure by the smell. Spoiled mayonnaise develops visible mold or mildew.
August 12, 2009
Lentils with Onions and Garlic
This easy, cheap and healthy dish can be served hot and tastes even better cold the next day. It works in the pressure cooker too.
Lentils with Onions and Garlic
Ingredients:
Two tablespoons olive oil.
Two teaspoons whole cumin seeds. You can substitute powdered cumin, just add it at the end.
July 30, 2009
Caldo Verde: Portuguese Cabbage Soup
My Portuguse/Israeli friend Betzalel sent me his mother’s cabbage soup recipe. It only has four ingredients, not counting water. When you have almost nothing in the house but want a quick nutritious soup, this is a good one to try. He didn’t include quantities. I think they are rather flexible. I would start by covering the potatoes […]
