Norwegian Red Fruit Pudding / Labneh Balls / Sausage, Kale, & Bean Soup

Blog Post & Recipe: Rødgrøt med Fløte, Norwegian Red Fruit Pudding

A pudding made of stewed red fruit, thickened with a little cornstarch and crowned with billowy whipped cream.

Blog Post & Recipe: Labneh balls

Besides being used fresh, labneh is also dried then formed into balls, sometimes covered with herbs or spices and stored in olive oil glass jars. The cheese can then be kept for over a year.

Blog Post & Recipe: Sausage, Kale, and Bean Soup (Crock Pot)

Soup like this is the best because you can use whatever you want. Canned beans, leftover rice, frozen peas, wilty vegetables, whatever. It’s up to you. No meat? More meat? It’s all cool with me.

Split Pea Soup with Vegetables / How to Use Chinese Vegetables / Grilling Tips + Flattened Chicken with Parsley Sauce

Blog Post & Recipe: Split Pea Soup Loaded With Vegetables - Perfect for Brrrrr Weather

With weather this cold decided to make split pea soup with vegetables from farmers market.

Article & Recipe: How to use Chinese vegetables

Victoria's Chinatown does indeed offer a diverse selection of vegetables for sale. I can't write about them all, but here are some useful facts and suggestions for using six intriguing looking veggies.

Gai Lan ... Bitter Melon ... King Oyster Mushrooms ... Long Beans ... Taro Root ... Lotus Root

RECIPE: Hot and Sour Soup with Gai Lan and King Oyster Mushrooms

Blog Post & Recipes: 7 fires: lessons from the argentine grill master

The good news is you don’t need to have a BBQ to create any of these. An old frying pan in the kitchen will work just as well.

7 lessons from the Argentine grill master himself: 1. The power of the taste of burnt ... 2. You must respect the first contact between food and the cooking surface ... 3. The ‘chapa’ is best for quick cooking ... 4. ‘Rescoldo’ is a great way to cook veg ... 5. Flame should never directly touch your food ... 6. Cast iron is the best cooking material ... 7. The secret to a perfect steak

flattened chicken with parsley sauce

Chaud-Froid Egg & Grissini / Dorayaki (Japanese Red Bean Pancake) / Dawood Basha (Lebanese Meatballs in Tomato Sauce)

Article & Recipe: Marque of excellence

Sweet and sour, hot and cold, this symphony in a shell delivers with magnificent simplicity.

Chaud-froid free-range egg and grissini

Blog Post & Recipe: Dorayaki (Japanese Red Bean Pancake)

Today’s dessert Dorayaki is best described as a dessert sandwich with red bean filling between two slices of pancake.

Blog Post & Recipe: Dawood Basha - Lebanese meatballs in tomato sauce

This dish gets its name from the Ottoman pasha Dawood who governed Lebanon in the 18th century. The dish is easy to make, tender, melt-in-your-mouth meatballs with a simple tomato sauce over rice, is irresistibly good.

Puré de Frijol y Plátano Maduro (Bean and Ripe Plantain Puree) / Chicken Turnovers / Magic Sauce

Recipe: Puré de Frijol y Plátano Maduro (Bean and Ripe Plantain Puree)

This Bean and Ripe Plantain Puree is a traditional Colombian side dish. I know it doesn’t look good in the picture, but it is delicious and easy to make and goes perfectly with grilled beef, pork or chicken.

Blog Post & Recipe: Chicken turnovers (a.k.a. chicken pie)

Lay a puff pastry sheet flat. Place about two to three tablespoonfuls of the filling at the center of the sheet. Fold one edge over the filling. Lightly brush the very edge with egg. Fold over the opposite edge, overlapping over the egg-brushed edge to completely enfold the filling. Flip over so that the seam is underneath.

Blog Post & Recipe: Magic Sauce Recipe

I call this magic sauce. In part, because it makes everything it touches shimmer with deliciousness. It's magic like that. Technically, it's a riff on a chimichurri sauce - one that veered off the rails in a big way. Much tweaking has rendered it a distant second cousin. If that. In fact, the hallmark of that sauce, parsley, I skip entirely.

Slow Cooker Green Salsa Chicken / Bacon Vodka-Spiked Cherry Tomatoes / Punjabi Chana

Blog Post & Recipe: Slow Cooker Green Salsa Chicken

So really, this is just a shortcut version of Pollo en Chile Verde because I needed something quick and flavorful to save me from feeding my family fast food this super packed few days.

Blog Post & Recipe: Bacon vodka-spiked cherry tomatoes

The eternally sublime combination of bacon and tomato, facilitated by the kick of some hard-core spirits, makes these a unique and intriguing choice for a coctail party, or adds a little zing to liven up drinks on the deck.

Blog Post & Recipe: punjabi chana

both punjabi chole and punjabi chana are same. its just another way of naming the recipe. but the chana can be dry or gravied. this punjabi chana has a little gravy and is not totally dry. so now i have 3 punjabi chana recipes including this one, two with white chickpeas and 1 with black chickpeas. i hope my readers find it useful. here’s the list below

5 Meatless Burgers / 5 Fish Recipes / Zucchini and Spinach Gratin

Blog Post & Recipes: 5 Meatless Burgers to Grill This Weekend

Here are 5 meatless burgers to grill this weekend:

Classic Bean Burger ... Chickpea Burger ... Quinoa Burger ... Baked Eggplant Burger ... Bean Burger

Recipes: Recipes to Help You Conquer Your Fish-Grilling Fears

They all use types of fish that are on the sturdy side—nothing delicate that you'll have to worry about mangling here—and they all include tips to help you achieve seafood success.

Maple-Mustard Grilled Salmon ... Corn-Husk-Wrapped Grilled Halibut with Charred Corn Salsa ... Grilled Blackened Catfish with Creole Mustard Butter ... Grilled Tuna with Cucumber Salad ... Grilled Mackerel with Tomato, Fennel, and Capers

Blog Post & Recipe: Zucchini and Spinach Gratin

To take a break from our usual (almost daily in the summer) way to cook up the zucchini (see mom's summer squash), we prepared a classic French gratin, with grated zucchini, spinach, onions sautéed with bacon, a persillade of parsley and garlic, all bound together with a few eggs, tossed with Parmesan, and baked until golden brown.

White Bean Hummus & Cooking Navy Beans / Cook Perfect Beans / Sweet Chilli Seafood Ramen

Blog Post & Recipe: white bean hummus

Last week I had a hummus craving, but was fresh out of chickpeas. I looked at the silky white beans in the fridge, with a thick slick of olive oil on top and thought "why not".

A Not So Simple Pot of Beans

Blog Post & Recipe: The Best Way: Perfect Beans, Every Time

My trusted method is actually a mash-up of two, the Baking Soda Soak and the Oven Method. Both have their proponents and their sceptics, but I think together they make the perfect bean; the baking soda scrapes time off the simmering process, and the oven mimics the slow, pressure-cooked texture of canned beans.

Blog Post & Recipe: On the slurping noises – Sweet chilli seafood ramen {8}

Add a handful of scallops and prawns. While they caramelise, chop a chilli pepper and a couple of spring onions. Throw them along with the seafood. Grate a fat piece of ginger, the zest of one lime and a few garlic cloves over the pan and give it a good shake. Deglaze with half a litre of water and bring to the boil.

How to Cook Dried Beans / Baked Spinach / Chicken Dinner

Blog Post & Recipe: How to Cook Dried Beans

One thing that is demonstrably true is that you don’t have to soak your beans overnight; if you want beans for dinner, put them in water and cook them till they’re tender or at least edible, no soaking, no blanching, just put them in a pot and cook them.

Ruhlman's Beans & Bacon

Blog Post & Recipe: the best baked spinach

... she went on a tangent about a French “system” for spinach which she found “terribly good” and went on to describe a gentle cooking of spinach, stewing it in a very small amount of roux for a little binding and broth before stirring in a small amount of cheese and baking it in a dish topped with breadcrumbs.

Article & Recipes & Video: Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

The main part of the cooking is essentially an oven braise with a twist. You brown the thighs and breasts in the rendered fat, then cook the thighs with a load of vegetables and the quickly made stock. Later, you lay the breasts on top of the vegetables and roast until they’re browned and just cooked through.

How to Butcher a Chicken ... Quick Chicken Stock ... Chicken-Skin Croutons ... Braised and Roasted Chicken With Vegetables

10 Whole Grains / Edamame Dip / New Year Noodle Soup

Article & Recipes: Whole Grains 101

Grains are tasty, protein-rich, and easy to cook. Here’s a primer on 10 of our favorites, along with an assortment of recipes

Blog Post & Recipes: Edamame Dip

It's great on its own with veggies or pita crisps (or potato chips, if you're so inclined), or on a sandwich with a slice of cured ham.

Blog Post & Recipe: New Year Noodle Soup Recipe

At its core it is a bean and noodle soup featuring thin egg noodles swimming in a fragrant broth spiced with turmeric, cumin, chiles, and black pepper. You use a medley of lentils, chickpeas, and borlotti beans, making the soup hearty and filling without being heavy. You add spinach, dill, and cilantro. You add lime juice for a bit of sour at the end. And then you've got a number of toppings to add when you serve the soup

Stewed Red Cabbage with Prunes / Welsh Cakes / Endive Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Stewed red cabbage with prunes

The prunes add a sweetness, orange juice some freshness and a good balsamico a lovely tang.

Blog Post & Recipe: worth the wait: welsh cakes

I’ve updated the traditional recipe which calls for currents and candied peel for dried cranberries and fresh orange zest.

Blog Post & Recipes: In Season: Endives

Often cooked or simply tossed raw into a salad, it's high in vitamins A and K, and is a great source of fiber.

Endives, Apples, and Grapes ... Jambon-Wrapped Grilled Endive ... Endive and Chicory Salad with Grainy Mustard Vinaigrette ... Grilled Pork Tenderloin and Belgian Endive and Tomato Chile Jam ... Braised Endives with Haricots Verts ... Braised Shrimp and Creamy Endive ... Baked Belgian Endive with Pecorino and Walnuts ... Spinach and Endive Salad with Lemon-Ginger Dressing and Crisp Won Ton Strips ... Endive and Celery Salad with Fennel

Lemon & Herb Risotto with Balsamic Roasted Asparagus / Cooking Dried Beans / A Whole-Grain Glossary

Blog Post & Recipe: Lemon and Herb Risotto with Balsamic Roasted Asparagus

I am inviting you to a leisurely, light summer meal of a wonderfully flavored lemon and herb risotto, served with roasted asparagus, which is then drizzled in some aged balsamic vinegar and pumpkin seed oil.

Article: I agree with McGee

Buying and cooking dried beans ...

McGee recommends long, slow cooking. This, he says, breaks down beans’ carbohydrates into digestible sugars. I have cooked a lot of beans and I agree with McGee: It is essential to cook beans thoroughly.

Article: A whole-grain glossary

Twenty whole grains to cook and eat ...

Then there’s the confusion of defining or classifying grains, as some grains that we call grains are not. True grains belong to the cereal grass family; for this glossary, however, I include edible seeds that share the nutritional properties of whole grains (quinoa, buckwheat, wild rice).

No-Rice Risotto with Chard / Filipino Fried Noodles / Five Halloumi Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: No-Rice Risotto with Chard

We used canned cannellini beans! It turned out to be the quickest risotto we had ever made. And it tasted really good too. You could do a lot more with this recipe: not using canned beans, adding white wine and maybe some more greens ...

Recipe: Recipe of the Day: Filipino Fried Noodles (Pancit)

In the Filipino vernacular, pancit simply refers to noodles. This version (pancit bam-i) uses both rice vermicelli (bihon) and Chinese wheat noodles (pancit canton), but you can make the dish with either type of noodle, or flat egg noodles (pancit miki) and cellophane noodles (sotanghon).

Blog Post & Recipes: Vegetarian Cookout? Try Halloumi!

Here are some recipes we're eager to try this season:

1 Halloumi Wrapped in Red Pepper with Lemon & Chilli ... 2 Grilled Haloumi Cheese and Lemon ... 3 Basil Halloumi and Roasted Veg BBQ Skewers ... 4 Halloumi Skewers with Parsley & Lemon Salsa ... 5 Grilled Cheese and Tomato Stacks

Coconut Dhal / Milk Soup / Expand your Repertoire

Blog Post & Recipe: SriLankan Coconut Dhal

Although the soup has some sugar in it, it's more of a "savoury" soup, served as a meal on its own, preferably with some ham sandwiches on the side.

Blog Post & Recipe: Estonian Milk Soup with Pasta Shapes

I must say here that I am not a great dal person and avoid it most of the times,but can vouch for the taste of this dal.Thanks, Maninas for the hearty recipe.

Article: How to expand your cooking repertoire

GET THE BASICS RIGHT ... TEST FOR RELIABILITY ... SEARCH FOR RECIPES ... TRAVEL THE GLOBE [read non-British cookbooks, she means] ... MAKE IT AN EVENT ... TROUBLESHOOTING ... EMBRACE CHANGE

Baked Beans. Atayef Bil Jaws. Bibimbap.

Blog Post & Recipe: killer home baked beans in 2 easy steps

Recently, I was talking to a colleague about baked beans (as you do). He mentioned that he loves to pop his beans in the oven before going to bed.

Recipe: Atayef Bil Jaws

This are little Arabic pancakes filled with a sweet nut mixture. I also usually stuff some with qashta as well. These store very well and you can even make all of it ahead of time and throw them together when you have more time.

Blog Post & Recipe: Dolsot Bibimbap - Well, Kind Of ...

Bibimbap is a popular Korean dish. The word translates to 'mixed meal', and it consists of a dish of rice topped with vegetables, usually placed together to be aesthetically pleasing. Sometimes, slices of beef, chicken or tofu are also added.

Stock. Curried sweet potato soup. 90 Minute Beans.

Recipe: Curried sweet potato soup

KeenBaker added this comment at 12:36am Thu 4th June, 2009

Made a bit of a mess using the hand mixer and would recommend this as a weekend rather than mid-week recipe

Blog Post & Recipe: 90 Minute, No-Soak Beans

Via Serious Eats

The beans were cooked ... It had taken 15 minutes on top of the oven to bring to a boil, and then 75 minutes inside a 250 degree oven. I had not soaked the beans before hand. I didn't even bother to rinse them or sort through to see if any rocks had been hidden inside.

Article: The ultimate ingredient

The link below the heading goes to a post at the Guardian food blog. "Here then, are my top 10 stock tips, but I'd really love to hear yours," the blogger writes.

Put the leftover meat and bones into a large pot, cover with cold water and bring gently up to the faintest simmer. After half an hour or so, add any and preferably all of the following: carrots, onions, leeks, turnips and celery, chopped roughly. Here you can be really thrifty because the trimmings you will generate are almost as valuable in stock as the vegetables themselves. Leaves, stems, trimmed-off ends, rooty stumps, skins and peelings can all be kept in the fridge or freezer until your next stock-making session. (A vegetable stock can be made in the same way, but will be richer if you roast the veg first.)

Tomato Soup Cake. Peatini cocktail. Gallo Pinto.

Article & Recipe: How to make a peatini cocktail

To make a pea shoot puree, blend, in a liquidiser, the pea shoots with just enough water to make a puree.

Blog Post & Recipe: Warhol's Tomato Soup Cake

First published in a recipe booklet by Campbell's, the cake was featured in the 1942 book, How to Cook a Wolf, by M.F.K. Fisher. In her book she writes "This is a pleasant cake, which keeps well and puzzles people while you are cooking other things, which is always sensible and makes you feel rather noble, in itself a small but valuable pleasure." ... In the 1960's the recipe was revitalized and become more of an assembled concoction of water, a spice mix, and a can of soup.

Blog Post & Recipe: Dinner Tonight: Gallo Pinto

Ingredients

1 tablespoon canola oil
1 onion, chopped
1 red pepper, stemmed, seeded, and chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 cup cooked rice
1 cup of canned beans, with liquid
4 tablespoons Salsa Lizano (or Worcestershire sauce)
Salt and black pepper
Handful of cilantro, chopped

Leftover refried beans. Star Trek Food. Pizza Blanco.

Blog Post: What to do with leftover refried beans?

We had tostadas with homemade refried beans for Cinco de Mayo, and I have quite a heap left. Any good ideas for a way to use them in a non-Mexican, or just atypical, way? I'm looking for something different than your typical burritos, etc.

Blog Post: A Primer to 'Star Trek' Food and Drink

That reminded me that food and drink is depicted routinely in the Star Trek franchise—across ten movies and six TV shows. There's no doubt—or at least, I hope—that there will be food references in the 11th movie, which will feature Romulans, Vulcans, Orions. As a refresher, I thought I'd take a look at what passes for serious eats in these alien cultures. Join me on this mission, won't you?

Blog Post & Recipe: Recipe: Pizza Blanco

Toppings for Pizza Blanco
1 large onion, chopped and caramelized (I cook these slowly over low heat, as I’m preparing everything else)
salt, pepper
glug of olive oil
2 small, boiled red potatoes
sprigs of dill
3/4- 1 c white sauce
1 bunch arugula, lightly dressed in olive oil and vinegar

Wasabi Asparagus. Cauliflower Dal. Comforting Twine.

Blog Post & Recipe: Wasabi-Roasted Asparagus

The standard disclaimer applies: Use more if you like it hot, less if you like it mild.

Article & Recipe: Versatile kitchen twine can be a culinary lifeline for the savvy cook

Not only is twine inherently practical, but there's also a simplicity about a ball of string that's oddly comforting.

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Recipe: Bacon-wrapped pork loin with roasted apples

Blog Post & Recipe: Cauliflower Dal with Panch Phoran

Panch phoran (also spelled panch phoron and panch puran) is a Bengali blend of five spices-- fenugreek, mustard, kalonji (nigella), fennel, and cumin, in equal amounts. ... You can buy this spice blend in Indian grocery stores or you can make it yourself.

N.b. I've added a 'south-east asian' tag.

Doro Wat. Mashed corn and beans

Recipe: Doro Wat

Doro Wat, adapted to suit the American kitchen.

Doro Wat Chicken, an Ethiopian dish, is a good opportunity to get out of the spice rut you may be in.

Recipe: Kenyan mashed corn and beans

A popular Kenyan dish often served with meat or fish dishes, this recipe is adapted from "A Taste of Africa," by Dorinda Hafner. Use the dried beans or peas of your choice. If you wish, stir in spices or herbs, any cooked meat or fish, or additional cooked vegetables. Hafner suggests stuffing the mash into vegetables such as bell peppers and baking them.

Crab. Fourth of July Recipes.

Article/Recipe: Time to get cracking.
The article is accompanied by recipes for messy crab (chili-flavoured), and marinated strawberries.

Crab's deep flavour - it is often the very essence of the sea from which it came - is not easily hidden by hot, sharp or even spicy seasonings. If anything, they make the flavour more potent. Which is why only a few minutes ago it was sizzling in the wok with hot red chillies, fresh ginger and a splash of Vietnamese chilli sauce.

Article/Recipe: All-American favorite recipes for Fourth of July.

Recipes for baked beans, potato salad, and so on.

The Fourth of July is not a time for creating shocking new dishes. It is a time when people hanker instead for All-American favorites - hamburgers and hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans, corn on the cob, ice cream.