The Best Way To Roast a Capsicum / Easy Baked Tofu / Creamy Edamame Soup

Blog Post & Recipe: The Best Way To Roast a Pepper

The most common method of roasting a pepper is to place them whole in a hot oven or over coals. Undeniably, this creates perfectly cooked, juicy flesh but the post-cooking removal of the seeds makes me swear furiously. Those sticky little buggers get everywhere!

Blog Post & Recipe: Easy Baked Tofu

I love it when dishes are good out of the oven and straight from the fridge. The marinade bakes into the tofu so it’s not a saucy dish. Add cubes to stir-fried veggies and serve over rice, toss on a salad, as a sandwich filling, with cooked quinoa, in a rice paper wrapper or just pop them in your mouth

Blog Post & Recipe: the saturday soup – creamy edamame soup

The texture of this is a little thick because of the edamame – think split pea soup. Feel free to thin it out with some more stock or water if it’s too thick for you. I ate this soup warm but I think it’s also a good base for a summer soup served cold or at least room temperature. My version is a simple whiz of the soybeans with a little coconut milk and S&P. Use it as a base to add some curry flavors, some heat from a chili or wasabi or some zing from a bit of ginger.

Spicy Rice Cake (Dukbokki) / Roast Eggplant & Red Capsicum Dip / Green Capsicum in Vinegar & Garlic Sauce (Sirkeli Biber)

Recipe: Spicy rice cake (Dukbokki)

Dukbokki is one of the most popular street foods in Korea. It's very easy to make and a great quick dish for a meal, snack, or girl's night.

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Eggplant and Red Pepper Dip

You slice up the veggies... Give them a good coating of high quality extra virgin olive oil... Toss the vegetables together with salt, pepper, and lots of garlic... Roast the veggies at 400 degrees for 45 minutes... And then puree the roasted vegetables with tomato paste... and then you are done!

Blog Post & Recipe: Green Peppers in Vinegar and Garlic Sauce (Sirkeli Biber)

Inspired by the exuberance of fresh peppers I am giving a simple recipe for a very popular and delicious salad/appetizer/meze, you name it. The ingredients for the sauce are garlic, olive oil, and vinegar, and how much you will add of each depends completely on your preference. If you cannot handle garlic or vinegar well, you can go light on them. I like this salad medium garlicy, yet very vinegary, whereas my cousin's version is quite garlicy and to so much vinegary. The point is you have to decide on the amount of garlic and vinegar.

4 Mexican-Armenian Recipes / Unagi Kabayaki / Roasted Capsicum with Capers & Mozzarella

Article & Recipes: Marrying Mexican and Armenian cuisine

Armenians, just like Mexicans, love the comingling of sweet and sour and spicy and mild; they love strong flavors like lamb and garlic.

Stuffed grape leaves ... Pilaf with topping ... Carne asada ... Jocoque dip

Blog Post & Recipe: Unagi Kabayaki [via]

If you like Japanese food, and have had unagi kobayaki--broiled eel--at Japanese restaurants, you will be surprised at how easy it is to make at home. When I was making this dish, I thought of my nephew Tyler. He really likes unagi. I thought, 'How can Ty make this at his house in Oregon?' Simple. Just like my grandfather did--in a pan on top of the stove.

Blog Post & Recipe: roasted peppers with capers and mozzarella

I will turn on the oven for one thing, and that is to roast my peppers for the better part of an hour. I prefer this over blistering them on the stove, which makes them easy to peel but not supple and sweetly cooked as they get in the oven. After peeling their skin and cutting them into strips, I let them sit overnight in some salt, pepper, garlic and red wine vinegar which punched up their flavor a bit.

Braised Lamb Shanks with Yorkshire-Style Puddings / 3 Salads / Spetsofai (Stewed Sausages & Peppers)

Blog Post & Recipe: Braised lamb shanks with Yorkshire-style puddings [via] (and, see, another blogger is also making braised lamb shanks, and the NZ Herald has a recipe for lamb shanks and macaroni)

Instead of making the usual thick, sticky sauce, which can be a little heavy, I opted for a light, almost soupy, tangy tomato and stock sauce.

Recipes & Video: Veg out

The roasted beetroot salad can be made more substantial by adding crumbled feta or goat’s cheese. All of these recipes make a great accompaniment to a Sunday roast.

ROASTED BEETROOTS, CARROTS & CAPSICUM ... ROAST FENNEL SALAD ... WARM MUSHROOM & ROCKET SALAD

Blog Post & Recipe: Spetsofai

In it’s complete simplicity, spetsofai is sausages and peppers. It traditionally hails from the Thessaly region of Greece and whilst it lends itself as a winter dish the produce it uses is more synonymous with summer. The traditional recipe is a little more spicy and uses loukaniko (the Greek word for sausage). I was making this for a friend of mine and her eight year old so anything considered spicy was off limits. I added a little oomph to the spetsofai by using some smoked paprika and a little red wine.

Ajvar / Caramelized Fennel & Onions / 5 Achar Recipes ("The Indian Answer to the Pickle")

Article & Recipe: Fall Brings Red Peppers and Ajvar, 'Serbian Salsa' [via]

The smoky and tangy spread, which also features minced garlic, olive oil and vinegar [as well as red capsicum], can be a bright garnish for a dish of grilled meats, paired with Mediterranean salads for a meze platter, or simply devoured on a piece of crusty bread threaded with olive oil.

Blog Post & Recipe: Caramelized Fennel and Onions

Fennel lovers, onion lovers, unite! And then take a shower in grated Parmesan, lemon zest, and chopped parsley. I'd like to say this is quick and easy, but it's not quick. It's long and easy, the sort of thing you can just put on the stove and give a stir every once in a while, as you cook the rest of the meal.

Blog Post & Recipes: Awesome Achars! The Indian Answer to the Pickle

In fact, achars are a singularly versatile kind of pickle. They can be made from fruits or vegetables, and be made sweet, spicy, or sour depending on the spices and flavorings used. A small amount of gingery pickle might balance the flavors in a spicy curry while a sour one can serve as an appetizer with papadum. An achar can also be mixed with fresh vegetables to make a quick salad. No matter how they're used, these pickles are intended to enhance a dish and add new dimensions of flavor.

MangoThokku - Mango Pickle ... Cauliflower Pickle ... Gajar Achaar - Carrot Pickle ... Mirchi-Ka-Achar - Green Chili Pickle ... Limbu Ka Achar - Lemon Pickle

Mushroom Risotto with Toasted Pistachios / Easy Roasted Red Peppers / Lamb Meatballs in a Mint Tomato Sauce

Blog Post & Recipe: Mushroom Risotto Recipe with Toasted Pistachios

For me, it can be all of these things, but on this particular day, this risotto was a vessel for a little vial (yes vial) of truffle oil. And what a delectable vessel this mushroom risotto recipe was.

Blog Post & Tips: 3 Easy Steps to Roasted Red Peppers

Roasting red peppers is a great way to concentrate flavors and bring out their natural sweetness. They make a wonderful addition to salads, sandwiches and even pasta dishes. I’m personally a huge fan of spreading a bit of goat cheese on slices of crusty bread and top with a small cluster of slivered peppers and fresh basil.

Step #1: Select Your Preferred Roasting Method ... Step #2: Let the Peppers Steam ... Step #3: Remove Core & Peel

Blog Post & Recipe: Lamb Meatballs in a Mint Tomato Sauce

I seasoned the lamb meatballs with a few exotic Mediterranean spices including cumin, coriander and cinnamon in addition to the mint and other meatball basics. I purposely made the meatballs fairly large and I fried the meatballs in oil until golden brown on the outside and then added them to the tomato sauce to finish cooking, thereby staying nice and moist and juicy.

Crispy Capsicum Rings / Avocado & Roasted Tomatillo Salsa / Tori No Mizutaki — Chicken & Vegetable Hot Pot

Recipe: Crispy Capsicum(Bell pepper) Rings

This spicy snack is great on a rainy day.

Blog Post & Recipe: Avocado and Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

Tip: Tomatillos freeze well so freeze some in the summer when they are in season.

Blog Post & Recipe: Tori No Mizutaki—Chicken & Vegetable Hot Pot

Nabe is really more a style of cooking, so the variations are virtually endless. Nabes are made by poaching a variety of ingredients in broth in one big pot. Not only are you only using one pot (less cleanup!), but nabes cook very quickly (usually in less than 30 minutes)!

Mushrooms, Garlic & Shallots with Lemon Ricotta / 17 Nacho Recipes / Souvlaki Chicken Salad Sandwich with Roasted Red Peppers & Feta

Recipe: Yotam Ottolenghi's mushrooms, garlic and shallots with lemon ricotta recipe

You don't need much more, though a chunk of sourdough would not go amiss. To help with the peeling, soak the shallots and garlic in water for half an hour.

Recipes: Choose Your Own Nacho Adventure

Start with the basic chip-cheese nexus and build from there using some of the individual ingredients we've offered for inspiration. Or go with one of the ready-made combos we've tried and tested.

Blog Post & Recipe: Souvlaki Chicken Salad Sandwich with Roasted Red Peppers and Feta

I skimmed the fat from the top, warmed them up and added them to the chicken salad. From there I added some things that I often add to my chicken souvlaki gyros, namely some roasted red pepper, red onion, tzatziki and feta.

Green Capsicum Chutney / Pallipalayam Chicken Fry / 16 Zucchini Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Whb #238 - Green Bellpepper Chutney

let rest for 15days before eating (but it is very tasty immediately :)

Blog Post & Recipe: Pallipalayam Chicken Fry

Pallipalayam Chicken is a spicy chicken fry variety, that has a fancy name, but is quite simple to prepare ... This dish is unique because it relies on dry red chillies(only) to spice the dish

Blog Post & Recipes: NCR - The Courgette/Zucchini Roundup

For this month's No Croutons Required I asked you to create a vegetarian soup or salad featuring the humble courgette or zucchini as it is sometimes known ...

Zucchini, Greens and Chickpea Salad with Blueberry Dressing ... Chilled Summer Salad ... Zucchini and Apple Salad with a Lemon Hazelnut Sauce (Taratorlu Kabak) ... Zucchini Pasta Salad ... Courgette, Brie & Cumin Soup ... Mediterranean Courgette Salad ... Chickpea and Lentil Salad with Zucchini and Sun-Dried Tomatoes ... Zucchini and Lentils Cold Soup ... Courgette, Carrot and Orzo Salad ... Zucchini Salad with Minty Yogurt Dressing ... Sage Marinated Zucchinis ... Courgette Vichyssoise with Parmesan crusted Courgette Croutons ... Grilled Vegetable Tortilla Soup ... Zucchini Carpaccio Salad ... Warm Potato and Zucchini Salad, Indian Style ... Courgette and French Bean Salad

Calibrate a Meat Thermometer / Roasted Red Pepper & Squash Soup / Ginger Scallion Noodles

Blog Post & Recipe: How to Calibrate a Meat Thermometer

The goal is to get your thermometer to verify a temperature you can already recognize without even using it—namely, freezing point (32°F) or boiling point (212°F).

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Red Pepper and Squash Soup

This is a very simple soup, with only 4 ingredients, but the results are beyond simple. Freshly roasted peppers are combines with sweet squash (butternut, buttercup, etc) with a flavourful stock and an onion, and you have a powerful soup.

Blog Post & Recipe: Cooking for Others: My Noodle Obsession

The noodles themselves are silky and deeply tasty, though the individual flavors of scallion and of ginger sort of melt away into a greater whole. They take well to practically any vegetable, protein, or seasoning sprinkled on top ...

Ginger Scallion Noodles ... Grilled Eggplant ... Picked Radishes, Carrots, or Cucumbers ... Bok Choy ... Fried Egg

How to Keep Basil Fresh / How to Roast a Whole Pumpkin / and Capsicum Too

Blog Post: How to Keep Basil Fresh for at Least Eleven Days

The trick is to treat the basil like you would a bunch of flowers.

Blog Post: How to roast a whole pumpkin [via Limes & Lycopene]

When it's done, all you do is slice it up and remove the seeds which, btw, are super easy to get out once the pumpkin is cooked.

Blog Post: Roasting transforms bell peppers into a new and versatile vegetable

Once roasted, the thin skin on peppers gets rather tough. To get rid of it easily, place the peppers in a heat-safe bowl and cover with plastic wrap. The residual heat will create steam in the bowl, which will help loosen the skin.

Peel Roasted Peppers / Indian-Style Scrambled Eggs / Fish Pie

Blog Post: How To Peel Roasted Peppers

This method can be used with any peppers; bell or chiles.

Blog Post & Recipe: Indian-style Scrambled Eggs

I’ve had this for breakfast so many times that I’ve stared pre-mixing the spices. I mix equal quantities of turmeric, chilli powder, cumin and garam masala in a jar. I then use about half a teaspoon of this spice mix in the eggs

Article & Recipes: Nigel Slater's fish pie recipe

When making the sauce it is worth trapping every ounce of flavour. The milk used to cook the fish should be incorporated, in all its herby, peppercorn-scented fishiness, into the filling and not tipped down the sink.

CRUMBLE-CRUST FISH PIE ... WHOLEMEAL APPLE AND ORANGE CAKE

Stewed Capsicum & Tomatoes & Onions. Fried Zucchini Blossoms. Using Up Zucchini.

Blog Post & Recipe: stewed peppers, tomatoes & onions

Just fresh peppers from a Chinatown market, a plain old yellow onion, a couple of eggs, and a can of tomatoes from the cupboard.

Blog Post & Recipe: How to Fry Zucchini Blossoms

They should not be wilted or browned, but rather look like they were just picked, all vibrant with color. Buy a nice, firm mozzarella. This is not the time for bufala, which is too wet and milky.

Blog Post & Recipes: What Is Your Favourite Way To Use Up (A Lot Of) Zucchini?

There's zucchini bread and zucchini muffins, of course, but we like to just slap ours on the grill with olive oil and a little salt and pepper. Delicious!

Here are a some more favorite zucchini recipes and ideas:

• Zucchini and Asparagus Strata
• Zucchini Muffins from Simply Recipes
• Curried Zucchini Soup
• Zucchini Garlic Soup
• Zucchini "Tagliatelle" from Dorie Greenspan
• Stuffed 8-Ball Zucchini
• Zucchini-Potato Frittata
• Grilled Zucchini and Grape Tomato Salad
• Zucchini Rice Gratin
• Sauteed Zucchini and Squash with Thyme and Feta
• Zucchini Fries
• Lighter Zucchini Fritti

How do you use up that late-summer zucchini bounty ...

Capsicum Risotto. Comic Sandwiches. Chicken Breast Dessert.

Blog Post & Recipe: Red Pepper Risotto

It’s a grain. It’s a rice. But it acts like pasta. Sort of. Cooking it is an experience. Cooking it is an art form…but an art form anyone can achieve.

Website: Insanewiches

That’s right, now you can break up your day by being the sandwich shrink and diagnosing how loony you think each sandwich is!

Article & Recipe: When Meat Becomes Dessert (via Serious Eats)

... tavuk göğsü [...] means "chicken breast," a name almost misleading in its simplicity. The dish does contain chicken, torn into feathery shreds, but these shreds are encased in a sweet milk pudding. In short, this "chicken breast" is a dessert.

Tavuk Göğsü

Cat-Head Biscuits.Green Capsicum. Nonstick Pans.

Blog Post & Recipe: Cat-Head Biscuits

Unless your from the mountains of east Tennessee then I highly doubt you have ever heard of cat-head biscuits. [...] They wanted a large biscuit and I guess the size reminded them of a cat head. This is just a regular buttermilk biscuit but instead of rolling and cutting them out you shape a large piece of dough by hand.

Article & Recipes: Image Problem? Don’t Pity the Bell

... the green bell pepper, the sturdy yet forlorn supermarket vegetable that foodies love to hate [...] But the vegetable has its defenders, who say that the green pepper family is tasty, diverse and versatile.

Recipe: Grilled Poblanos in Garlic Oil
Recipe: Blistered Green Peppers With Sherry Vinegar

Blog Post: Nonstick not so slick

Today, up to 80 percent of the cookware sold in America has a nonstick coating. But while it's indispensable to some people, it's evil incarnate to others, posing a toxic threat to our children and the environment ...

Slick tips for cooking in regular cookware ... Start with a good pan ... Hot pan, cold oil ... Resist flipping and poking the food ... Dry food won't stick ... etc

Sweet Corn and Parsnip Soup. Capsicum Soup. Homemade Gyoza Wrappers.

Recipe: Recipe: Organic Panificio Cafe's sweet corn and parsnip soup

Dear SOS: The Organic Panificio Cafe in Marina del Rey has a delicious sweet corn and parsnip soup ...

Dear Carol: This recipe marries sweet summer corn with delicately sweet parsnips, fresh garlic and herbs ...

Blog Post & Recipe: Pepper Soup

Yes, another Roasted Bell Pepper recipe, but a “Chilled” one this time [...] The swirly worly in the soup is not cream, I have used some thick yogurt & water blended together to form the “cream” & also for some slight tang in this chilled soup.

Pepper (Capsicum) Soup

Blog Post & Recipe: Time to Wrap Things Up: Homemade Gyoza Wrappers (via Kitchen Musings)

Just like homemade pasta, the texture of homemade gyoza wrappers is a lot different. Storebought wrappers are almost papery in comparison. Homemade are a bit doughier. With homemade you can make them as thick or as thin as you like depending on your personal preferences. Although it is easier to grab a pack of premade wrappers when making your own gyoza, I highly recommend taking the time to make your own sometime.

Stuffed capsicums

Recipe: Stuffed capsicums.