Enoki Somen / 10 Easy Indian Recipes / Three Swede Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Enoki somen (aka Enoki mushrooms with somen noodles)

[Somen noodles] are typically eaten chilled during the summer months, but this dish, Enoki somen ... adapted from The Japanese Kitchen by Kimiko Barber, pairs both in a warm dashi broth. I wasn’t sure what leftovers would look or taste like, so I modified to recipe to serve 1 and it was very filling.

Recipes: Gordon Ramsay's 10 easy Indian recipes

Look to the sidebar on the left for links to nine of them

Tadka Dal

* Gordon Ramsay’s Indian butter chicken
* Gordon Ramsay’s chilli beef fry
* Gordon Ramsay’s spiced tomato and coconut soup
* Gordon Ramsay’s chapattis
* Gordon Ramsay’s aubergine bhajis
* Gordon Ramsay’s pilau rice with meatballs
* Gordon Ramsay’s tribal chicken casserole with tamarind
* Gordon Ramsay’s Punjabi masala chops
* Gordon Ramsay’s sweet potatoes with panch phoran

Blog Post & Recipes: In Season: Rutabaga

... rutabagas are often referred to as table turnips or swedes. These brassicas are members of the mustard family, and are one of the most commonly grown and widely adapted root crops. The rutabaga is very similar to the turnip except that it generally has yellowish flesh, a denser root and smooth, waxy leaves similar to cabbage.

* Potato and Rutabaga Gratin [One Pot]* Roasted Root Vegetable Sticks [Big Girls Small Kitchen]
* Rutabaga-Carrot Soup [Method]
* Rutabaga with Caramelized Onions and Apples [Eat Real]

Swede Tart / Steak Slice with Lemon & Thyme / 10 Pumpkin Dishes

Blog Post & Recipe: Swedeaphobia Cure

Here is a delicious recipe for one of UK’s most unpopular vegetables.

The blogger doesn't name the recipe, but it looks like a savoury swede/rutabaga tart with a layer of crumbs on top

Blog Post & Recipe: Have you ever marinated your meat after cooking it?!

Nigella's Steak Slice with Lemon & Thyme

Serve up the sliced steak with a bit of the marinade drizzled over the top. And your au naturale sweet potato...with just a slathering of moisturizer.

Blog Post & Recipe: Top 10 Pumpkin Dishes

Pumpkin Pie ... Pumpkin Puree ... Toasted Pumpkin Seeds ... Pumpkin Pie Milkshake ... Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream ... Pumpkin Caramel Cheesecake Turtle Bread ... Pumpkin Butter ... Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake ... Savoury Pumpkin Pie (Kolokithopita) ... Pumpkin and Black Bean Soup

Swedes. Chard. Ice Cream Pie. Oil. Tarts.

Article/Recipe: Tart with an art of gold.

The key to the perfect tart is pre-baking the pastry before adding the filling.

This is especially true of an egg-based tart of the quiche lorraine type.

Whatever some recipes say, the oven temperature required to cook the pastry is too high to set the eggs to creamy perfection, while the right temperature for the eggs won't cook the pastry properly.

Article: A primer on oils: when to use what.

Cooking oil used to be so simple. There was vegetable and there was olive.

Today, simplicity has been supplanted by overwhelming options that can trigger almost comedic dilemmas. Dressing a salad? Will it be almond oil or walnut? Grapeseed is good. So is hazelnut. And if fried food is on the menu, canola is nice, but avocado would be a cool twist.

Recipe: S'more Ice Cream Pie.


Article: Hearty chard brings versatility to table.

Although it's a member of the beet family, chard has a gentle flavor profile that is similar to spinach. Both stem and leaf are edible, but the majority of dishes use just the leafy part, directing cooks to remove the stalk before cooking. The leaves can be blanched, steamed or sauteed; the stalks can be blanched, gratineed or braised.

Article/Recipe: Notes from underground.

One man's enthusiasm for vegetables. The article includes a recipe for swede and parmesan cake.

Swedes can be blissful cooked with stock or butter till meltingly soft. I wanted a dish with the simplicity of pommes boulangere but the richness of pommes dauphinoise. Perfect with cold roast lamb or beef.