Seared Carpaccio of Beef with Remoulade & Pickled Cherries / 4 Vegetable Chips + 3 Condiments / Roasted Chickpea Fajitas

Article & Recipe: Succulent beef with a cherry twist

The beef is served delicately raw on the inside, with a seared crust.

SEARED CARPACCIO OF BEEF WITH REMOULADE AND PICKLED CHERRIES

Recipes: Make Your Own Veggie Chips

Veggie chips are very easily made in your very own oven. Peel, slice, and bake. Dip and eat. Done.

Carrot Chips ... Taro Chips ... Sweet Potato Crisps ... Kale Chips ... Basic Ranch Dressing ... White Bean and Edamame Hummus ... Jalapeño-Cilantro Yogurt Spread

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Chickpea Fajitas

Onion, peppers, and mushrooms are sautéed and served with spicy roasted chickpeas to create these healthy and delicious vegetarian fajitas. Garnish with diced tomatoes, avocado slices, and a dollop of Greek yogurt, if desired.

Sweet Potato US Biscuits with Ham, Mustard, & Honey / Iced Eggnog / Spicy Sour Curry with Seabass & Mixed Veggies

Recipe: Sweet Potato Biscuits with Ham, Mustard, and Honey

Spread bottom half of each biscuit with mustard, then top each with sliced ham and second half of biscuit. Serve with honey.

Blog Post & Recipe: iced eggnog

Refrigerate overnight before serving and serve on ice (if you are in the hot summer like we are) with a generous grating of fresh nutmeg.

Blog Post & Recipe: spicy sour curry with seabass and mixed veggies

This recipe is for sour curry form central of Thailand. There is another version of sour curry or in another name called "yellow curry" which is from southern of Thailand. The flavour is bold, more spicy and more sour. I will post a recipe later.

Britta’s Glogg / Claypot Cari with Sweet Potato, Tofu & Winter Greens / Renkon no Sunomono (Marinated Lotus Root)

Blog Post & Recipe: Britta’s Glogg

Britta’s glogg couldn’t be simpler. Her family served it garnished with toasted almonds and raisins

Recipe: The new vegetarian: claypot cari with sweet potato, tofu and winter greens recipe

This Saigonese curry relies on a sweet, mild Indian curry powder; the most authentic is found in Vietnamese shops, labelled 'Indian curry powder'.

Blog Post & Recipe: Renkon no Sunomono (Marinated Lotus Root)

This is a simple dish to prepare. All you have to do is peel a piece of lotus root and slice it into thin slices. Then blanch the slices briefly in boiling water and toss them in a simple marinade made of rice wine vinegar, sugar, and salt.

Hot Cappuccino Punch / Mulled Wine / Sweet Potato and Lentil Dahl

Blog Post & Recipe: Hot Cappuccino Punch

Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan. Cook over medium heat until mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat and serve immediately.

Blog Post & Recipe: Mulled Wine - How to Make the Best Recipe Ever

After searching many recipes, Jean-Christophe Novelli's was the one. Lovely vanilla, star anise, cinnamon, lemon grass, cardamom pods, bay leaves and cloves, what's not to like?

Blog Post & Recipe: Sweet Potato and Lentil Dahl

Dahl is something we have every couple of weeks , I find it a strangely soothing dish. Here the addition of some sweet potato makes it a filling meal with some pitta bread or chappati. I leave the seeds whole since I like the crunch but you could definitely grind the coriander.

Sweet Potato Hash with Sausage & Eggs / Eggless Pear Pancake / Finnish Pancakes

Blog Post & recipe: Brunch Recipe: Sweet Potato Hash with Sausage & Eggs

Savory, garlicky sweet potato hash, roasted with sausage and rosemary, and baked the next day with eggs on top.

Blog Post & Recipe: Eggless Pear Pancake

Mix together the dry ingredients. Add in about 3/4 Cup milk and gently stir. Add the grated pear and mix well.

Blog Post & Recipe: Finnish Pancakes

I can either poach 12 eggs and make a Hollandaise sauce with home fries or I can just make this quick Finnish-style pancake, bake it for 25 minutes and serve it all at once. These pancakes are so delicious. They are thin and the texture is like a baked custard.

Basic Turkey Gravy / Butter and Soy Sauce / Sweet Potato Risotto

Blog Post & Recipe: How to: Make Turkey Gravy…Revisited

I figured it was worth publishing my recipe and troubleshooting tips again this year. This recipe does not involve adding wine or herbs, though those things can provide very satisfying results, too. Rather, this version is as basic as turkey gravy recipe can get.

Blog Post & Recipe: The Dynamic Duo: Butter and Soy Sauce

It's a one-two punch that works fantastically with so many ingredients: all manner of mushrooms, asparagus, broccoli, zucchini, shrimp, scallops, flounder fillets and more. First sauté the ingredient in butter, and when it's just cooked through, drizzle in soy sauce. Cook a little more and it's done.

Blog Post & Recipe: Meatless Monday: Sweet Potato Risotto

Most risottos take a fair amount of time and quite of bit of babysitting while you slowly add stock to the rice, gently coaxing it into creaminess. Not this one. Instead, you boil the rice for about 15 minutes, add it to the skillet with the sweet potatoes, onion and ginger, and use the wine and the mascarpone to instantly give you that signature, melt-in-your-mouth, creamy consistency that everyone expects from a risotto.

Concept: cook with butter and soy sauce.

Baked Sweet Potato with Black Beans / Spinach Egg Drop Soup / Halal Cart-Style Chicken & Rice with White Sauce

Blog Post & Recipe: Baked Sweet Potato with Black Beans

You can also bake the potatoes in the oven for a crispier skin (don’t forget to eat the skin – it’s full of nutrients!)

Blog Post & Recipe: Sickies

Swim in a bowl of chicken broth accentuated with ribbons of velvety, beaten egg and shreds of spinach. Let the bright green onions make your taste buds sing.

Spinach Egg Drop Soup

Blog Post & Recipe: Serious Eats' Halal Cart-Style Chicken and Rice with White Sauce

Manhattan is home to many smells, but perhaps the most delicious is the chicken-y, savory scent that emanates from from the city's countless halal carts. Serving lunch to late-night, these carts dish up a container full of chicken rice that tastes like nothing else, crave-worthy and totally singular ... Marinated in oregano, lemon, and coriander, chicken thighs are browned, chopped into chunks and served over a pile turmeric-yellow rice.

Nigella's Sweet Potato Supper / Vietnamese-style Fish Soup / Mackerel with Harissa, Orange & Fennel

Blog Post & Recipe: Nigella's Sweet Potato Supper

Bright orange sweet potatoes roasted with asparagus, pancetta and cloves of garlic...what is not to love?

Blog Post & Recipe: A Vietnamese-style Fish Soup

It's simple, the flavours are clear and it's done cooking in minutes. The broth is excellent on its own but drop some crusty bread into it, let the bread suck up the broth and then bite into the bread

Blog Post & Recipe: Mackerel with Harissa, Orange & Fennel

I used the harissa with some really fresh mackerel fillets, orange and fennel so that I could finally finish off that bloody cous cous that's been lingering in my cupboard for months. A splash of rose water brought it all to life; though quite a summery dish, the fiery spice made it nice and warming.

What makes it easier to eat well? / Use Citrus with US Thanksgiving Food / Roasted Chickpeas

Blog Post: Guest posts: what makes it easier to eat well?

While I have many, many thoughts and opinions on ways to eat healthy food, I’m aware that one perspective can be limited. So I started this series to find out what other people were doing.

Article & Recipes: Use citrus to lighten Thanksgiving meal, not its impact

Whether it comes from orange, lemon or lime, the acid in citrus fruits balances fat, the way vinegar balances oil in a dressing. It invites salt and awakens the palate. Citrus zest offers bite with its intensely fragrant oils. Used together -- as in the lemon-lime sweet potatoes here -- the juice and zest create levels of sweet-sour-bitter

Citrus-Soy Sauce Turkey with Gravy ... Orange Pecan Stuffing ... Sweet Potatoes with Lemon-Lime Vinaigrette ... Citrus Mincemeat Crumb Pie ... Citrus Thanksgiving Side Dish Trio

Recipe: Roasted Chickpeas

Roasting cooked chickpeas in a little oil — first briefly on the stove and later in the oven — leaves their insides tender while adding crunch to their exterior; they make both a great side dish and a perfect snack. After you take them out of the oven, try dusting with a little chile powder, curry powder, or other spice mixture, or drizzle with a little extra-virgin olive oil, some lemon juice, and a lot of black pepper.

Garlic-Roasted Butternut Pumpkin / Creamy Dilled Foil-Packet Fish / Sweet Potato With A Poached Egg & Tangy Arugula Sauc

Blog Post & Recipe: garlic roasted butternut squash [ via ]

Tip: roasted cauliflower is made the exact same way and is a great pairing with the squash. Decrease the cooking time to 25 to 30 minutes.

Blog Post & Recipe: Creamy Dilled Foil-Packet Fish

Main dish in 20 minutes! ... The concoction that gets smeared on these fish fillets plus baking them in foil packets makes them tender, creamy, and full of flavor. Plus it's low in starch, if you're into that kind of thing.

Blog Post & Recipe: Sweet Potato With A Poached Egg & Tangy Arugula Sauce

I also find myself wishing more restaurants made tasty and healthier veggie variations on the classic poached egg meal. So, I’m constantly racking my brain for creative ideas on how to put a tasty twist on it. I’ve made it with an artichoke heart as the base with a red pepper aioli, and I’ve made it with avocado, sauteed tomatoes and shallots and a Greek yogurt hollandaise sauce. My most recent preparation, and perhaps my new favorite, was inspired by a ton of leftover arugula in my refrigerator.

Sweet Potato Parcels / Yoghurt Brulee / Blueberry & Basil Habanero Salsa + 2 Recipes Using It

Blog Post & Recipe: Sweet Potato Parcels

Cut the sweet potatoes in to 1.5cm chunks. Toss with olive oil, salt and pepper.

Blog Post & Recipe: Nigel’s Yogurt Brulee

Tangy and thick Greek yogurt is given the brulee treatment with a light dusting of sugar.

Blog Posts & Recipes: Blueberry and Basil Habanero Salsa followed by Salmon Bulgogi Tacos with Blueberry Habanero Salsa followed by Salmon Bulgogi Quesadillas with Blueberry Salsa

This summer I have had a lot of success in experimenting with fruit and berry salsas like the chipotle cherry salsa and there was one more that I wanted to try, a blueberry salsa with habanero peppers.

Cuisses de Grenouilles (Crispy Frogs’ Legs) / Sourdough Mint Paratha / 8 Vegetable Recipes from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Blog Post & Recipe: Cuisses de Grenouilles or Light and Crispy Frogs’ Legs

Frogs’ legs do not taste like chicken. If they taste like anything, they taste like the crocodile I had in Nairobi

Blog Post & Recipe: Sourdough Mint Paratha / Indian Mint flatbread using Sourdough [ via ]

For those who do not recognize the title, Parathas are Indian flatbreads. Some are filled and some are just plain layered with ghee or oil. This one is more of a roti family, but is a little thicker than roti and has spices and herbs added to it.

Article & Recipes: Hold the steak: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's vegetable recipes

Sweet potato and peanut gratin ... Chard and new potato curry ... Aubergine and green bean curry ... Cauliflower with sumac and seeds ... Chillies stuffed with beans ... Spicy carrot and chickpea pitta pocket ... Mexican tomato and bean soup ... Roasted new potatoes with harissa

Caramelised Onion Flatbread / Sweet Potato Hash with Chorizo & Fried Eggs / Spiced Pickled Cherries

Blog Post & Recipe: De Scott Evans-Caramelized Onion Flatbread

Slowly caramelizing onions is a satisfactory substitute to soup-making; it is a long process that continues to warm the kitchen during the last of the chilly days.

Blog Post & Recipe: Sweet potato hash with chorizo and fried eggs

Peel and cube the sweet potatoes into 1cm chunks. Fry in a pan over a medium heat in olive oil until golden on all sides. Add the spices, stirring to combine. Cook for a couple of minutes more.

Recipe: Spiced Pickled Cherries

While they are delicious and I look forward to experimenting with them, I have so many (filled) jars in my canning cabinet it is a little scary. This way I feel no guilt trying to pickle another fruit. Plus it was a super quick canning project, from start to finish, it only took about 20 minutes.

Melanzane Sott’Olio (Pickled Eggplant) / Cold Borscht / Chicken & Sweet Potato Hotpot

Blog Post & Recipe: Marie’s Melanzane Sott’Olio (Pickled Eggplant) [ via ]

One of the antipasti served at the start of this dinner was a traditional Sicilian pickled eggplant – melanzane sott’olio.

Blog Post & Recipe: cold borscht – chilled beet soup

That tang of the sour cream, the floral cool of the cucumber, the slight bitterness of dill – that’s the stuff you remember years later

Blog Post & Recipe: Angela Hartnett's chicken and sweet potato hotpot recipe

Hotpot is a traditional Lancashire dish made from mutton and topped with sliced potato ... This is my summer version – it has the same characteristics as a solid one-pot wonder, but with lighter ingredients.

Sweet Potato & Brown Rice Salad / Zucchini Silver Dollars / How to Roast Your Own Coffee Beans

Recipe: Sweet potato and brown rice salad

A rustic, nutty little salad I make often.

Blog Post & Recipe: Zucchini Silver Dollars

Growing up, my mother made these frequently – sometimes as a side dish that she served with grilled fish or as a little “nibble” served with cocktails. So, in honor of the current zucchini “bonanza” I pulled this recipe out and decided to give it a bit of a face lift.

Blog Post & Recipe: How to Roast Your Own Coffee Beans

For those of you who just want to test the waters and keep it simple, I am happy to report that you need nothing more than a heavy pan, green coffee beans, and a wooden spoon. Oh, and an exhaust fan: coffee is a spitting, steam-producing dragon in the kitchen, and good ventilation is an absolute must.

Fried Lotus Root with Pork / Tasso Ham Gravy Over Chipotle Sweet Potato Biscuits & Collard Greens / 3 Recipes Using Wheatless Noodles

Blog Post & Recipe: Fried Lotus Root with Pork

4. On a slice of lotus root, place a teaspoon of the filling and spread. Put another slice of lotus root on top and press down to make a sandwich.

Blog Post & Recipe: Tasso Ham Gravy Over Chipotle Sweet Potato Biscuits and Collard Greens [via]

Slice open those beautiful biscuits. Scramble up some eggs, and lay a few slices of the tasso ham right on top. Drown in gravy and serve with a big helping of collards.

Article & Recipes: 'No Wheat' Doesn't Mean 'No Noodles'

But if you take a drive (a short one, I hope) to the nearest Asian grocery, there you will find enough wheat-free noodles to feed a gluten-intolerant army. There are mung bean noodles. There are rice noodles. There are sweet potato starch noodles.

Chap Chae (Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Noodles With Beef, Spinach And Sesame Seeds) ... See-Through Noodles With Ground Pork ... Pad See Ew (Sweet And Savory Noodles)

Sweet Potato Whole Grain Waffles / Crispy Fried Garlic / Sabih

Blog Post & Recipe: Sweet Potato Whole Grain Waffles

Cook in a waffle iron at medium for about 5-7 minutes. These take longer to cook than other waffles we have made.

Blog Post & Recipe: Back to basics - crispy fried garlic 炸蒜米

Crispy fried garlic like crispy fried shallot is very common in S E Asia. Chopped garlic is deep fried till golden it is not bitter but has slightly sweet, caramelised and strong garlicy flavour and deliciously crunchy. Only two ingredients are needed, plenty of garlic and cooking oil.

Recipe: Yotam Ottolenghi's sabih recipe

Iraqi immigrants to Israel in the early 1950s brought with them the fascinating combination of fried aubergine and hard-boiled egg stuffed into fresh pitta (along with plenty of other big-flavoured ingredients). It sounds weird, but it's one of the most exciting street foods you could wish to come across.

Squash Blossom Pesto / Sweet Potato Fries with Orange-Nutmeg Salt / 6 Vegetarian Recipes for the Barbeque

Blog Post & Recipe: Squash Blossom Pesto [ via ]

I simple converted my standard pesto recipe, with the addition of saffron from the abandoned sauce recipe, and magic! A vivid orange sauce, nutty with parmesan and pine nuts with this mysterious undernote. Squash blossoms.

Blog Post & Recipe: Sweet Potato Fries with Orange-Nutmeg Salt [ via ]

The best success I had came at the end of my experimental process. I found that a screaming hot oven, a preheated, well-oiled baking sheet and straight or crinkle-cut sweet potatoes turned 3 or 4 times in the oven yielded the best results.

Blog Post & Recipes: Throw Another Melon on the Barbie

The grill, as everyone knows, is the best place to cook a steak, but that doesn’t mean you have to cook a steak every time you fire up the grill.

Vietnamese-Style Portobello Mushrooms ... Watermelon Burgers With Cheese ... Curry-Rubbed Sweet-Potato Planks ... Teriyaki Cabbage Steaks ... Chili-Rubbed Jicama Steaks With Queso Fresco ... Miso-Glazed Eggplant Slices

Mauritian Peanut Sauce / Sweet Potato Soup / Roast Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Vinegar

Blog Post & Recipe: Easy Mauritian Peanut Sauce

You need to cut everything finely. Chop your tomatoes very finely or simply blend them in a food processor. Also, cut your onions very small.

Blog Post & Recipe: [Dessert] Sweet Potato Soup

The key point of this dessert is to control the sweetness of the soup and texture of the sweet potatoes. The soup base cannot be too bland or too sweet and as for the sweet potato it must not be overcooked or else it will be too soft and affect the overall taste of this dessert.

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Brussels Sprout with Balsamic Vinegar

Ever since I discovered the lazy but healthy way to feed myself, I have been really into cooking foods this way. I’m talking about roasting foods, just like for my baked scallops and spicy potato wedges. Basically, foods are tossed with olive oil, then seasoned with the salt and pepper, before popping them into the oven to let it do its magic. With this method, both the cooking and cleaning up is totally no-fuss.

Making Tortillas / Grilled Vegetables with Balsamic Vinaigrette / White Beans, Sweet Potato & Spinach Tacos

Blog Post & Recipes: Making Tortillas

It is important to note that you will save yourself a lot, a lot, a lot of heartbreak and broken tortillas by lining the top and bottom of your press or pin with plastic wrap, parchment paper or baggies. Especially when working with the stickier dough for flour tortillas, any time saved by skipping this step is just not worth it.

Blog Popst & Recipe: Meatless Monday: Grilled Vegetables with Balsamic Vinaigrette

I’ve started grilling mass quantities of vegetables every few days and keeping them in the fridge, so they’re always ready to go. Making an omelet? Why not throw in some grilled onions, peppers and mushrooms. Need a quick lunch? How about some grilled vegetables and tzatziki in a pita? Add them to fajitas or pasta. Or, warm up the vegetables, and add some crumbled goat cheese for a big grilled vegetable salad.

Blog Post & Recipe: White Beans, Sweet Potato, and Spinach Tacos - A Guest Post by Joanne Bruno of Eats Well with Others

You see, you cook this pound of beans. And then you have dinner halfway prepared for every night of the week! You can throw the beans in salads or pasta or soup! Or my new favorite, which is to grab whatever greens I got in my CSA this week (and we all know that we're all getting greens aplenty in our CSA's. Don't even try to pretend otherwise.), wilt them down and saute them. Mix in my bean-of-choice for the week along with a roasted root vegetable. Season with smoked paprika and chipotle chile powder. Throw into a tortilla shell. Call it a taco or burrito or tostada or whatever Mexican dish pops into your head at that moment. And voila.

Concept: Grilled vegetables kept in the fridge. Line "the top and bottom of your press or pin with plastic wrap, parchment paper or baggies" when making tortillas.