Peppery Oatcakes / Zucchini Soup with Garlic Toasts / Øllebrød med Æggesnaps – Rye Porridge with Creamed Egg Topping

Blog Post & Recipe: There's no Cheddar without an oatcake

However, my favourite was a small oatcake from the selection of Marks & Spencer that was speckled with coarsely ground black pepper.

Peppery oatcakes

Recipe: Zucchini Soup with Garlic Toasts

Here's a great soup for fall. It uses up some of those zucchini and is easy, fast and healthy. I just add wine and chicken broth and fresh chopped chives for added flavor.

Blog Post & Recipe: Øllebrød med Æggesnaps – Rye Porridge with Creamed Egg topping

It’s a dish that is great for using up the leftover end-pieces of Rye bread, but of course it doesn’t have to be leftover bread. It is high in fiber, low in fat and it has a slightly tart taste. It’s a solid meal which leaves you with a sensation of fullness and you often see it feed to babies.

Zucchini & Tomato Flatbread Pizza / Chickpeas with Sage / Stir Fried Chinese Chives

Blog Post & Recipe: Farmer’s Market Flatbread Pizza

I shredded the zucchini, sauteed it with olive oil, and spread it on a toasted flatbread. It got kind of, almost, creamy? Obviously it was a little weird. But totally good.

Blog Post & Recipe: Chickpeas with sage

Using sage from the patio, walnuts from the freezer, leftover chickpeas and butter, I made this instead. It is crunchy, its delicious, it has the subtle fragrance of roasted butter (what the French call beurre noisette). Did you ever try fried sage leaves? You will eat these crispy and dainty gems like popcorn.

Blog Post & Recipe: Stir Fried Chinese Chives | ผัดดอกกุ้ยช่าย

This stir fry of Chinese chives and shrimp is a perfect example. It's made from only four ingredients and literally takes five minutes to cook, but it tastes fantastic. The flavor comes from the Chinese chives, also known as garlic chives because of their very present garlic flavor. To retain as much of this flavor as possible, these chives are stir fried quickly over super high heat for only a minute or two.

Veggie Pizza with Zucchini, Corn, Cilantro & Lime / Fried Sweetbreads with Carrot Salad / Grilled Fish with Basil

Blog Post & Recipe: Summer Veggie Pizza with Zucchini, Corn, Cilantro and Lime [ via ]

This pizza is all about zucchini and corn right off the cob and feta cheese and sprigs of cilantro and all kinds of summery goodness with a big splash of lime to finish it off.

Recipe: Sunday Supper: Fried Sweetbreads with Carrot Salad

Sweetbreads are the thymus or pancreas (neck and stomatch sweetbread, respectively) of a calf. They are subtly flavored and have a delicate texture, and are an excellent introduction to those who are a little wary of offal. Sweetbreads are a treat. This is a simple preparation that adds some crunch to the soft nuggets of sweetbreads.

Blog Post & Recipe: Simple Grilled Fish with Basil

Let me start by saying that I almost always cook bass-like fish whole. Why? They have huge heads for their size, and big, round rib cages. This means you get a paltry yield off them if you try to fillet the fish. Unless you are very good, your yield will be barely 30 percent of live weight. Contrast that with salmon, where you can get upwards of 60-70 percent.

40-Minute Hamburger Buns / Roasted Zucchini Pasta / Greek Style Baked Beans

Recipe: 40-Minute Hamburger Buns

They are substantial enough to stand up to the messiest burger creation without being heavy.

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Zucchini Pasta

This pasta – a big mess of roasted zucchini, garlic and onion tossed with pasta, fresh basil and Parmesan – can stand on its own.

Blog Post & Recipe: Greek Style Baked Beans

These are similar (and I mean similar) to the Greek favourite known as “gigantes plaki”. Gigantes translates as giant baked beans. They are traditionally cooked with a tomato based sauce in the oven and as with many Greek dishes there are a few variations. I’ve used lima beans for today’s recipe but you can use butter beans if you wish. I’ve also added a few extra ingredients to the original recipe my mother makes (I can’t help it!). I like to fry off a little bacon and add some of my home made tomato ketchup and sugar to the mix.

Pan Roasted Okra with Garlic / Zucchini Noodles with Avocado Cream Sauce / Grilled Corn Summer Breakfast Hash

Blog Post & Recipe: Pan Roasted Okra with Garlic

Ingredients

3 cups fresh okra, rinsed, sliced horizontilly in 1 inch pieces
3 cloves fresh garlic, thinly sliced
1-2 tablespoons olive oil
kosher salt

Blog Post & Recipe: Zucchini Noodles with Avocado Cream Sauce [ via ]

Despite my lousy luck, one bright star emerged -- my creamy (without any cream) avocado drenched zucchini noodles (without any noodles) with a sprinkling of romano cheese and red pepper flakes. It's cool and spicy, smooth and rich and not at all what it seems.

Blog Post & Recipe: Grilled Corn Summer Breakfast Hash

It’s chock full of crispy potatoes and soft, sweet and juicy peppers and onions. Some zucchini is in there too because… it’s summer! Have you heard? And obviously the caramely kernels are the best part because who doesn’t like vegetables that taste like candy? I’ll top it with an egg because you deserve it.

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.

Zucchinis & Tomatoes Stuffed with Ground Lamb / Rabbit Stew / Brown Rice, Courgettes & Mint + Roast Plums with Star Anise & Vanilla Cream

Recipe: Zucchinis and Tomatoes Stuffed With Ground Lamb

Mix ground lamb, pine nuts, ground cumin, cinnamons, onion, garlic, and ginger. Loosely stuff the zucchinis and tomatoes with lamb filling.

Blog Post & Recipe: Rabbit stew with apparition of Dave Brock

I'll tell you what else is 'underrated' apart from Elvis, Stereolab, and Radiohead: Rabbit stew. Actually Rabbit isn't 'underrated' at all, rabbit is probably appreciated about as much as it deserves. It's all right, it's just not as nice as fillet steak.

Article & Recipes: Nigel Slater's brown rice and roast plum recipes

Within 15 minutes of starting a classic arborio or carnaroli rice risotto you can feel the grains start to soften. Using brown, round grain rice, I sometimes feel as if I am stirring forever before the grains become silent in the pan – it does take almost twice the time to soften, but the extra time involved for the nubby texture and the way you can scoop up the surrounding sauce with a spoon is worth it.

Brown rice, courgettes and mint ... Roast plums with star anise and vanilla cream

Tomato-Zucchini Tian / Pineapple Habanero Hot Sauce / Jicama & Cucumber Chile Spears

Blog Post & Recipe: Tomato-Zucchini Tian

A tian, according to Slashfood, is a “layered, baked vegetable dish that originated in Provence.” That’s just exactly what this is.

Blog Post & Recipe: Some Like it Hot: Pineapple Habanero Hot Sauce!

Habaneros and pineapples are a great match. Habaneros are fruity and sweet, behind that curtain of heat, and pineapple complements them perfectly.

Blog Post & Recipe: Jicama and Cucumber Chile Spears

Jicama and Cucumber Chili Spears take a mere 10 minutes--just toss your vegetable spears in a bowl with fresh lime juice, chili powder, a pinch of cayenne and salt. Done!

Zucchini Pie with Bacon / 8 Spice Blends / Squash Puppies with Roasted Jalapeño Mayonnaise

Blog Post & Recipe: Zucchini pie with bacon

Call it quiche or pie - either way you'll love the combination of shredded zucchini, smoky bacon and green onions in a cheesy custard base.

Article & Recipes: Spice world

Read about these eight beloved blends from around the globe, then start trying them out at home.

Baharat ... Tabil ... Za’atar ... Ras el hanout ... Herbes de la garrigue ... Berbere ... Panch phoron ... Tempero baiano

Blog Post & Recipe: Squash Puppies with Roasted Jalapeño Mayonnaise

The squash in these Squash Puppies is chopped so finely that it melts into the rest of the batter, giving you balls of cornbread that are as crispy and golden brown as any I’ve ever had. The squash adds the slightest hint of sweetness, not enough to alarm a picky eater, but you’ll know it’s there. It also seems to help the batter form a tighter crumb, so the hush puppies are a little more tender inside but perfectly capable of sopping up ketchup, tartar sauce and Foster’s suggested accompaniment: her Roasted Jalapeño Mayonnaise.

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.

Potted Shrimp / Braised Eggplant & Tomatoes / Charred Corn Tacos with Zucchini-Radish Slaw

Blog Post & Recipe: How to cook perfect potted shrimps

Potted food, according to food historian Bee Wilson, is a descendant of the pie in which the heavy, air-excluding crust ("medieval cling film" as she wonderfully dubs it) has been replaced by a more elegant spiced butter.

Blog Post & Recipe: Recipe: Braised Eggplant and Tomatoes

I like this recipe a lot because it doesn't try and dress up the eggplant with too much oil or gobs of cheese. So often people will fry up their eggplant (which isn't half-bad, I'll be the first to admit) or douse it with loads of olive oil and cheese while baking in the oven. Especially in the hot summer months, it's nice to let eggplant stand on its own as it does here.

Blog Post & Recipe: charred corn tacos with zucchini-radish slaw

It’s this obsession that finally got me to unearth a dish I’ve been meaning to put my spin on for two years ... The dish is called esquites and from what I understand but have sadly not yet experienced yet in person, it is a street snack in Mexico. Corn is cooked in butter with onions, garlic, chiles, an herb called epazote and salt. It’s then seasoned with lime juice, chile powder and served with mayo in small cups.

Concept: potting!

Fried Zucchini with Agrodolce / Easy Indian Cabbage / Homemade Soybean Milk

Recipe: Fried Zucchini with Agrodolce. The recipe comes attached to this interview with Gabrielle Hamilton — "the winner of this year’s James Beard Award for Best New York Chef."

Agrodolce
3 cups cider vinegar
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. chile flakes
3 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
1 cup mint leaves

Blog Post & Recipe: Easy Indian Cabbage recipe

Cabbage and cumin seeds are known to help digestion, making this recipe perfect for your stomach!

Blog Post & Recipe: Homemade Soybean Milk ~ 自制豆奶

You will just need soybeans, water, muslin or cheesecloth and of course a blender. Another good thing about making this at home is that you can adjust the amount of sugar you use in the milk or even add some other flavourings like pandan (screwpine) leaves for added fragrance. The important thing to note is that you can't shirk from the straining of the soybean milk as there are lots of remnants of the soybeans left behind. Apart from that, it is very straightforward and extremely easy to make.

Curried Lamb Shanks / Vegetarian Menu Planning & 5 Vegetarian Recipes / Fried Fish Bones

Blog Post & Recipe: Sunday Supper: Curried Lamb Shanks

These simple curried lamb shanks play on the combination of spice with a little sweetness.

Blog Post & Recipes: the simplest method for weekly [vegetarian] menu planning + a change of plans.

A few months ago now, I wrote an article on my favourite method for menu planning ... I’ve had some great feedback and a few requests for a vegetarian version. So here we are.

the 10 ingredient shopping list ... the pantry checklist ... 5 days of 5 ingredients dinner recipes

lentil ragu with zucchini ‘noodles’ recipe ... broccoli & tofu stir fry ... baked zucchini frittata recipe ... tomato scrambled tofu recipe ... zucchini ‘cabonara’ recipe

Blog Post & Recipe: The Nasty Bits: Fried Fish Bones

Fried fish bones taste like what you imagine of thin and delicate bones: crunchy at the thick parts and crispy at the thin parts, with a slightly fishy flavor. The trick is to leave some of the fish flesh on when you fillet the whole fish, so that the meat clinging to the bone becomes crispy and brown

4 Spanish Recipes / Sunshine Barbecue Chicken / Eggplant Manicotti & 2 Other Recipes

Blog Post & Recipes: My Recipes published at DELICOOKS, and 4 delicious recipes for you to celebrate 3 Years of Blogging!

My Personal Spanish Menu (desserts not included)

Snail and mint Tapa ... Zucchini puree with Iberian Acorn ham ... Potatoes stuffed with Butifarra and grated with Allioli ... Toasted noodles with Palamós fresh shrimps

Blog Post & Recipe: Sunshine Barbecue Chicken

[This bbq sauce is] pretty undutch but at the same time it’s also a lot like our Dutch piccalilli, only in a sweeter jacket and with different vegetables. Very unlike anything I’ve ever tasted in combination with bbq chicken.

Blog Post & Recipes: Deliciously Upsided Down Dinners

I have an awesome new cookbook that I'll be raving about very soon and this Eggplant Manicotti caught my eye. The funny thing is... there is no real manicotti. The "pasta" is actually slices of eggplant with a very tasty filling.

Eggplant Manicotti ... Seared Lamb Chops with Sage, Anchovies & Capers ... Herb & Garlic Orzo

nb. M., I'm introducing your 'concept' tag.
Concept: eggplant in place of manicotti, or canneloni, pasta.

Guacamole / 3 Vegetarian Recipes from Yotem Ottolenghi / 3 Recipes Inspired by Sri Lanka

Blog Post & Recipe: How To Make Guacamole

This is not just a guacamole recipe and preparation, it’s a broader lesson about aromatics and acid and using seasonal foods.

Article & Recipe: A Chef Who Is Vegetarian in Fame if Not in Fact

[Yotam Ottolenghi's] culinary philosophy might be summed up as “Cook food less.” “I keep an ingredient very close to what it looks like naturally,” he said. “I take a vegetable and blanch it, leave it nearly raw. Or grill it and leave the color and the flavor at the center to enjoy.”

Chard Cakes With Sorrel Sauce ... Pasta and Fried Zucchini Salad ... Watercress, Pistachio and Orange-Blossom Salad

Article & Recipes: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Sri Lankan recipes

I'm getting exotic with the local and the home-grown, spicing up my greens from the garden with Sri Lankan flavours, tossing them with homemade curry powder, finishing them with a dash of coconut milk and dishing them up with improvised sambals. It's not an exercise in authenticity by any means, but by goodness it's delicious.

Spring onions and greens with coconut milk ... Bream curry ... Coconut roti

Zucchini Yoghurt Salad / Scandinavian Meatballs / Chipotle Butternut Squash

Blog Post & Recipe: Zucchini Yoghurt Salad -Turkish style Raitha

I make other sides for rice/breads but end up eating the raithas more. This is a simple zucchini raitha Turkish style

Blog Post & Recipe: Scandinavian meatballs

These were fabulous – very moist and tasty. Making the meatballs was slightly labor-intensive, as these were quite sticky during formation. But worth the effort.

Blog Post & Recipe: Chipotle Butternut Squash

I was thinking that the sweet butternut squash would go well tossed with some spicy and smoky chipotles in adobo sauce. I had also recently been remembering a dish where cubed potatoes are fried along with onions until the potatoes are crispy and the onions are caramelized and I figured that that would also work well for this dish ...

Note: This recipe would also work well with sweet potatoes.

Zucchini Fritters / Moong Dal & Red Lentils with Browned Onions / Braised Neck of Lamb with Apricots & Cinnamon

Blog Post & Recipe: zucchini fritters

This batter is beautifully light because of the soda water, but it's also forgiving. Having only one egg, I chucked in a couple of tablespoons of buttermilk last night and by god, it worked. They were even lighter.

Blog Post & Recipe: Dinner Tonight: Moong Dal and Red Lentils with Browned Onions

You could easily substitute all red lentils for this and it would still be pretty good: the real secret is in the fragrant topping, a pile of browned onions, chiles, and spices, bathed in screaming hot ghee and poured over the top of the dish. Once you stir them in, they perfume the humble lentil like you wouldn't believe.

Article & Recipe: Nigel Slater's braised neck of lamb with apricots and cinnamon, and mograbia with bay and cinnamon recipes

I value neck of lamb for its cheap price, sweet fat and almost indestructible nature. The fact that I can make a luxurious supper out of something people boil up for the dog makes me warm to it all the more. Tucked up in a pan with spices and onions, the untidy lumps of meat can cook for a few hours, the toughness and gristle breaking down to soft, spoonable meat and wobbly fat.

Zucchini Meatballs / Pork Hock Ragu / Potatoes with Herbed Curd & Linseed Oil

Blog Post & Recipe: Zucchini Meatballs

These meatballs - or patties, rather - are super-moist because of the cream cheese and grated zucchini in the mixture.

Blog Post & Recipe: Pork Hock Ragu

... it's a two part process, the first being a slow braise until the meat falls off the bone. The second uses the braised meat and it's accompaniments to enrich a sauce base made with leeks, pancetta and tomato.

Blog Post & Recipe: Potatoes with herbed curd & linseed oil - An answer to all questions?

But what really sets this typical weekday dinner apart is the linseed oil. You are supposed to drown the hot, peeled potatoes – seasoned only with some flakes of Fleur de sel or Maldon sea salt – in this golden liquid and mash them until you just can’t help yourself and simply eat it all up.

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

Fennel-Pastrami Gratin / Roasted Marrow Bones with Parsley Salad / One Blogger's Most Popular Posts of 2009

Blog Post & Recipe: Fennel-Pastrami Gratin (this recipe is an entry in a mass fennel-recipe gathering).

Give a fennel some pastrami and they let go of their guards. So imagine what a fennel, fronds and toasted seeds included, would become if cooked in cream with layers of pastrami and yukon gold potatoes.

Blog Post & Recipe: The Greatest Form of Flattery: Blatantly Copying Fergus Henderson’s Roasted Marrow Bones with Parsley Salad

If you can’t find marrow bones (we used beef bones, but veal are very popular as well), talk with your butcher about ordering some. They freeze well and can be used to thicken soups ... and stocks if you prefer not to have them roasted.

Blog Post: Top Ten from 2009

I’ve figured out how to see which recipes received the most attention from readers. So here are the 10 most popular with readers according to the blog counter I use ...

Spaghetti and Meatballs Cake ... Chocolate Zucchini Cake ... Strawberry Tiramisu ... Grilled Shrimp and Bulgur Salad ... Candied Orange Peel ... Stuffed Zucchini ... Zucchini Cheese Scones ... How To Make Homemade Pasta ... Pumpkin Ravioli with Walnut Cream Sauce ... Side Dish Salads