Coconut cauliflower soup with Thai green curry paneer and veggie stew over rice, sprinkled with soy nuts
Archive for June, 2010
Osaka Express (loop sushi!)
For loop lunchers, this express sushi spot is the best I’ve found thus far. Their online ordering made pick-up quick and easy. My order consisted of a spicy scallop roll, 4 pieces of hamachi sashimi, and edamame. ($15) Everything was tasty and well packaged.
Oh fennel, oh fennel
I really want to like fennel, but I don’t. I bought fennel at the farmers’ market and I couldn’t get it down. I write this off to a dislike of black licorice, fennel, anise seed flavor… sad.
Seasoned with Love
My friends laugh at how seriously I take my seasoning. They note that I put a pile of kosher salt in my left palm, lean to about 5″ from whatever I’m seasoning, and visually monitor the equal distribution of salt across my food.
If you want a quick, easy way to elevate your cooking, watch how and what you season and taste everything along the way.
Summer salad
Thanks to my local farmers’ market at Melrose/Broadway, I am equipped with a medley of veggies to make a colorful summer salad.
Summer salad
-corn on the cob (cut off kernels after cooking)
-baby heirloom tomatoes (never refrigerate your tomatoes!)
-cucumber
-anaheim pepper (not spicy)
-fresh parsley
-salt
-pepper
simple dressing
-olive oil
-fresh lime juice (not from those little green bottles)
FMIOTW: Kohlrabi
Sometimes called a ‘German turnip’, this veggie is best raw. The bottom bulb tastes like broccoli stems but its texture is softer, like an apple. I sliced it thinly and tossed it in a salad with a lemon dill dressing.
The greens of kohlrabi are good! They have a slight broccoli flavor with the texture of kale.
FMIOTW runner-up: Black turtle beans
Yum! Freshly picked black beans are awesome! Here’s an easy rice and bean dish:
Black beans and greens
-black beans
-Kohlrabi greens
-white onion
-garlic
-freshly ground, toasted cumin
-cayenne pepper
-fresh cilantro
-fresh oregano
Load all these things in a pressure cooker and let it simmer for 30 minutes. (beans require a pressure cooker!!)
Make white rice and a sunny-side up egg, First rice, then beans, then the egg on top. Yum!
