Entries Tagged as ‘vegetarian’

November 9, 2009

Mustard-y Mustard Greens

Quick side dish.

November 7, 2009

Sweet Potato Gnocchi w/ fried sage and gorgonzola cream sauce

This was quite a project, but it ended up being a delicious combination. I relied chiefly on these two recipes for inspiration.

November 6, 2009

Carrot Fingers

I wanted to make something creepy looking for Halloween. This is what I came up with (got the idea off a Web site).

November 5, 2009

Pumpkin Hummus

This really adds something nice to the flavor of hummus, and is a good use for roasted pumpkin flesh.

November 3, 2009

Roasted Pumpkin Flesh

I roasted some of the pumpkin we cut up for Halloween, and the byproduct made it into two dishes: hummus and chili. Here’s the easy building block that gets you started.

November 2, 2009

Recipe Variation: Pumpkin Banana Bread

One of my pumpkin-themed dishes of the night. I would have gone with regular pumpkin bread, but considering we had rotting bananas around, figured I might as well use both.
I followed the recipe I used for blueberry banana bread with a few changes. One, no blueberries. Also, I used just two bananas, and added a [...]

October 27, 2009

Wax beans with basil and pistachio

The nuts and basil here kind of gave a pesto quality to these beans.

October 26, 2009

Flatbreads with goat cheese, almond sauce, arugula and caramelized shallots

I was attempting to recreate an appetizer I had at PS7’s, which boasts one of my favorite DC happy hours. They have a flatbread they call “nutty goat”. Two problems with my version: 1) The flatbread base I used was kind of crappy B) Found out afterwards they used drunken goat, which is a very [...]

October 20, 2009

Brussels Sprouts with Cipollini Onions

Another recipe from the We Love DC story. I did not, however, use the 1 stick of butter recommended – I couldn’t do it.

October 18, 2009

Spicy Broccoli Rabe

So easy, so yum. The blanching really helps with the bitterness that broccoli rabe sometimes has, and meant that it didn’t end up undercooked after a quick sautee.