Bryan occasionally brings home Chana (Chole) and Bhatura for supper when he is working at the office near Toronto. Right now, he is on vacation and asked if I could make it for him. I could not find an exact recipe for this spicy vegetarian dish so I did my best to recreate it.
He loved [...]
Archive for July, 2008
chana masala—my first attempt
Posted in Recipes, tagged chana masala, chickpeas, Indian food, Recipes, vegan, vegetarian on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
spinach salad with red currant vinaigrette
Posted in Recipes, tagged camp cookbook, camping food, food, red currant vinaigrette, salad, spinach salad on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Back in April I was invited to “cake day” at my friend Samantha’s house and I decided I was going to make something from my repetoire of salad recipes. I’m always playing with new ideas for salads and this one has become a favorite among even the pickiest people in our family. I included the [...]
red pepper jelly
Posted in Miscellaneous, Recipes, tagged jellies, jelly, preserving, red pepper jelly on July 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
A few years ago my sister and her husband introduced me to a yummy snack—crackers with cream cheese and red pepper jelly. Yesterday afternoon I decided that it was high time I tried to make homemade red pepper jelly. My recipe filled 4 one cup jars but I left lots of headroom. Along the way [...]
time to experiment
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged mahlab, mahleb, spices on July 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Those who know me well also know that I like to experiment and nothing fascinates me more than a new ingredient that I have no idea how to use and that I haven’t heard of before.
This time that ingredient is something called Mahleb which is also known as Mahlab, Mahalab, Mahlepi or Mahlebi. Mahleb has roots in [...]
