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Summer = Tomatoes!

Aug 29

Posted by adit in american, italian | No Comments

Unlike supermarket tomatoes, the red color here actually is related to how good they taste!

Nothing novel here, of course. Ujj’s garden’s tomatoes are just reaching full ripeness, so we are about to be deluged… in the meantime, part of our lunch today included some tomato slices, topped with fresh basil, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and some salt and pepper. The only thing missing was some fresh mozzarella, but we were out…

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Cakey Buttermilk Pancakes

Aug 22

Posted by suneel in american | 2 Comments

8/30/10 – OK so Jen reminded me that I’m not the only one who can be creative in cooking. She had added some vanilla to the recipe to add a little sweetness. Also if you increase the recipe by 50%, it will be enough to serve 4 adults and 2 kids. I had forgotten to put that in my previous post so here it is updated…

8/22/10 – Jen made these this morning, and they were delicious! Original recipe calls for blueberry maple syrup but we used lots of fresh berries and some powdered sugar over the pancakes. Very fluffy and yummy. Perhaps it was all of that butter…

Source: Aida Mollenkamp on foodnetwork.com

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups well-shaken buttermilk
1/2 cup melted unsalted butter plus 2 tablespoons for cooking
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder

Directions

In a large bowl sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Beat the eggs with the buttermilk and melted butter. Combine the dry and the wet ingredients into a lumpy batter, being careful not to over mix, see Cook’s Note*.

Heat some butter in a skillet over medium heat. Spoon 1/3 cup of batter into the skillet and sprinkle the top with some of the blueberries. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with fresh fruit.

*Cook’s Note: Over mixed batter will result in flat, heavy pancakes.

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Tags: breakfast, fruit

Zucchini Bread… errr, Cake?

Jun 19

Posted by adit in american | No Comments

Zucchini Bread

So a friend of mine at work has a garden and one of the items he is growing is zucchini. He calls me one day to ask if I’m a fan and I say sure, I like zucchini. The next day he gives me the largest zucchini I think I have ever seen. I feel bad that I didn’t take a picture of it before starting to shred it for this recipe, but it was about 10 inches long and 5 inches thick (ok, get all of the dirty thoughts out of your head!). Having gotten so big, it wasn’t the most flavorful zucchini, so it was more suited to making zucchini cake… that’s right I said CAKE. Not sure why it is called bread (only because you make it into a loaf and slice it like bread), but it is made the way cake is made, so I’m calling it as such.

The recipe below is pretty standard zucchini bread recipe, so there’s really no source for this. Just do a google search and you’ll find a dozen recipes that are very similar to this one. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tags: dessert, zucchini

Fennel Soup

May 30

Posted by adit in american, easy | No Comments

Fennel soup may sound a little strange, but this is one of the best soups I’ve had/made in a while. This recipe is slightly modified from one I found on gourmet.com. Seems like something that would be difficult to make, but it is incredibly easy. In fact, it is so flavorful that you don’t even need to use stock when making this. Water will do just fine.

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Mushroom Burgers With Almonds and Spinach

May 23

Posted by ujjaini in american, fusion | No Comments

In our attempt to consume less packaged food items, we have stopped buy veggie burgers. This means we are also trying to break away from the “vegetarian burgers = beans” mode. Here is one of our favorites so far.
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Spinach Salad With Seared Shiitake Mushrooms

May 23

Posted by ujjaini in american, italian | No Comments

This is a great salad to serve guests or to toss for yourself on a weekend Italian dinner night.

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Bulgur Veggie Burgers with Lime Mayonnaise

May 14

Posted by ujjaini in american, fusion | No Comments

We are weaning ourselves off store bought veggie burgers and trying different ones ourselves. Here is one that we really like.
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Tags: bulgur, burger, vegetable

Cold Avocado Corn Soup with Cilantro Oil

May 14

Posted by ujjaini in american, easy | No Comments

I am giving Gourmet magazine credit for this one because that is where I got the original recipe, but the way we ended up making it was quite different (and much easier) but equally yummy. I have included a link to the original recipe if you want to check it out.
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Tags: avacado, cold, soup