Recipes

Not sure what to cook for the guests coming over this weekend? Or looking to feed your stubborn children some vegetables with a clever cooking hack? Well, I have a recipe for everything. From lip-smacking breakfast, dips, mains to desserts, if you love to cook, this is just where you should be.

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Healthy recipes

Soups

Vegetarian

Blood Orange, Radish and Dill Salad

Certain things are worth waiting for. Blood oranges are one of them. I love all varieties of orange so, to me, blood oranges are like an already pretty woman wearing red lipstick for a special

All Vegetable Tagine

All Vegetable Tagine for The Boston Globe

I wrote this recipe for The Boston Globe earlier. It is a vegetarian tagine with cabbage, potatoes, and carrots cooked in a flavorful sauce. The recipe includes instructions for making it in a tagine as

Chermoula Recipe

Chermoula Recipe: Marinade for Fish and Poultry

AND for vegetables as well. Even though traditionally used to marinate fish, charmoula is truly delightful on anything, from whole fish to fish fillets, to chicken, to beef, to vegetarian dishes of all sorts. If

Meringue

How to Prepare Meringue for Pies and Puddings

When teaching high school students how to make meringue I have found that being the novice cooks as they are it is extremely hard for them to get this meringue correct. I could probably write a book

Yogurt Lamb and Pea Tagine

Yogurt Lamb and Pea Tagine

It’s been a while since I’ve made a tagine. The chicken traybake with olives and preserved lemons that I made a few months ago is probably the closest thing I’ve eaten in a long while. Needless to say, I missed

meatballs

Meatballs with Yogurt Sauce for The Boston Globe

These flavorful meatballs are a great choice for an easy dinner or cocktail party. The creamy yogurt sauce adds a nice cooling contrast making the meatballs light and fresh. Serve them with a side of

Curried Bean Stew

Curried Bean Stew

Curried Bean Stew dish took me to a faraway land of safaris, incredible roses, and Kericho Gold tea. A land whose name means God’s resting place in the language of its people: Kenya. I read about this

Meringue for Pies and Puddings

How to Prepare Meringue for Pies and Puddings

Please welcome our guest, Wanda, from theteachercooks.com When teaching high school students how to make Meringue for Pies and Puddings I have found that being the novice cooks as they are it is extremely hard for them to

Whole Fish Baked in Salt Crust

Whole Fish Baked in Salt Crust

We’ve all either had or heard of Whole Fish Baked in Salt Crust; it’s one of the oldest techniques of cooking fish (as well as chicken, red meat, and vegetables) that seals in the juices