Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged braise, chicken kapama, cinnamon chicken, Greek chicken, kota kapama, lemon, main dish, marinade, pasta, tomato, traditional recipe on 03/01/2009 | 2 Comments »
Ever since I saw a mouth-watering photograph of pastitsio, I’ve been more than a little preoccupied with Greek cooking. I was trolling Recipezaar for ideas and stumbled across this incredible recipe for chicken pieces marianted in lemon juice and braised in a rich tomato sauce with white wine, allspice, cinnamon, and cloves.
Credit: John Carrington/Savannah Daily News
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, tagged salad, tomato, cilantro, quinoa, cucumber, olive oil, quinoa salad, red onion, parsley on 01/28/2009 | 1 Comment »
My friend, Jessica, put together a nice little salad based on quinoa (KEEN-wah), a protein- and fiber-rich grain (or technically, pseudo-grain). Its flavor is slightly nutty and delicious with fish or anything grilled.
-box of quinoa*
-1 cucumber
-1/2 box grape tomoatoes
-1/2 red onion
-1 bunch fresh cilantro (or substitute fresh parsley)
-at least 2 Tbsp. olive oil
-sea/kosher salt and pepper [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged Greek, italian, main, pasta, penne, roast, tomato on 01/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t guessed, I’m a food blog junkie, so it’s no surprise this recipe started with one from a charming blogger, The Wednesday Chef. Chopped, sauteed zucchini might also be nice.
-1/2 c. olive oil, divided
-1 lb. good canned plum tomatoes (or whole, peeled plum tomatoes), halved lengthwise, seeded
-1 tsp. dried oregano, 1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning
-scant [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged beef, italian, pasta, sauce, slow cook, spaghetti bolognese, tomato on 01/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the real deal: beef ragu with tomatoes (not tomato sauce that happens to have a little beef in it). Delicious, and one of my favorite recipes to cook AND eat.
-1T olive oil
-3T butter
-1/2 c. finely diced onion
-2/3 c. finely diced celery
-2/3 c. finely diced carrot
-3/4 lb. ground meat–meatloaf blend (beef+pork+veal). Omit veal if [...]
