Need something delicious to go alongside your main dish? Easy, tasty side dishes and salads are the answer!
Succulent, flavoursome roasted vegetables and fluffly, perfectly cooked rice! Roasted vegetable rice pilaf is baked in one pan for an easy side dish or tasty vegetarian dinner. I am always on the lookout for a better way to cook rice. It’s not that rice doesn’t come out nicely when I…
Juicy, savoury, succulent and packed with wonderful flavour, these baked garlic mushrooms are easy to make, and their secret ingredient will make sure they become a family favourite! We get a weekly organic vegetable box delivery, and it almost always has mushrooms in it. Which is fine, because we like…
Looking for something wonderful to read? Raising Sparks, the terrific debut novel by Ariel Kahn, is full of food, Jewish mysticism, and a thrilling journey through modern Israel. Something a bit different from my usual recipes and general stream of conciousness today. Raising Sparks is the debut novel by Ariel Kahn, and…
Tender-crisp green beans, in a sweet, spicy Asian-inspired sesame dressing. Simple and delicious, packed with vitamins and minerals. Do you ever become obsessed with a new ingredient and use it in everything? Or go through phases when a single favoured food pops up in everything you cook? I seem to…
With crispy golden edges and a meltingly soft, delicious interior, this gorgeous leek and potato kugel is a glorious twist on tradition. My new year’s resolution should be being more decisive. Or not. Hmmm…. Do you suffer from indecision? I do. Only recently I received two lovely looking leeks in…
Nutty, buttery, savoury kasha with mushrooms. Recipe from Paola Gavin’s book Hazana: Jewish Vegetarian Cooking. Traditional Jewish food can sometimes seem a bit meat-centric, so I was giddy with delight when I discovered this beautiful new recipe book by Paola Gavin. It’s stuffed to the gills with delectable Jewish vegetarian recipes…
Deeply savoury roasted vegetables, crunchy sweet cucumbers & peppers, and a creamy tahini dressing, make for a deliciously hearty barley salad. Does anyone else quake with dread at the words “three day yomtov”? When Rosh Hashanah starts on a Wednesday evening you know you’re in for SIX big festive meals…
Fresh crisp courgette noodles – or “zoodles!” – are tossed with olives, ripe juicy tomatoes, & a creamy avocado dressing, for a delicious summer lunch or side dish. Do you ever start cooking with a clear idea in mind, only to change pretty much everything before you’re done? That’s what…
A sumptuous curried potato salad with baby new potatoes in a creamy, sweet-tangy dressing, fragrant with spices & mango chutney. A great summer side dish! Hot and cold Summertime Shabbat lunches = salad. When the weather warms up, if the food isn’t cold, then I don’t want to know. It’s too…
Sweet, tangy, crunchy, tender & crisp, this gorgeous summery spinach salad has it all! Beautiful ripe strawberries & a light dressing make the flavour pop. There are so many reasons why I love this strawberry cucumber spinach salad! Mostly, it’s because it tastes like summer in a bowl and is…
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