Fresh Herbs
14 April 2010 by
Jean Johnson
Flash cooking is the heart of my kitchen scene. It nets me plenty of fresh seasonal vegetables in short order--warm salad style. I've talked about it many times here on the blog, but people resonate with the idea so, that we did a video. It's a 6 minute clip from ...
Posted in Beans, Cheese, Dinner, Fall, Flash Cooking, Food Thoughts, Fresh Herbs, Getting on a Roll, Kitchen Tips, Lunches, Salads, Seasonal, Sides, Spring, Thrift, Ultrafast, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Video | 3 Comments »
25 March 2010 by
Jean Johnson
Grow Your Own, the third book in the measurefree kitchen companion trilogy is underway. Here's one from the Leafing Out in Spring chapter.
One secret of this take on tabbouleh is making it the way they do in the Levant--where as my friend Rula Awaad-Rafferty observes, “it’s about the green, ...
Posted in Fresh Herbs, Salads, Seasonal, Spring, Whole Grains | Add a Comment »
19 June 2009 by
Jean Johnson
It started with Cucumber Melon Soup in Cooking Beyond Measure (page 105)--this business of whizzing up delicious concoctions in the blender.
Historically, of course, my affair with blended things began with smoothies in the Sixties--the old faithful banana-yogurt-honey-wheat germ routine. Given such a sagacious history, it hasn't been ...
Posted in Drinks, Equipment, Fresh Herbs, Fruit, Soups, Spring, Summer, Vegetables | 1 Comment »
28 March 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Soupy Soup, a dish from Cooking Beyond Measure, is named after the elderly lady doggie who used to live next door. The spring day I first pulled the soup together, the weather was warm enough to draw me and my bowl outside. Who was waiting by the daffodils but the ...
Posted in Beans, Cheese, Dinner, Flash Cooking, Flavor, Fresh Herbs, Lunches, Soups, Spring, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Winter | 3 Comments »
16 March 2009 by
Jean Johnson
Who says tabbouleh must always be made with Bulgar wheat and the requisite parsley and mint. Surely not a creative cook who understands grain salads. Ditto for Spring Salad on a Theme of Radishes and Jicama from Cooking Beyond Measure. No need to start with spaghetti squash if there's a ...
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3 March 2009 by
Jean Johnson
I talked to my bud Matt yesterday. His kids have both been down with the flu. It's almost the same here as I've been nursing a cold. What to do other than get the soup pot on and review my fav book, Laurel's Kitchen.
Golden Noodle Soup from Laurel's ...
Posted in Beans, Books, Blogs & Links, Fresh Herbs, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter | 4 Comments »
9 May 2008 by
Jean Johnson
A restorative spring cuppa. Nothing more than fresh mint leaves. Let them steep a few minutes in boiling water and you'll have a lovely, invigorating drink.
Mint's everywhere now. A single bunch will make some tea, go minced into a dish of spring peas, or make whatever whole grain salad you're pulling ...
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18 April 2008 by
Jean Johnson
If you've got a clump of chives by your back door, you'll know that it's chive season. Perfect green spearlets of mild, oniony flavor. None of the yellow tips that appear later in the season when the plants grow thirsty.
Sour cream and chives on nice bakers, of course, and ...
Posted in Flavor, Fresh Herbs, Kitchen Garden Thoughts, Playing with Your Food, Spring, Thrift, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian | Add a Comment »
14 March 2008 by
Jean Johnson
At least I think there was a dance called the savoy shuffle back in the Roaring Twenties. At any rate, savoy cabbage is a whole lot more fun that regular old plain cabbage. If you find some of this crinkly, almost psychedelic cabbage there's no end to what you can ...
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9 January 2008 by
Jean Johnson
This takes me back to Bangkok where I watched the gracious Daeng Arporn Punlert make tom yam goong, or hot and sour shrimp soup, many times. Here's what I wrote down one day while she was in action:
Hot and Sour Thai Soup
Recipe Note
Boil the shells from your prawns in a pot ...
Posted in Culti-Multi Food, Family, Friends, & Love, Fish, Flavor, Fresh Herbs, Putting Up Food, Scratch Cooking, Soups, Vegetables | 5 Comments »