Serves 8 12 ounces lite tofu 6 cloves garlic 1 cup chopped fresh basil 4 tablespoons olive oil 1/8 teaspoons finely chopped fresh ginger zest of one lemon salt and pepper to taste [...]
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Pomegranate Walnuts Sauce Makes 3 cups 6 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 4 cloves garlic 1 tablespoon fresh ground coriander seeds 1 tablespoon fresh ground cumin seeds 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts 1/2 [...]
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Talk about an easy dish, vegan and gluten free dish that can satisfy the most demanding taste bud. http://www.youtube.com/user/sanaacooks#p/u/1/bx-O57YdKU8 Ingredients: 6 large baking potatoes 6 cloves garlic, mashed 1/2 teaspoon paprika 2 olive oil 1/2 cup lemon juice zest of one lemon 1/2 cup tahini* 1 teaspoon freshly ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground ginger 1 [...]
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We all know how important spices have been over the centuries in improving the taste of food. Equally important, perhaps, is the role of spices and herbs in folk medicine. Before chemicals were used in curing and healing, folk medicine was the sole source of curing people’s ills. One imagines that, by accident or by design, [...]
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In my home tomatoes are one type of vegetable we can’t do without. We eat them raw, cooked, chopped, sliced, and whatever other way there is to ingest them. We eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and for snacks when there is no meal on the table. The food literature I’ve been reading tells [...]
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Some of the best dishes in every cuisine in the world has been developed from the creativity of ancient cooks who refused to throw away food that is not fresh either because of poverty orbecause the lack of access to plentiful ingredients. In the Mediterranean, bread was a basic ingredient that should never be wasted. Cookes used dry and [...]
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When my husband’s sister, Virginia, was alive, she kept the entire family amused by denying her age. Some people call it “lying” about one’s age, but with Virginia, we always called it “being in denial.” For example, one day at lunch, her daughter told us that she was having her 50th birthday the second day. [...]
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