Archive for the 'Recipes' Category
Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce
April 10th, 2008This is another great recipe taken straight from Simply Recipes. It is actually very simple to make. Just make sure you have two big pans, with one of them cast-iron ideally.
1/2 pound penne pasta
Salt
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 cups chopped onion (about 1 large onion)
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Dash red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon fresh […]
Seared Tuna with Basil Oil
August 19th, 2007This one is from the website of the Food Network — which, by the way, has a lot of great recipes. Make sure that the middle of the tuna is nearly raw, otherwise it’s not properly seared.
4 quarts water
Salt
2 cups packed basil leaves
1 cup plus 1 teaspoon olive oil
4 (6-ounce) sashimi grade tuna steaks
1/4 teaspoon […]
Fettuccini with Creamy Tomato Sausage Sauce
March 25th, 2007This is a very simple Italian dish that can be prepared in less than an hour and is best eaten with wine. This recipe is taken from Simple Recipes, which adapted it from an old issue of Bon Appetit.
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 shallots, chopped
2 large garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
1/2 pound […]
Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli
November 16th, 2006Another recipe taken from the magazine Fine Cooking.
10oz. broccoli crowns, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3/4 lb. sweet Italian sausage, skinned and crumbled into 1-inch pieces
3 cloves garlic, very thinly sliced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
8 oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained and cut into thin strips
1 Tb chopped fresh thyme
3/4 lb. dried […]
Siga (Beef) Wat
June 16th, 2006If you’ve never tried Ethiopian food, you should. It’s tasty and fun to eat since you use your hands. Siga wat is one of the standard dishes, and it’s best eaten with injera (traditional spongy Ethiopian bread; your best bet is to buy some at an Ethiopian market/restaurant, if there is one nearby, since I […]
Thai Fried Rice
April 16th, 2006This is a quick and simple recipe for Thai fried rice that I put together from a few separate recipes. The only thing I have to say is make sure your stove gets hot enough!
3TB oil
1/2 lb. chicken
1 egg
1tsp fish sauce
2tsp soy sauce
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1tsp Thai curry paste
1-2 cups of sliced vegetables
1 cup rice
1 […]
Korean-style Pepper Steak
October 23rd, 2005Courtesy of Men’s Health, this is pretty tasty.
1/2 lb sirloin, sliced diagonally into thin strips
1 cup bite-size pieces red or green bell pepper (or 1/2 cup of each)
2 Tbsp reduced-sodium soy sauce
Plus: 1 tsp sugar; 1 1/2 tsp olive oil; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 1 tsp red-pepper flakes
Dump all the ingredients into a large ziplock […]
Peanut Butter and Banana Shake
October 14th, 2005Here’s another one
2 scoops protein powder
1 tablespoon peanut butter
2 cups skim or low-fat milk
Half a banana
1 table spoon honey (optional)
Blend all the ingredients in a blender and drink away. If you like peanut butter and bananas, you’ll find it’s a great-tasting shake. If you don’t, you’ll probably find it gross.
(I personally haven’t tried this […]
Entrecote Steak
March 26th, 2005I was trying to think of a meal to make at home, since I’ve been eating out so much lately, when I remembered the steaks I ate almost daily while in Paris a few years ago (at the brasseries). After a brief search on the web, I found a recipe that sounded pretty similar to […]
Bend it Like Aloo Gobi
August 17th, 2004I was browing the bonus material on the Bend it Like Beckham DVD recently (good movie, go watch it) and found a cool unexpected bonus: a recipe for my favorite Indian dish, aloo gobi. During this short 10-minute clip, the director of the movie (a British Indian woman) prepared the dish for us just like […]