Tag: healthy

Simple Quinoa Salad with Fresh Vegetables

Simple Quinoa Salad with Fresh Vegetables

Now that the weather is getting warmer it’s a great time to visit your local farmer’s market. There are plenty of fresh vegetable, herbs, and fruits to enjoy. Here is a simple recipe for quinoa salad that I made using fresh vegetables from my local 

Shio-koji Tomato Sauce

Shio-koji Tomato Sauce

This past weekend’s Sunday brunch was whole wheat cous cous, organic eggs sunny side up, and shio-koji tomato sauce. This tomato sauce came out really great so I wanted to share it with everyone. It’s actually even better the next day! Shio-Koji Tomato Sauce 2 

Today’s Cooking in English: Passover Special

Today’s Cooking in English: Passover Special

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(above: matzo ball soup)

The next Cooking in English Passover Special will be held this Saturday, March 23!

 

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In today’s Cooking in English class we made traditional Passover dishes using seasonal vegetables and other fresh ingredients.

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This is a sweets and savory dish called Tzimmes. It is made with sweet potatoes, carrots, prunes, celery and honey.

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This is a roasted asparagus salad with arugula, grapefruit, and pine nuts.

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This is my vegetarian interpretation of the traditional seder plate. Instead of using a shank bone I used a parsnip.

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These are macaroons, a traditional passover dessert. While this recipe usually calls for eggs and white sugar, I used brown rice syrup an no eggs. These vegan macaroons came out great !

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I will be holding the next Cooking in English: Passover Special class this Saturday, March 23.