Tasty things
This is an ongoing list of things we've eaten and liked, kept at the front so it's easy to find when I need cooking inspiration. Feel free to look for ideas, or to ask me for more details!
Meaty things
lamb chops on greens salad
pork slow-cooked in green salsa
pork slow-cooked with vinegar and bay leaves
date and lamb tagine (or apricot and lamb)
oyster frittata
squid thing (squid, sausage, tomato sauce, peas)
fried little fish (smelts, sardines, etc.)
broiled trout with sage and butter
smoked salmon/trout on rice with nori or kale with umeboshi vinegar
rabbit in wine with herbs or leeks
bread-roasted chicken
Soupy things
fondue
karhi (Madhur Jaffrey vegetable soup thickened w/ garbanzo flour, and tomato)
Thai red curry simmer sauce with veggies
chickpea soup with tomato and lemon
black bean soup
herby squash soup w/ creme fraiche and pumpkin seed oil
Hamud-ajiaco hybrid: chicken soup w/ potatoes, leeks, corn and dill, served w/ lemon and capers
Harira: Moroccan bean and beef stew with tomato, saffron, and herbs
Veggie/Salady things
muhammara: roasted red peppers, walnuts, lemon, cumin, garlic, bread, and pomegranate molasses
gai lan/ yu choi with mushrooms and oyster sauce and tiny fish
Japanese sweet potatoes
sesame five spice dipping sauce for steamed veggies
bake night: beets, carrots, cauliflower, leeks, sweet potatoes
leeks pan-braised w/ thyme and wine and oil
soba with chevre, lentils, carrots and greens
tomato and cucumber salad with lemon and sumac
greens salad with tomato and Asian pear
megadarra (lentils and rice with carmelized onion on top)
regular lettuce or arugula with beets and blue cheese, dressed w/ lemon and oil
Israeli couscous dressed while hot with cooked mix of onion, garlic, zuke, tomato, cumin, coriander, urfa biber (Turkish pepper), oil, and lemon
Young fava or edamame with dilly rice and garlic yogurt
Panzanella: garlic rubbed bread w/ tomatoes, oil, lemon, basil, and salt
Zucchini cooked with tomato, tequila, and garam masala: becomes apple
Zucchini cooked with greens and kimchee, served over rice
Starchy things
wheatberries in pressure cooker
popovers
Sally Lunn bread
pita bread
Sweet things
gingersnaps w/ 3 kinds of ginger
orange salad
blackberry buttermilk sorbet
cocoa sorbet
walnut caramel chocolate tart
orange sherry olive oil cake
chocolate mousse
milk pudding
quinoa pudding
baked rice pudding
clafouti
Nantucket cranberry pie
Nutella bread pudding
berry/pear/apple cobbler or crisp
Meaty things
lamb chops on greens salad
pork slow-cooked in green salsa
pork slow-cooked with vinegar and bay leaves
date and lamb tagine (or apricot and lamb)
oyster frittata
squid thing (squid, sausage, tomato sauce, peas)
fried little fish (smelts, sardines, etc.)
broiled trout with sage and butter
smoked salmon/trout on rice with nori or kale with umeboshi vinegar
rabbit in wine with herbs or leeks
bread-roasted chicken
Soupy things
fondue
karhi (Madhur Jaffrey vegetable soup thickened w/ garbanzo flour, and tomato)
Thai red curry simmer sauce with veggies
chickpea soup with tomato and lemon
black bean soup
herby squash soup w/ creme fraiche and pumpkin seed oil
Hamud-ajiaco hybrid: chicken soup w/ potatoes, leeks, corn and dill, served w/ lemon and capers
Harira: Moroccan bean and beef stew with tomato, saffron, and herbs
Veggie/Salady things
muhammara: roasted red peppers, walnuts, lemon, cumin, garlic, bread, and pomegranate molasses
gai lan/ yu choi with mushrooms and oyster sauce and tiny fish
Japanese sweet potatoes
sesame five spice dipping sauce for steamed veggies
bake night: beets, carrots, cauliflower, leeks, sweet potatoes
leeks pan-braised w/ thyme and wine and oil
soba with chevre, lentils, carrots and greens
tomato and cucumber salad with lemon and sumac
greens salad with tomato and Asian pear
megadarra (lentils and rice with carmelized onion on top)
regular lettuce or arugula with beets and blue cheese, dressed w/ lemon and oil
Israeli couscous dressed while hot with cooked mix of onion, garlic, zuke, tomato, cumin, coriander, urfa biber (Turkish pepper), oil, and lemon
Young fava or edamame with dilly rice and garlic yogurt
Panzanella: garlic rubbed bread w/ tomatoes, oil, lemon, basil, and salt
Zucchini cooked with tomato, tequila, and garam masala: becomes apple
Zucchini cooked with greens and kimchee, served over rice
Starchy things
wheatberries in pressure cooker
popovers
Sally Lunn bread
pita bread
Sweet things
gingersnaps w/ 3 kinds of ginger
orange salad
blackberry buttermilk sorbet
cocoa sorbet
walnut caramel chocolate tart
orange sherry olive oil cake
chocolate mousse
milk pudding
quinoa pudding
baked rice pudding
clafouti
Nantucket cranberry pie
Nutella bread pudding
berry/pear/apple cobbler or crisp