Mansaf
Italian Seafood Stew
Colombo Stew (Cooking with Épices de Cru, Pt. 1)
Daring Tamales
Ratatouille New Year
Potatoes au Gratin – Holiday Brunch
Southern Rice and Beans
Daring Mu-Hsu
Canning for the Uninitiated
Za’atar White Bean Salad
Mansaf is considered the national dish of Jordan, where they use it to show respect and hospitality to guests. On the surface, it looks like plain meat and rice, unnaturally dressed up with too much parsley – but if you could smell it, your opinion would quickly change.
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I mostly picked this recipe because it uses a crazy amount of fennel, and a pile of seafood. How often do I get to use fennel in a dish on purpose?
Now that it’s colder, it’s time I start using my Épices de Cru spice blends. The first dish I made is a stew that comes right from their website, with lamb and a few root vegetables.
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This month’s challenge is to make tamales, a Mexican dish made up of a corn dough filled with deliciousness that is steamed in a corn husk.
I’m not sure if this has made me into a Hot Tamale Molly, but I think this is something I could have fun with!
What better way to celebrate the birth of a new year than by baking layers of veggies and watching Pixar? For us, the first day of the new year was spent relaxing in jammies, and Ratatouille – the dish and the movie!
This is the first of my New Year’s resolutions to be completed. (more…)
Ya, that gift is for "you" @blepharisma: Told the hubby that this is on my Valentine's Day wishlist http://t.co/rBN2DN5q #stephfood
Told the hubby that this is on my Valentine's Day wishlist http://t.co/a9nvFYl9 (yes, more spices!) #stephfood
