Pureed Beets with Yogurt and Za’atar: July Potluck!

We were invited to a Dip Party.  The invitation stated “We are going to party like it is 1976 and bring back our groundbreaking world famous Dip Contest Party. Make, buy or steal your your favorite party dip and the winners in the sweet and savory categories will receive mad prizes”. We were game for…

Beef and Cheese Manicotti

July Mystery Box Madness Challenge! Make a dish containing at least 3 of the monthly mystery ingredients.  Three of this month’s ingredients jumped out at me when I read them:  mozzarella cheese, pasta and parsley.  I was in the mood for some Italian food so I suggested a few recipes to my husband and he picked Beef…

Sweet and Sour Fish

It is Mystery Box Madness Challenge time again for I Heart Cooking Clubs. From the list of this month’s eligible ingredients I chose:  white fish, bell peppers and cornstarch.   We made marinated sweet and sour fish from Jerusalem A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. With olive oil in an ovenproof pan I…

IHCC May Potluck! Basil Pesto

I Heart Cooking Clubs May Potluck A simple Saturday night supper, pesto.  My basil plant was very full and needed to be used.  I chose Giada De Laurentiis basil pesto recipe from Everyday Italian.   We have not had basil pesto pasta in a long time so we enjoyed this meal.  Pretty straight forward recipe….

Marinated Strawberries over Pound Cake

I have had my eye on a new cooking group for a while, I heart cooking clubs (IHCC).  This group features 12 chefs. Two of the chefs that I have cookbooks for are Giada de Laurentiis and Yotam Ottolenghi.  I thought I would jump in this month with their current cooking challenge,  Mystery Box Madness…