This week at I Heart Cooking Clubs the theme was procrastinator’s special. From the website: “We all have those recipes that we’ve been meaning to make, yet we keep putting them off. Which recipe have you been procrastinating? And why? Choose any recipe from any of our IHCC Chefs!” Last summer I was in Israel….
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Butternut Squash and Tahini Spread
I Heart Cooking Clubs Potluck Week Chef Yotam Ottolenghi I am recently back from a summer trip to Israel. I went with a laundry list of ingredients to buy, sadly I did not have much time to shop. I managed to buy a few things including this date syrup. I wanted to put my new…
Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts
It is potluck week at I Heart Cooking Clubs and I chose to cook from Yotam Ottolenghi. From Jerusalem A Cookbook I made Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb and Pine Nuts. Not a photogenic meal and I was worried that the eggplant would not survive the move. We served this Turkish style meal with Basmati rice. This…
Cod Cakes in Tomato Sauce
So far I have not made a recipe out of Jerusalem A Cookbook that I did not like and these Cod Cakes in Tomato Sauce are no exception. As with many of the recipes in this book it is a labor of love. My husband said it was too much work but I thought the…
Monthly Featured Chef- Yotam Ottolenghi!
Yotam Ottolengi is our featured chef this week at I Heart Cooking Clubs. I handed my husband Jerusalem A Cookbook and told him to pick a recipe. He asked if it could be one we have made before and I said yes. My poor husband he gets a dish he likes and chances are he…
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…
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…
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