This Cream of Celery is wonderful eaten hot or cold. My mom used to make a version of this when I was little, and although it sounded like nothing, it was always so savory and velvety, always a treat. This version uses coconut milk and it gets as tasty as the original. The addition of fennel seeds really makes this soup stand out.
In a large pot, bring the vegetable broth to a boil. Add the celery, the potato, the sea salt and pepper and parsley. Cover, lower the heat and let simmer for 1 hour.
Remove from the heat, add the coconut milk and transfer all but 1 cup of soup to a blender. Process until smooth. Return to the pot with the leftover cup. Mix well and adjust seasonings if needed. Bon appรฉtit!
Dans une grande casserole, porter le bouillon de lรฉgumes ร รฉbullition. Ajouter le cรฉleri, la pomme de terre, le sel de mer, le poivre et le persil. Couvrir, rรฉduire le feu et laisser mijoter pendant 1 heure.
Retirer du feu et ajouter le lait de coconut. Transfรฉrer la soupe dans un mรฉlangeur, en gardant 1 tasse de cรดtรฉ. Mรฉlanger jusqu’ร l’obtention d’une texture lisse. Remettre dans la casserole et incorporer la tasse de soupe mise de cรดtรฉ. Bien mรฉlanger et ajuster les assaisonnements au goรปt. Bon appรฉtit!
Spaghetti squash is one of my favorite things to roast. I used to dislike it so much, but in time, I realized that the reason I did was because of the way it was cooked. I can’t say it enough, here, al dente is king! After getting the cooking part right, I started experimenting with flavors and toppings. In the interest of keeping things super simple, my go-to recipe is this Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Spinach and Cherry Tomatoes. You can find below the steps I take to roast the squash. I hope you enjoy it as much as I now do.
Preheat oven to 400หF. Cut the squash lengthwise and scoop out the seeds and webbing using a spoon. Place the squash halves, cut side up, on a parchment-lined baking sheet Drizzle a generous amount of olive oil into the cavity and season with sea salt and pepper. Using your hands, rub the olive oil on all surfaces of the squash halves. Turn them cut side down, place two garlic cloves in the cavity under each half and poke the skin of the squash with a small knife, maybe 2-3 times.
Transfer to the oven and roast 30-40 minutes, depending on the size of your squash, until tender but not mushy. Remove from oven and let cool slightly. When ready to eat, using a fork, fluff and scrape the flesh, making strands as you go. Keep in the half skins or transfer to a platter. Serve with your favorite sauce or topping. Bon appรฉtit!
Prรฉchauffer le four ร 400หF (200หC). Couper la courge en deux sur la longueur et retirer les graines. Placer les moitiรฉs, face coupรฉe vers le haut, sur une tรดle prรฉalablement recouverte de papier parchemin. Arroser d’un gรฉnรฉreux trait d’huile d’olive et frotter avec les mains. Assaisonner ensuite de sel de mer et de poivre. Retourner les moitiรฉs la face coupรฉe vers le bas et dรฉposer deux gousses d’ail sous chacune de celles-ci. ร l’aide d’un petit couteau, faire 2-3 incisions dans chacune des moitiรฉs.
Placer au four et rรดtir pendant 30 ร 40 minutes, selon la grosseur de la courge. Ne pas trop cuire, comme elles sont bonnes al dente. Retirer du four et laisser reposer quelques minutes. Au moment de servir, gratter la chair de la courge ร l’aide d’une fourchette. Servir dans les pelures ou transfรฉrer sur une assiette de service. Napper de votre sauce prรฉfรฉrรฉe et le tour est jouรฉ! Bon appรฉtit!
This Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Spinach and Cherry Tomatoes recipe is one of those dishes you can make anytime, anywhere, and for anybody. It is sure to please, even the kids, and it requires only fresh, everyday ingredients. If you’ve never cooked a spaghetti squash before, please check here for step-by-step instructions. This whole dish can be made in the oven, all at once. How’s that for healthy AND easy?
Preheat oven to 400หF. Place the tomatoes and two whole cloves of garlic, peeled, in a roasting pan. Drizzle generously with olive oil and sprinkle with some sea salt and pepper. Transfer to the oven and roast for 40-45 minutes.
Cut the squash lengthwise and scoop out the seeds and webbing using a spoon. Place the squash halves, cut side up, on a parchment-lined baking sheet Drizzle a generous amount of olive oil into the cavity and season with sea salt and pepper. Using your hands, rub the olive oil on all surfaces of the squash halves. Turn them cut side down, place two garlic cloves in the cavity under each half and poke the skin of the squash with a small knife, maybe 2-3 times.ย Transfer to the oven and roast 30-40 minutes, depending on the size, until tender but not mushy. Remove from oven and let cool slightly.
When ready to eat, using a fork, fluff and scrape the flesh of the squash, making strands as you go. Keep in the half skins or transfer to a platter. Using a fork, mash the tomatoes and the garlic cloves to make the sauce, mixing well as you go. Feel free to add the peeled cloves that cooked under the squash. To serve, place some spinach on top of the squash and top with the sauce. Garnish with fresh basil, if desired. Bon appรฉtit!
Prรฉchauffer le four ร 400หF (200หC). Dรฉposer les tomates et deux gousses d’ail pelรฉes sur une tรดle de cuisson et arroser gรฉnรฉreusement d’huile d’olive. Assaisonner de sel de mer et de poivre et bien remuer. Mettre au four et rรดtir pendant 40 ร 45 minutes.
Couper la courge en deux sur la longueur et retirer les graines. Placer les moitiรฉs, face coupรฉe vers le haut, sur une tรดle prรฉalablement recouverte de papier parchemin. Arroser d’un gรฉnรฉreux trait d’huile d’olive et frotter avec les mains. Assaisonner ensuite de sel de mer et de poivre. Retourner les moitiรฉs la face coupรฉe vers le bas et dรฉposer deux gousses d’ail sous chacune de celles-ci. ร l’aide d’un petit couteau, faire 2-3 incisions dans chacune des moitiรฉs. Placer au four et rรดtir pendant 30 ร 40 minutes. Retirer du four et laisser reposer quelques minutes.
Au moment de servir, gratter la chair de la courge ร l’aide d’une fourchette. Servir dans les pelures ou transfรฉrer sur une assiette de service. ร l’aide d’une fourchette, รฉcraser les tomates et les gousses d’ail et bien mรฉlanger la sauce. Pour servir, garnir la courge d’รฉpinards frais, napper de la sauce et garnir de basilic frais, si dรฉsirรฉ. Bon appรฉtit!
We have left Portland Riverside Retreat only a few days ago, and I already miss it terribly. It always takes me some time to let go of a place and ground myself into another. There are those few days that I feel somewhat โin the airโ. Itโs especially true when it’s a place that left such a strong impression on my soul. That feeling when a place feels so much like home, so much part of you from the moment you arrive. Maybe some flashbacks from a past lifeโฆ
There is undeniably something calling me to Jamaica and this time, on the river, it’s like I discovered the absolute core, that precise pressure point from which this love originates. In Swift River, the natural beauty is abundant, the shades of green are unlimited, and the respect for the land is palpable.
The kids and I had the absolute delight of being hosted by Miss Claudette and Mr. Landy. They are some of the very best and most loving humans I have been blessed to meet in my life. I felt a wave of comfort and love from the minute I was greeted by Miss Claudette. A beautiful woman with a cheerful attitude and a contagious laugh, she really spoiled us from the beginning. I mean, being offered a fresh soursop juice on arrival! How did she know that was my favorite?
The home itself is brilliant. Miss Claudette keeps a clean house. Everything is tidy, the kitchen is spotless, itโs as if my mom lives there. The beautiful woodwork throughout the house makes you want to linger and enjoy the simple moments. In the bright kitchen, it always smells nice. Miss Claudette definitely knows what sheโs doing in there. We were kept fed and happy, making our way through plantains, smoothies, an abundance of fresh fruits, and wonderfully tasty plant-based meals. Everything is made from scratch, using what is available at the moment. Miss Claudette gets a lot of her ingredients from their farm, which is located a short driving distance from the retreat. We all loved snacking on sugar cane while drinking a peanut smoothie. Pure bliss.
When we arrived to Portland Riverside Retreat, we were at the beginning of our third week in Jamaica. It was time for some laundry. I had bought some laundry detergent wanting to wash some clothes by hand, and asked Miss Claudette for a washing basin. She offered to put the clothes in the machine for me, but seeing my enthusiasm in hand washing, she quickly suggested I do it at the river. That was revelation time. Something as simple as doing laundry in the river can truly take you back to the real life. Using a source from nature to accomplish an otherwise mechanical task really resets your system and makes you appreciate the simple, little things. I don’t appreciate my washing machine more, but I appreciate nature and what it allows me to accomplish.
The river, because of its self-cleaning properties, is the source of life here. It feeds and cleanses the body, it brings water to the roots from which the food grows, and it gives life to the multitude creatures participating in the ecosystem. You feel its energy when you drink from it, when you wash in it, and when you are simply swimming in it.
And thanks to the river, Portland Riverside Retreat boasts many fruit trees like banana, plantains, coconut, and mango. During a hike to a nearby spring, Miss Claudette showed us many other trees like jackfruit, mammee, and something we never had before, rose apples. The kids fell in love with the floral aroma of the unique fruit and were inspecting every single rose apple tree to see if any ripe ones were still hanging low. Known also by its scientific name Syzygium jambos, the rose apple tree, indigenous to Southeast Asia, has been naturalized to Jamaica. It grows nicely on the riverbanks, and I might have to find a way to plant one in Arizona.
Kids eating rose apples found by the river.
The retreat is also surrounded by growing pineapple. Pure, organic sugar loaf pines. They are of such beauty and majesty. Mr. Landy takes good care of the garden and the farm. The kids loved reasoning with him and asking questions. Heโs a man of presence, kindness and zen. Along with Miss Claudette, they are the perfect balance, a pair that simply vibrates different.
The whole time we were there felt like we were away from the world. In a very good and blissful way. All we wanted to do was enjoy the river and its serenity. You donโt need wifi, music, or even books. Nature is running the show. We would wash ourselves in the river and head to bed early. One last game of Uno before I close my eyesโฆ I was always the first one asleep, and would rise with the birds and the sun, always refreshed after at least ten hours of deep, restful sleep.
One day, we planned a visit to Moore Town with Maurice from Kromanti. I wanted to explore the sites and waterfalls dedicated to Queen Nanny of the Maroons. Back in the 18th century, Nanny and other enslaved people sought refuge from the brutal slave society in the mountains, where they established a Maroon community. In 1720, Nanny had become the leader of the Maroon settlement, Nanny Town, in the Blue Mountain region. She now appears on the five hundred Jamaican dollar bill and has been declared a national hero.
That whole day was a blessing. I felt the love, bathing under those beautiful falls with the strong presence of Nannyโs spirit. The kids enjoyed the experience very much and collected many medicinal herbs along the way, all of them explained in detail by Maurice. They were like little sponges with all the new information. They still talk about the falls, about Nanny and about Josephโs Coat. If you go to Nanny Falls soon, you might even see the makeshift raft the kids put together with bamboo logs they found lying around.
The rest of our days flowed comfortably. We enjoyed the spring, the hike, the absolutely exquisite food and simply living to the beat of the river. Before we knew it, it was our last morning, our last swim. I always get emotional the day of departure. Tears flow. How do you leave such a place? A place that changes the way you view the world, the way you understand your kids, and the way you interact with nature. Mr. Landy looked at me and said: โYou’re doing good. Keep on trodding. Go with love in your heart.โ I will always remember his wise words and I am leaving only with the certainty that Iโll be back.
A stay at the stylish Sea Urchin, all the feels at YS Falls, and miles of unspoiled, vast beaches. The south coast of Jamaica really has a vibe all its own.
There’s always this unique feeling in me when I’m in Jamaica. It’s something deep I can’t really explain. And many years ago, I stopped questioning it and decided to just keep coming back as often as I can. I’m experiencing this strong and loyal feeling right now, as we are on our second week of a month-long adventure on the island. I have to say, this last year has brought many blessings upon our family, and being able to “bring school” with us has been completely life-changing.
Leaving from Miami, we landed in Kingston, after a quick and uneventful 90-minute flight. I later found out that landing in Montego Bay would have saved at least an hour in driving time to Treasure Beach. We rented an SUV (recommended in Jamaica, because potholes), and headed west to spend the first leg of our trip in Treasure Beach, in the parish of St. Elizabeth. St. Bess, as it is locally known, originally included most of the western part of the island and was the largest parish of the island. It is now the second largest, since Westmoreland was taken from it in 1703, and a part of Manchester as well, in 1814.
The Parishes of Jamaica
Early settlement in St. Elizabeth began in the Pedro Plains. The Taรญnos, an Arawak people and the first known inhabitants of Jamaica, were established along the coast. When Europeans started occupying “discovered” land, a.k.a. colonizing, in the late 15th century, the Taรญnos were the main inhabitants of most of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. Taรญno indigenous groups are still present in the region today and you may even find remnants of pottery if you look around the fields, especially after a rainfall.
With all this mystic, it is clear why it feels so special in Treasure Beach. The beaches dotting the coast line are raw and natural, making it enticing for the kids’ curiosity. There is so much to see and do, and the kids were lucky enough to spot an octopus going about the reef! The sea can be rough in certain areas, but there are many quiet coves where the water is tranquil and swimming is chill and enjoyable.
Of all the memories we carry back from Treasure Beach, the one about the melody of the wind will always give me goosebumps. You see, my Jamaican trips are usually filled with music, but in Treasure Beach, we rarely listened to music. There seemed to be no need to add to the already complete song of the breeze.
The pace on the south coast brings you back to simpler days. Your body adapts to the movements of the sun and the moon, and you adjust your internal rhythm to Mother Nature’s heartbeat and simply allow yourself to be. After spending a week in excessive Miami Beach, the change of pace was most welcome, and staying at Sea Urchin was the perfect landing spot for the beginning of our month on the island.
Sea Urchin Villa, in Old Wharf
The house is gorgeous, appointed cleverly, and complete with everything you need. Everywhere you turn, you find beauty, purpose and intention. It was the perfect home to support our mission for relaxation, offering many different spaces to unwind, read, hang out, and play. We filled our mornings with swimming at the beach, after which we would do school work (although a bit reluctantly) and then have lunch. The afternoons were made for lounging at the house, escaping the hot midday sun. We would then return to the beach to enjoy a refreshing sunset swim. A dream routine! And speaking of routine, Rama was even able to take a bike for a spin one morning toward the Great Pedro Bluff.
“But Karine, what about the food?”, I hear you say… Clearly, all this lounging was obviously punctuated by intentional food. Now, I can’t be the only one with a sweet spot for Jamaican food! Well, Sea Urchin didn’t let me down either. Tamesha and Catherine spoiled us from the very beginning with the most delicious meals and the freshest fruits. The kids were always excited to see what was for dinner and I think they might even give me the side eye when we return home. I admit, it was quite a treat to be cared for and nourished for a whole week, something I have never experienced before in such private and gorgeous settings.
Even though we took it slow the whole week, we managed to drive into the vibrant town of Black River, the capital of the parish, to replenish our fruit stash at the farmers market. We also had the chance to experience YS Falls, a beautiful seven-tiered falls set in the middle of beautiful gardens and everything nature has to offer. Jumping off the cliff and swinging from a rope over the water truly made me feel like a kid again. The kids (the real ones) had fun doing the zip-line over the falls and jumping again and again in the beautiful natural pools of water. What I thought would be a quick sightseeing visit ended up being a three-hour stay.
Our week in Treasure Beach was relaxing and grounding. We spent some wonderful family moments that will stay in our hearts forever. It was my first time visiting that part of Jamaica, and I can wholeheartedly say that I will return. After meeting a resident on the beach a few times and exchanging thoughts, something clicked. You come to Treasure Beach for peace, tranquility and mystical history. We are grateful for all the ones who made this first week so magical and promise to return. One complete love.
A creamy and plant-based take on an Italian classic, this Pasta al Limone with Asparagus is quick to make and completely decadent. Pretty enough for company, it can also satisfy weeknight cravings, as it takes less than 30 minutes to put together.
4 spring onions, sliced thin, or 1/2 onion, chopped
2 cups fresh asparagus, sliced thin on the diagonal
4 cloves garlic, minced
3 wide and long strips of lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes
4 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
Juice of 2 lemons
Sea salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
Cook pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water until al dente. Drain, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Meanwhile, make the Lemon Cashew Cream by blending all the ingredients in a high-speed blender until smooth. Set aside.
In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the spring onions and the asparagus. Season with salt and cook, stirring, until just beginning to take on color, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic, the lemon zest and red chili flakes, and cook 1 minute more. Add the lemon cashew cream, the lemon juice, the pasta, and stir well until well-coated, adding some of the pasta cooking liquid, as needed. Add 3 tablespoons of the fresh basil and season to taste with sea salt and pepper. Divide among bowls and top with remaining fresh basil. Bon appรฉtit!
Une version vรฉgรฉ d’un grand classique italien, ce spaghetti al limone avec asperges est rapide ร prรฉparer et totalement dรฉcadent. Bien que ce plat soit assez joli pour une soirรฉe entre amis, il est aussi parfait pour un soir de semaine, comme il ne requiert moins de 30 minutes en temps de prรฉparation.
Author:Karine K
Prep Time:5 minutes
Cook Time:25 minutes
Total Time:30 minutes
Yield:2 portions 1x
Ingredients
Scale
Pour la crรจme de noix de cajou au citron :
1/2 tasse de noix de cajou brutes
1/2 tasse d’eau
2 c. ร soupe de jus de citron
1/4 c. ร thรฉ de sel
Pour les pรขtes :
8 onces de spaghetti, ou de pรขtes au choix
2 c. ร soupe d’huile d’olive
4 oignons de printemps, tranchรฉs mince, ou 1/2 oignon, hachรฉ
2 tasses d’asperges fraรฎches, tranchรฉes mince sur la diagonale
4 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
3 longues et larges bandes de zeste de citron
1/4 c. ร thรฉ de flocons de chili broyรฉs
4 c. ร soupe de basilic frais, hachรฉ
Jus de 2 citrons
Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
Instructions
Cuire les pรขtes dans un grand chaudron d’eau bouillante salรฉe jusqu’ร ce qu’elles soient al dente. รgoutter en rรฉservant 1 tasse du liquide de cuisson. Pendant ce temps, mรฉlanger tous les ingrรฉdients de la crรจme de noix de cajou au citron dans un mรฉlangeur haute-vitesse. Rรฉserver.
Dans une grande poรชle, chauffer l’huile d’olive ร feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter les oignons de printemps et les asperges. Assaisonner de sel de mer et cuire, en brassant souvent, jusqu’ร ce que les lรฉgumes ramollissent, environ 3 minutes. Ajouter l’ail, le zeste de citron et les flocons de chili, et cuire pendant 1 minute de plus. Ajouter la crรจme de noix de cajou, le jus de citron, les pรขtes, et mรฉlanger vigoureusement jusqu’ร ce que les pรขtes soient bien enrobรฉes de sauce, en ajoutant du liquide de cuisson. Ajouter 3 c. ร soupe de basilic frais et assaisonner au goรปt de sel de mer et de poivre. Servir dans des assiettes creuses, garni du reste de basilic frais. Bon appรฉtit!
This Spring Minestrone will use up all the bounty of the season. It is delicately flavored with fennel seeds and finished with a nice dose of fresh herbs. The addition of serrano chile makes it just the right amount of spicy. This Spring Minestrone is healthy, alkaline and truly flavorful. Make this part of your spring!
1/2 or 1 whole serrano chile, minced (I like spicier)
3 wide strips of lemon zest
2 leeks, white and light green parts only, cleaned, halved lengthwise and sliced in 1/2″ half moons
1 fennel bulb, sliced thin
8 oz. sugar snap peas, sliced thin on the diagonal
1 bunch asparagus, trimmed and sliced thin on the diagonal
2 cups spinach
1 cup sweet peas, fresh or frozen, then thawed
3 teaspoons fresh parsley, chopped
2 teaspoons fresh tarragon, chopped
2 teaspoons fresh chives, chopped
Sea salt and pepper
Instructions
In a large soup pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the fennel seeds and the garlic and cook, stirring often, until the garlic is softened but not gold, about 2 minutes. Add the scallions, serrano and lemon zest. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the scallions are soft, about 5-6 minutes.
Add 7 cups of water to the soup pot. Increase the heat and bring to a simmer. Add leeks, fennel, snap peas and asparagus. Season with a generous pinch of sea salt, reduce heat to medium and let simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Add the spinach and the peas and cook for another minute. Remove from the heat and add the fresh herbs. Season to taste with sea salt and done. Bon appรฉtit!
Cette belle soupe minestrone printaniรจre, vรชtue de vert, vous fera profiter au maximum des bienfaisances de la saison. On la parfume dรฉlicatement avec des graines de fenouil et on termine l’assaisonnement en beautรฉ avec une bonne dose d’herbes fraรฎches. L’ajout d’un piment serrano รฉpice le bouillon de faรงon รฉquilibrรฉe, pour une soupe santรฉ, alkaline, et tout-ร -fait goรปteuse. Un pur plaisir!
Author:Karine K
Ingredients
Scale
1/4 tasse d’huile d’olive
1 c. ร thรฉ de graines de fenouil
4 gousses d’ail, tranchรฉes mince
6 oignons verts, hachรฉs
1 piment serrano, รฉmincรฉ
3 larges bandes de zeste de citron
2 poireaux, la partie blanche et vert pรขle seulement, lavรฉs, coupรฉs en deux sur la longueur, et coupรฉ ensuite en demi-lunes de 1/2 pouce (1.25 cm)
1 bulbe de fenouil, parรฉ et tranchรฉ mince
8 onces de pois mange-tout, tranchรฉs mince sur la diagonale
1 botte d’asperges, parรฉes et tranchรฉes mince sur la diagonale
2 tasses d’รฉpinards
1 tasse de petits pois sucrรฉs, frais ou surgelรฉs (dรฉcongelรฉs)
3 c. ร thรฉ de persil frais, hachรฉ
2 c. ร thรฉ d’estragon frais, hachรฉ
2 c. ร thรฉ de ciboulette fraรฎche, ciselรฉe
Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
Instructions
Dans un grand chaudron ร soupe, chauffer l’huile ร feu moyen. Ajouter les graines de fenouil et l’ail, et cuire en brassant souvent pendant 2 minutes. Ajouter les oignons verts, le piment serrano et les bandes de zeste de citron. Cuire, en brassant ร l’occasion, jusqu’ร ce que les oignons verts soient tendres, environ 5 ร 6 minutes.
Ajouter 7 tasses d’eau au chaudron et augmenter le feu ร moyen-รฉlevรฉ, jusqu’ร ce que le bouillon mijote. Ajouter les poireaux, le fenouil, les pois mange-tout et les asperges. Assaisonner gรฉnรฉreusement de sel de mer, rรฉduire le feu ร moyen et laisser mijoter pendant 5 minutes, ou jusqu’ร ce que les lรฉgumes soient tendres. Ajouter les รฉpinards et les pois sucrรฉs et continuer de cuire pendant une minute. Retirer du feu, ajouter les herbes fraรฎches et assaisonner au goรปt de sel de mer et de poivre. Bon appรฉtit!
Greek Potatoes with Tzatziki? For sure we’re all in! This recipe is easy to put together, tasty and pretty. The hardest part might be to find a plant-based yogurt that’s worth the try. Luckily, not too long ago, I discovered the cashew yogurt by Forager, and I couldn’t be happier with how versatile the plain version is. It allowed me to indulge in one of my favorite sauce, the Indian raita, and it shines here in this bright and tangy tzatziki, which is somewhat the Greek version of raita. I promise that once you’ll try this potato recipe, you’ll be making it on the regular.
1 1/2 cup plant yogurt of choice (I love cashew yogurt)
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cucumber, grated
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Sea salt
Small handful fresh dill, chopped
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 450หF. In a large mixing bowl, mix the potato wedges, olive oil, oregano, rosemary, garlic powder, paprika, sea salt and pepper to taste, until well coated. Arrange the potato wedges on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Turn the wedges and put back to bake for another 10 minutes. Raise the heat to 500หF and bake the potato wedges for an additional 5-10 minutes, or until done.ย
While the potatoes are baking, using a fork, mash your minced garlic into a paste with a pinch of sea salt. In a small bowl, mix the garlic with the olive oil and let rest. Place the grated cucumber in a colander, sprinkle with some sea salt and let drain about 30 minutes. After, squeeze the leftover water from the cucumber and add to a mixing bowl. Add the yogurt, the garlic-infused oil, the lemon juice and some sea salt, to taste. Let rest. Before serving, stir in the fresh dill. Once the potato wedges are done, remove from the oven and transfer to a serving platter. Garnish with the fresh dill and the lemon zest, and serve alongside the tzatziki. Bon appรฉtit!
Difficile de croire que certains n’aiment pas les pommes de terre. Du coup, quand on parle de pommes de terre ร la grecque, on voit bien que les tรชtes se retournent. Cette recette est incroyablement facile ร rรฉaliser et divine au goรปt. La partie la plus compliquรฉe est sรปrement de trouver un yogourt vรฉgรฉtal digne de ce nom. J’ai dรฉcouvert, il n’y a pas si longtemps, le yogourt ร la noix de cajou, et je dois avouer qu’il me plaรฎt bien. Il me permet aussi de rรฉaliser la fameuse raita, un plat d’accompagnement essentiel ร la cuisine indienne. Je vous invite ร essayer cette recette, qui vous plaira, j’en suis certaine.
Author:Karine K
Prep Time:5 minutes
Cook Time:40 minutes
Total Time:45 minutes
Yield:4 portions 1x
Method:Au four
Ingredients
Scale
Pour les pommes de terre:
1 kilo (2 livres ) de pommes de terre, lavรฉes et coupรฉes en 4 ou en 6 pointes sur la longueur
1/3 tasse d’huile d’olive
2 c. ร thรฉ d’origan sรฉchรฉ
2 c. ร thรฉ de romarin sรฉchรฉ
1 c. ร thรฉ de poudre d’ail
1/2 c. ร thรฉ de paprika
Poignรฉe d’aneth frais, hachรฉ
Zeste de 1 citron
Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
Pour la tzatziki:
1 1/2 tasse de yogourt vรฉgรฉtal, au choix (j’aime bien le yogourt aux noix de cajou)
4 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
2 c. ร soupe d’huile d’olive
1 concombre, rรขpรฉ
Jus de 1/2 citron
Sel de mer
Poignรฉe d’aneth frais, hachรฉ
Instructions
Prรฉchauffer le four ร 225หC (450หF). Dans un grand bol, bien mรฉlanger les pommes de terre, l’huile d’olive, l’origan, le romarin, la poudre d’ail, le paprika, le sel de mer et le poivre, au goรปt. Dรฉposer les pointes de pommes de terre sur une tรดle de cuisson prรฉalablement recouverte de papier parchemin. Mettre au four et cuire pendant 15 minutes. Tourner les pointes et remettre au four 10 minutes de plus. Augmenter la tempรฉrature du four ร 260หC (500หF) et continuer de cuire les pointes de pommes de terre pendant 5 ร 10 minutes de plus, ou jusqu’ร ce qu’elles soient tendres et croustillantes.
Pendant que les pommes de terre cuisent, rรฉduire l’ail รฉmincรฉ en purรฉe avec une fourchette et en y ajoutant une pincรฉe de sel. Dans un petit bol, mรฉlanger la pรขte d’ail avec l’huile d’olive et laisser reposer. Placer le concombre rรขpรฉ dans une passoire, saupoudrer de sel de mer et laisser รฉgoutter pendant environ 30 minutes. Par la suite, retirer l’excรฉdent d’eau du concombre en essorant avec les mains et dรฉposer dans un bol ร mรฉlanger. Ajouter le yogourt, l’huile et l’ail, le jus de citron et du sel de mer, au goรปt. Laisser reposer. Avant de servir, incorporer l’aneth frais. Une fois les pommes de terre prรชtes, dรฉposer sur une assiette de service. Garnir de l’aneth frais et du zeste de citron. Servir avec la sauce tzatziki en accompagnement. Bon appรฉtit!
I know you’ll love this Cumin Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini Sauce. It’s savory, earthy and tangy. You’ll love it as a side dish, but you might also do like me and eat the whole head of cauliflower as a meal, with a side of diced avocado. The recipe is super simple and yields two servings as a side dish. It would be lovely served with falafel and hummus. Try it now and let me know what you think.
2 cloves garlic, minced and mashed into a paste with a fork
Juice of 1/2 juicy lemon
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon minced cilantro
Sea salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
Heat oven to 475หF. In a large bowl, toss together the oil, cumin, garlic powder, cauliflower florets, 1 teaspoon sea salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper until well coated. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake until the cauliflower is cooked through and charred in spots, about 25-30 minutes.
While the cauliflower is roasting, mix the tahini, garlic paste, lemon juice, and the water in a small bowl. Add sea salt and pepper, to taste. Remove the roasted cauliflower to a serving bowl, top with the tahini sauce and garnish with the fresh cilantro. Bon appรฉtit!
Je suis certaine que vous aimerez ce chou-fleur rรดti au cumin avec sauce tahini. On y dรฉcouvre une saveur robuste et acidulรฉe. Vous l’aimerez comme plat d’accompagnement, entre autres. Ou vous ferez comme moi et dรฉvorerez la tรชte de chou-fleur entiรจre ร vous seul, comme repas, avec un ร -cรดtรฉ de cubes d’avocat. Cette recette est toute simple, prรชte en 30 minutes, et vous donnera deux portions comme plat d’accompagnement. On peut le servir avec des falafels et du hummus, pour un repas รฉpatant. Essayez-le et donnez-moi des nouvelles!
Author:Karine K
Prep Time:5 minutes
Cook Time:25 minutes
Total Time:30 minutes
Yield:2 portions 1x
Method:Au four
Ingredients
Scale
1/4 tasse d’huile d’olive
4 c. ร thรฉ de cumin moulu
1/2 c. ร thรฉ de poudre d’ail
1 tรชte de chou-fleur, sรฉparรฉe en fleurons
1/4 tasse de beurre de sรฉsame
2 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes et rรฉduites en purรฉe ร l’aide d’une fourchette
Jus de 1/2 citron bien juteux
1/4 tasse d’eau
1 c. ร soupe de coriandre fraรฎche รฉmincรฉe
Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
Instructions
Prรฉchauffer le four ร 245หC (475หF). Dans un grand bol, mรฉlanger l’huile, le cumin, la poudre d’ail, les fleurons de chou-fleur, 1 c. ร thรฉ de sel de mer, et 1/2 c. ร thรฉ de poivre. Dรฉposer les fleurons sur une tรดle de cuisson, prรฉalablement recouverte de papier parchemin et cuire au four jusqu’ร ce que le chou-fleur soit tendre et bien rรดti ร certains endroits, environ 25 ร 30 minutes.
Pendant la cuisson du chou-fleur, mรฉlanger le beurre de sรฉsame, la pรขte d’ail, le jus de citron, et l’eau dans un petit bol. Ajouter du sel de mer et du poivre, au goรปt. Une fois le chou-fleur cuit, retirer du four et placer dans un bol de service. Napper de la sauce au beurre de sรฉsame et garnir de la coriandre fraรฎche. Bon appรฉtit!
Jackfruit Pot Pie time is now! For my take on this beloved classic, I use jackfruit in lieu of chicken. To be completely honest, you can’t notice the difference. And that’s what makes jackfruit such a favorite when it comes to replacing meat in a dish. As far as I can remember, pot pies were one of my absolute favorite things my mom used to make. She would make hers with a crust on the bottom AND on the top. And truly, it’s the dough for me. She would make a creamy bรฉchamel and then add many vegetables: carrots, celery, onions, parsnips, red peppers, and mushrooms. For this recipe, feel free to use the vegetables you most like in a pot pie. Just make sure to add them according to their cooking time. You can use regular dough, but for this one, I used flaky puff pastry, just to be extra! I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we did!
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1 tablespoon butter, coconut oil or vegan ghee, melted
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375หF. In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, garlic, and the thyme sprig. Sautรฉ, while stirring, until the vegetables start to soften, about 3-4 minutes. Add the jackfruit and cook for 2 minutes, stirring often. Remove the vegetables to a bowl and set aside.ย
In the same pot, melt the butter. Add the flour and whisk until the mixture starts to turn gold, about 1-2 minutes. Add the warm milk slowly, while whisking, ensuring the mixture thickens. Add the broth and whisk. Add the garlic powder, the onion powder, the fresh thyme, the nutmeg, and the sea salt and pepper.ย
Add the vegetables back to the pot, as well as the green peas. Heat through. Place the mixture in a 8 x 11 1/2-inch baking dish. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the puff pastry sheet to a 9 x 13-inch rectangle. Lay the pastry over the baking dish and gently tuck in the overhanging pastry. Using a sharp knife, cut 4 slits in the top of the pastry. Brush the top of the pastry with the melted butter or vegan ghee, and set the pie on a rimmed baking sheet. Place in the oven and bake for about 1 hour, until the puff pastry is golden brown and the filling is bubbly. Let stand for 30 minutes before serving. Bon appรฉtit!
Quel plaisir quand maman faisait des pรขtรฉs au poulet! J’aimais tant! Et ma partie prรฉfรฉrรฉe, c’รฉtait la croรปte. Elle mettait souvent une croรปte en dessous et une croรปte sur le dessus. La garniture, faite ร partir d’une bรฉchamel crรฉmeuse, รฉtait remplie de lรฉgumes variรฉs, comme des carottes, des oignons, du panais, des poivrons rouges, et des champignons. Pour cette version, on peut utiliser les lรฉgumes qui nous branchent. Assurez-vous seulement de les ajouter selon leur temps de cuisson. Vous pouvez aussi utiliser une pรขte rรฉguliรจre, mais j’ai dรฉcidรฉ d’y aller pour une pรขte feuilletรฉe. Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas le fruit du jacquier, il s’agit en fait du fruit le plus gros au monde. Un fruit peut peser jusqu’ร prรจs de 40 kilos! On le retrouve frais, dans les marchรฉs ethniques, mais surtout en boรฎte, dans plusieurs marchรฉs locaux. Il est important d’acheter le fruit dans la saumure et non dans le sirop. J’espรจre que vous aimerez autant que nous!
Author:Karine K
Cook Time:1 heure 15 minutes
Total Time:11 minute
Yield:8 portions 1x
Method:Au four
Ingredients
Scale
2 c. ร soupe d’huile d’olive
1 oignon, en dรฉs
1 tasse de carotte, en dรฉs
1 tasse de cรฉleri, en dรฉs
3 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
1 branche de thym frais entiรจre
2 boรฎtes de jackfruit (dans la saumure), rincรฉ, รฉgouttรฉ, et dรฉchiquetรฉ avec les mains
4 c. ร soupe de beurre
3 c. ร soupe de farine
2 tasses de lait vรฉgรฉtal, rรฉchauffรฉ
1 tasse de bouillon de lรฉgumes
1/4 c. ร thรฉ de poudre d’ail
1/4 c. ร thรฉ de poudre d’oignon
1/2 c. ร thรฉ de thym frais, รฉmincรฉ
1 pincรฉe de muscade
1 c. ร thรฉ de sel de mer (ou au goรปt)
1/2 c. ร thรฉ de poivre (ou au goรปt)
3/4 tasse de petits pois verts surgelรฉs
1 feuille de pรขte feuilletรฉe, dรฉcongelรฉe
1 c. ร soupe de beurre ou d’huile de coco, fonduย
Instructions
Prรฉchauffer le four ร 190หC (375หF). Dans une grande casserole, chauffer l’huile d’olive ร feu moyen, Ajouter les oignons, les carottes, le cรฉleri, l’ail et la branche de thym. Faire revenir, en remuant, jusqu’ร ce que les lรฉgumes commencent ร ramollir, environ 3 ร 4 minutes. Ajouter le fruit du jacquier et cuire pendant 2 minutes de plus, en brassant souvent. Retirer les lรฉgumes de la casserole et rรฉserver.
Dans la mรชme casserole, faire fondre le beurre. Ajouter la farine et fouetter jusqu’ร ce que le mรฉlange commence ร peine ร dorer, environ 1 ร 2 minutes. Ajouter le lait chaud en fouettant, s’assurant que le mรฉlange รฉpaississe. Ajouter ensuite le bouillon de lรฉgumes en fouettant. Ajouter la poudre d’ail, la poudre d’oignon, le thym frais, la muscade, et le sel de mer et le poivre.
Ajouter les lรฉgumes ร la sauce, ainsi que les petits pois. Rรฉchauffer. Placer le mรฉlange dans un plat allant au four de 20 par 30 cm (8 par 11 1/2 pouces). Sur une surface lรฉgรจrement enfarinรฉe, rouler la pรขte feuilletรฉe dans un rectangle de 22 par 33cm (9 par 13 pouces). Dรฉposer la pรขte sur la prรฉparation et replier l’excรฉdent de pรขte sous celle-ci. ร l’aide d’un petit couteau, faire 4 incisions sur le dessus de la pรขte, afin de laisser la vapeur s’รฉchapper. Badigeonner le dessus de la pรขte avec le beurre ou l’huile fondu et placer le pรขtรฉ sur une tรดle de cuisson. Transfรฉrer au four et cuire pendant environ 1 heure, jusqu’ร ce que la pรขte soit dorรฉe et que le mรฉlange bouillonne. Laisser reposer 30 minutes avant de servir. Bon appรฉtit!
