Home » main course

main course

Seaweed or nori (sea vegetable) rolls are an easy and beautiful delicacy you can serve for a light main meal or as appetizer maki bites.  Arrange the maki on a nice plate or tray and you have a centerpiece for any cocktail party or get together.  Best part is that these rolls are as delicious as they are colorful and they take very little time to make. I made these seaweed rolls with spinach, scallions, quinoa, cucumbers and strawb...
Portobello mushrooms have great consistency and texture and can please even the most hard-core carnivores.  Simply baked Portobellos are already delicious all on their own.  Add tofu ricotta on top and it gets more interesting as you create a sophisticated hearty meal to serve on any occasion.   I am thinking as a lovely dinner entrée or as an appetizer if you cut up each mushroom into four pieces. Tofu in its raw state is qu...
 Summer, summertime and all great tasting light dishes are welcome.  I need nourishment but hate to feel too full when I eat.  This quinoa salad served chilled hits the spot in all areas including tummy satisfaction, good nutrition and feeling cool during the warmer months of the year. I basically threw in any veggies that looked good into my cooked quinoa and then topped it off with pomegranate. Delish! Keep cool people....
It was one of those days where I was struggling on the elliptical half listening and watching E!, flipping through gossip magazines and where every minute felt like ten.  Starving and climbing speedily for the last five minutes as if it would push time forward magically, I bumped into a recipe for Cacio e Pepe (cheese & pepper).   Ding, ding, lunch! I thought about ripping the recipe page from the gym's magazine but I a...
The last few days of winter are with us and I am craving a savory tart brimming with olives and onions.  I have a massive sweet tooth but when I want savory and salty I need to have it right away.  My husband, the Francophile, remembers eating these types of tarts while living in Paris and he was overjoyed when he saw me making them.  Reading through a Living Without issue I found a sweet tart recipe that I made savory instead, a...
Gabriel's school had an intercultural event and I thought arroz verde would be a perfect dish to make. Arroz verde is a typical Peruvian dish that is eaten as a side dish or as a second plate with something else. I can imagine few dishes as second plates in contemporary home life, although if you go to Lima today arroz verde is served as a second dish in the traditional sense of the word. My mother makes arroz verde with a third ...
My day just flew by and I missed the afternoon light that I wanted to photograph these peppers  (I am beginning to learn how to photograph and style my dishes finally). Then my toddler woke up from his nap and I had to shoot around him, trying to follow the light with my lens while running around with my tripod avoiding his little hands from catching the metal legs.  In the end I ended up with a Caravaggesque still life and then a...
Who doesn't love a comforting, buttery mac & cheese?   Probably only my toddler.  But I have still categorized this under "kids love food" because I know other little tykes (and adults) craze over the sweet creaminess of the squash and bursting peas in between the soft noodles. I have played around with this recipe quite a bit and I have refined it so that it is sweet and moist.  Because there is no cheese in this, I have ...
Colder days are ahead and I crave hearty sandwiches.  Roasted veggies and creamy anything together, with every bite I am warmed right up.  I only use one slice of bread since this sandwich is very rich and there is no need for the second piece.  Also, you can cut these into pieces and serve them as a side dish with soup or salad.  For the bread I  used sesame Ezekiel, which is not gluten-free but the sprouted ingredients make the b...
Like creamy, warm soups? Who doesn't!  This  healthy and easy recipe was inspired by my good friends P & J who are the most creative vegetarian cooks I know.  And I promise that this soup is all you will need to warm your bones on a chilly night! Save Print The 20 Minute Cream of Garbanzo and Broccoli Soup Prep time:  5 mins Cook time:  15 mins Total time:  20 mins Serves: 3-4   In...