Meatless Monday: South Indian Style Vegetable Saute

No, this isn’t traditional. At least, I don’t believe it is a traditional Indian dish. It’s possible that I hit upon a cooking method and ingredient list that is used in some of the South Indian states as a traditional dish by sheer luck, in which case, if there’s a real name for this, please, […]

Frittata? Omelet? Eh, It’s Eggs and Vegetables

So, here’s the deal. I like vegetables. A whole lot. Like, when I was a kid, it was way easier to get me to eat my vegetables than it was to get me to eat most meats. (Bacon, lamb, trout fillets and good fried chicken were exceptions. I always loved those.) In fact, for years, […]

Meatless Monday: Caramelized Sweet Corn

I’m certain that all of you know that corn isn’t really a vegetable, but is actually a grain. But in the summer, when sweet corn is young, full of sugary plump kernels, bursting with flavor, we eat it like a vegetable. And generally in the summer, we eat it on the cob. Why? Well, it’s […]

I Dunno, Lad, But It’s Green….(Cilantro Pesto)

I used to be a pesto purist. Which meant I made it only out of Italian basil, pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and olive oil. And I eschewed pestos made of other, untraditional herbs, cheeses and greens as being inferior copies of a perfect Italian sauce. Pesto was only made of Italian basil, […]

Meatless Monda–I Mean, Tuesday: Three Sisters Quesadillas

Yeah, I know, I know, Meatless Monday happens on Mondays, which is why they call it “Meatless Monday.” Yeah, well, I’d already written about shallots on Monday, so guess what–we’re going to talk about what we ate for Meatless Monday on Tuesday, which perhaps we shall now call Traife Tuesday. (I had to go with […]

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