Okra is one of those black and white vegetables – you either love it or hate it. Just to set the record straight, I’m an okra lover so when I walked by the local halal market and saw a box of these green fingers, I had to buy some. I was craving gumbo-style soup on…
Category: Soups
SO MANY LEFTOVERS, SO LITTLE TIME!!!
Just in case you’re wondering what to do with all that leftover food crowding your fridge, check out my latest article on Zester Daily: http://zesterdaily.com/recipe/nine-fresh-ideas-for-memorable-thanksgiving-leftovers/ There are recipes for soup, salad and several main courses with creative ideas on how to reinvent the turkey and trimmings into something new and tasty.
BEANS FROM THE GARDEN
I grew these beans last summer in our garden. They are cranberry beans, a.k.a borlotti beans, traditionally used in the Italian soup Pasta e Fagioli. This is the second year that I grew them. The first year they were the size of small pearls but this year they were much larger, which I attribute to…
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