Lemon Recipes

Throughout the eons, lemons have been used for a multitude of nonculinary purposes—as an epilepsy remedy, a toothpaste, an invisible ink and a bleaching agent as well as in witchcraft. Though it or...

Roasted Sunchokes with Lemon Sage Dressing

Few years back, in fall-winter season, I saw these fresh gingers like roots in farmer market called Jerusalem artichokes (also known as sunchokes). This time of year many hard-to-identify root vegetable...

Creamy Tangy Lentil Dip

I always keep few recipe up my sleeves to utilize leftovers. This creamy lentil dip is made with leftover lentils from other day lentils soup. However, you are most welcome to make it with fresh cooked...

Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut squashes are best from early fall through winter. Due to a hard outer skin, I often roast squash to make curried sweet and sour squash during early fall (my family loves this dish), but these...

Guaca-Mushroom Wrap

This is tale of two 'sides' – Guacamole and Sauteed Crimini Mushrooms. Once, the avocados were hiking with their best buddies lemons, chilies and onions. The cute Crimini mushrooms were growing near hil...

Grapes and Brown Lentils Salad

Sometimes certain recipes are as easy as 1-2-3 and this grape and lentils salad is one of such recipe. Other than cooking the lentils till they are just tender (which requires almost no attention), you just need to toss in desired vegetables or fruits and lentil salad will be ready to rock. Lentils a...

Chicken Shish Kabab

Famous as Seekh or Shish Kababs, these easy and scrumptious marinated chicken skewers are often grilled or baked in the oven during winter season in my home. Shish Kababs taste great with side of lemon...

Salmon with Citrus and Thyme

Grilled Salmon is famous for a reason – its celebration of health and taste at the same time. In my opinion, omega-3s rich seafood should be cooked with less oil and lots of citrus and that’s what I am...

Kale Salad with Uniekaas Reserve and Walnuts

A glass of Pinot Grigio, Kale Salad with some grilled meat and you are set for an amazing weekend dinner. Two star ingredients in today’s salad: Uniekaas (or Unie Kaas) Reserve Cheese and Kale. I am fon...

Blackberry Apple Conserve

This conserve will disappear from your refrigerator sooner than you think. It’s that good. In late summers, I usually buy small batches of berries and freeze’em for off-season use. But, when I look at t...

Grilled Sweet Peppers and Pear Salad

Sweet pears and grilled sweet pepper with peppery spring mix; this salad is perfect for a lite and healthy summer lunch.This salad is by-far one of my favorite thing to serve on side with grilled meats. Whenever we are grilling some meat or chicken for dinner or weekend lunch, I also marinate some veg...