One thing that is super cool about living in Texas is that once a year we get hatch chiles. Hatch chiles are a particular variety of chiles from Hatch, NM. When they are fresh they are light green in color and shaped similar to a poblano pepper. It is pretty typical here for Mexican and […]
Month: August 2020
Caprese SaladCaprese Salad
Sometimes the best summertime meal is something super simple using fresh ingredients from your garden or Farmer’s Market. Tonight that was exactly what I decided to make. I have copious amounts of spearmint in my garden as well as a fairly good amount of basil. I got super ripe and fresh tomatoes from the Farmer’s […]
Palak/saag PaneerPalak/saag Paneer
One of the very first things I started to miss during quarantine were my weekly visits to the Indian buffet for lunch. Once a week I’d meet my spouse at an awesome local Indian restaurant and we’d sample the various dishes on the buffet. One of my favorite things to get is palak/sagg paneer. As […]
Air fried zucchini sticksAir fried zucchini sticks
This weekend I had a pile of zucchini which I needed to use before they spoiled. Often I’d use these to make zucchini bread, but this weekend I wasn’t feeling like making something sweet. I wanted to make something savory instead. Ideally something to serve as an appetizer. When I go to Italian restaurant one […]
Mutter PaneerMutter Paneer
Over the quarantine period my family has really gotten into making Indian food. It was a weekly lunch tradition for us to go out to get it at a local buffet. But as the positivity rate in our area rose we increasingly didn’t feel comfortable with any take out food. I’d tried to make indian […]