Olive oil Anise Cookies
The Spanish anise and sesame cookies, tortas (cakes) de aceite y anís are very similar to reifat, the Moroccan anise biscuits I grew up on. The flavor is almost the same but the texture and shape are different. My ancestors…
simple cashew Ricotta
The recipe video for this cashew cheese is the most popular video on my instagram. I think the reason is that it’s pretty easy to make, and that it doesn’t require many or weird ingredients. You’re probably asking yourself, “Yes…
Vegan Chocolate Bar Topped With Granola
Vegan boy complains that there’s nothing sweet in the house. He threatens to go to CVS to buy candy. Neurotic mom says “Wait! Don’t go, I’ll make something”. Quickly she melts a bar of Trader’s Joe’s 72% dark chocolate and…
Roasted Cauliflower With Yogurt & Cilantro
Summer you’re hot, toasty, sweaty, smelly, draining yet I miss you in the winter, welcome you with open arms in the spring, then bitch about you when autumn is around the corner. Here is something to make summer cooler and refreshing.
Seed & Seaweed Crackers
Some people on instagram got upset that I called a non-dairy cheese cheese. Well a) what am I supposed to call it? and b) don’t they have other things to get upset about? I adapted this recipe from Everyone’s Table…
Tahini Dip with Tomato
Although I grew up in Israel and was familiar with tahini, I never forgot the first time I ate tahini as a dip and not as the sauce that moistens your falafel in pita (and makes it easier to swallow).…
Vegan Butternut Squash, Mushrooms & Walnuts
Not much is happening these days. The highlight of the previous week was our visit to Underwood Family Farms, in Moorpark CA. When my boys were little we used to go there often. They used to love picking the vegetables…
Iranian-Inspired Eggplant Mezze
When I was a kid, my mother cooked eggplants on a weekly basis. Everyone in my family loved them – especially eggplant dips and fried eggplants – but me. I thought baba ganoush was disgusting. Until I was in 11th…
Sunflower Seeds Brittle
Before the pandemic I used to make it on a weekly basis to put in my boys’ lunch bags. It’s gluten-free, grain-free, vegan and refined sugar free and delicious and crunchy. I filmed and edited the video for We Are…
Indian Style Yellow beans
We, my immediate and extended family and I, live on side dishes. Instead of making a main dish with a side dish, we make two or three vegetables dishes with a condiment on the side or a bunch of mezzes…
Moroccan-Style Carrot With Harissa
Carrot isn’t the most exciting vegetable, right? But when you steam it lightly, to soften it just slightly, then mix it with homemade harissa (or store bought) and lemon juice it becomes the sultan of the garden. So make a…
Moroccan-Style braised Vegetables & Chickpeas
This dish is based on a Moroccan fish recipe which my mother and grandmother used to make only on weekdays. God forbid if you made it for Shabbat dinner. Moroccan Jews can be very particular about weekday food vs. Shabbat…
Baked Nectarines, Peaches & Plums
I intended to make a fruit crisp but I accidentally over processed the nut mixture into a sandy mixture. So I mixed it with 1 egg to fix it and the crust came out chewy, like nougat. It was tasty…
Slow Roasted Eggplants & Shallots
I’m crazy about eggplants. Especially when they’re roasted for a long time until their meat is very tender and sweet. The way they melt in the mouth and their umami flavor remind me of meat’s fat. The longer they cook…
Baked Chickpeas Falafel
When I am craving a good falafel pita but not in the mood of frying, I bake cooked (or canned) chickpeas with tons of cilantro and parsley and onion – same ingredients you make falafel patties with. We stuff them…
Crispy Smashed Yams
Many times I look at the vegetables and let them tell me what to do with them. This is exactly what I did with the Japanese yams that I bought in the Korean supermarket (They were organic, small and cute…
Beet Carpaccio
This is the kind of dish I consider humble yet smart. Where the ingredients speak for themselves.
Plant-based Shepherd’s Pie
I already said it a hundred times, I love potatoes and everything that is made with potatoes. Everything! Especially mashed potatoes. You don’t need much for this pie. You probably have most of the ingredients in hand (As for produce…
Sweet Potato Falafel
My mother taught me how to cook but my father taught me to improvise, not to stick to the script, not to let anything stop me from cooking. Even if I’m missing some ingredients. You can always make a dish…
quick fennel salad
If you’re one of those who love anisey flavors, this is definitely for you. If you’re not a big fun or you dislike anything with fennel, anise or licorice, I feel sorry for you but hopeful. I know from experience…