Tag Archives: side-dish

Sprouted Moong/Mung Beans Warm Salad

I love brightly colored dishes and this one is among the most colorful things I have ever made. The green from the sprouted beans, fresh cilantro leaves and green chili contrast so well with the deep red of the cranberries, the saturated yellow of the dried apricots and the bright white of the Tofu chunks! It wasn't just the...
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Italian Sausage and Brussels Spouts

My quest for finding more ways of Brussels Sprouts continues. It is such a versatile vegetable and somehow it always gets a bad rap. Over the past few weeks, I have seen and research a lot of recipes for Brussels sprouts but every time I mention them on my blog, someone or the other comments that it is one...
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Mediterranean Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad

My romance with Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine continues. This is not any traditional Mediterranean recipe (so purists, please don’t get on my case) but I clearly used Mediterranean flavors in this roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad. I added Harissa powder, Za’atar powder, fresh garlic, pomegranate syrup and feta cheese and this is a combination of flavors taken straight out...
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Harissa Roasted Cauliflower and Pomegranate Salad

My regular readers must know by now that I have been on this binge of experimenting with Mediterranean flavors. Recently I have experimented with a few different kinds of tagines, olive tapenade and grilled vegetables with an herb gremolata. In any case, since the Mediterranean diet is supposed to be the healthiest kind of food, I suppose there is...
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Grilled Fall Vegetables Topped With A Fresh Herb Gremolata

My regular readers may have noticed that last week I was completely missing from my blog. I had gone to Indiana to visit my daughter who is attending college there. Actually, I had gone to see her performance as Barbarina in the Marriage of Figaro.  Other than the wonderful opera I got to see at the Jacobs School of...
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