Miscellaneous with bitters

A quick shot of last night’s half-time dinner: picadillo on yellow rice with black beans. Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman. I followed a recipe for the[...]

1 pound bitter melon or possibly winter melon 3 tbsp. veg. oil 1/2 pound pork 2 cloves garlic , chopped 1 onion , sliced 1 egg , beaten 4 ripe tomatoes 1/2[...]

3 medium size amapalaya (bitter gourd or bitter melon) 1 clove garlic (minced) 1 sliced onion 3 diced tomatoes 4 eggs , beaten salt or patis (fish sauce) and[...]

1 Large Eggplant , cubed 1 Pepper (red or yellow), cut into strips 2 Medium Zucchini , cut into rounds 1 Onion , cut into thin wedges 2 Medium Potatoes ,[...]

I have very strong opinions about guacamole. Fortunately for all of our sakes, this isn’t the kind of site devoted to didactic culinary lectures; it’s not that[...]

1/4 cup light mayonnaise 1 tablespoon extravirgin olive oil 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 garlic clove, minced Sandwiches: 1 (1-pound) eggplant, cut[...]

ChickPeas - 2 cups ( its best not to use canned chickpeas ) Garlic cloves - 3 (minced) Green chillies - 3-4 ( chopped) Chopped corriander leaves - 3tbsp[...]

1 quart water * 2 medium onions grated fine 16 ounces tomato sauce 5 whole allspice * 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes * 1 teaspoon cumin seeds ground 4[...]

2 poblano peppers (whichever you can get fresh) or 2 anaheim chilies (whichever you can get fresh) 1 jalapeno 16 ounces black beans 16 ounces kidney beans 3[...]

2 sm eggplants , cut lengthwise 2 sm tomatoes , red ripe, halve/seed/dice 1/4 lb mozzarella cheese, diced 5 x fresh basil leaves, shredded, up to 6 2 Tbsp.[...]