Vegetarian

Misir Wat (Ethiopian Spiced Red Lentils)

By Kevin Pettway / August 4, 2025 /

Degredients: 1 cup red lentils, rinsed thoroughly. With water, you heathens. 2 tbsp niter kibbeh (or substitute with ghee or unsalted butter + 1 minced garlic clove + pinch of fenugreek & cardamom, which is what I do. I wouldn’t know a niter kibbeh if it bit me on the leg.) 1 medium yellow onion,…

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Thai Peanut Sauce

By Lena / April 1, 2024 /
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Tomato Pie

By Lena / August 28, 2023 /
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Chickpea Patties

By Lena / March 26, 2023 /

Original recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpMCq8ir8mk

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Vietnamese Tomato Salad

By Lena / July 11, 2021 /

Notes from Jaimie Wilson: Don’t skimp on the fried shallots. That’s what makes this. I fried my own because I only had fresh. But the Asian stores have fried garlic and shallots. I used a Hungarian wax pepper. The herbs were Thai basil, Italian basil and cilantro. Ideally, i would have swapped the Italian basil…

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Kevin’s Garbanzo Bean Salad

By Kevin Pettway / November 4, 2016 /

Lena and I went to Publix this morning, and I tried the yogurt garbanzo salad they had there at the deli counter. It was good… but I couldn’t quite bring myself to buy it. However, it did make me want something like it, so I stocked up on a few items and came home to make…

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Refrigerator Dill Pickles

By Lena / November 11, 2013 /

Found on: www.annies-eats.com These are super easy to make and very tasty. More like a Claussen pickle. Ingredients 1 bunch fresh dill 4 cloves garlic, peeled 3-4 medium-large cucumbers 3 cups water 6 tbsp. distilled white vinegar 3 tbsp. kosher salt Directions Add 1 minced or pressed clove of garlic and a few springs of…

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Kidney Bean Appetizer

By Lena / August 22, 2011 /

1 9-ounce can Red Kidney beans – rinsed 1 minced onion 1 minced clove of garlic 3/4 cup ground walnuts 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon corriander 1/4 cup parsley – minced (reserve a little for garnish) Juice of one lemon (reserve a little for garnish) Olive Oil Mash first 8 ingredients into a bowl to…

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Aoili

By Lena / August 22, 2011 /

6 cloves garlic 1 teaspoon salt 1.5 cup oil 2 tablespoons hot water Blend. Amazing on everything from pizza crust, bread, vegetables, etc.

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Walnut Sauce Over Asparagus

By Lena / August 22, 2011 /

1 cup walnuts Small Shallot 1 teaspoon thyme 1 teaspoon parsley 1 teaspoon parsley 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon lemon zest 1/2 cup olive oil Package of fresh asparagus Process all ingredients (except for olive oil) in food processor Drizzle olive oil to incorporate Serve over steamed asparagus  

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