Food In Many Forms

A few months ago, we grabbed some marinated Chicken Shawarma from Trader Joe's and were pleasantly surprised how well it turned out by just baking it in the oven. We paired the chicken with pita, tzatziki sauce, lettuce, tomato, red onion, and cucumber. Any meal that gets praised in my house is worth repeating. So, I looked through a few homemade marinade recipes and decided to try it out for myself. The NYT recipe looked like the best option, because the chicken was also meant to be baked after it was marinated.  INGREDIENTS 2 lemons, juiced 1/2 cup + 1 Tbsp olive oil 12 cloves garlic 1 tsp kosher salt 2 tsp black pepper 2 tsp cumin 2 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp turmeric A pinch of ground cinnamon Red pepper flakes, to taste 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thigh 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley DIRECTIONS 1. Prepare a marinade for the chicken. Combine the lemon juice, 1/2 cup olive oil, crushed garlic, salt, pepper, cumin, paprika, turmeric, cinnamon...

I was baking once per week when I was quarantined at home, and I am only baking more often now, as I have been trying to share some homemade baked goods with the hard-working nurses and doctors at work. This bread recipe was a big hit with my coworkers, and it was a great way to use up loose leaf tea that had been sitting around in the cabinet. Looking at the ingredients and the nutrition information now afterwards, I think I could probably cut back on the oil - just 1/3 cup less would save me 80 calories and 9 g fat per serving.  INGREDIENTS 1 cup vegetable oil, plus more for pan 1 1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour 1/2 cup oat flour 1/4 cup ground flax seeds 1 tsp. Morton kosher salt ½ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. baking soda 2 large eggs 1¼ cups (250 g) granulated sugar 1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt 3 Tbsp. loose-leaf Earl Grey tea or ¼ cup tea from bags 2 tsp. vanilla extract 2 Tbsp sliced honey almonds DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 325°. Lightly coat ...

It's week 2 of the CSA and here's what we received: 1 head broccoli 1 cucumber 3 heads lettuce, including 1 romaine, 1 red leaf 1 bag spinach 1 handful garlic scapes 1 kohl rabi 1 rainbow chard 1 bunch of salad turnips (5-6) 1 bunch of green onions (6-8) 2 yellow squash 3 zucchini PYO basil PYO strawberries The broccoli from last week had to be frozen because we never ate it - it got blanched and bagged up on Tuesday. At the same time I steamed the swiss chard to go with some macaroni and cheese, I cooked the shelling peas leftover from last week, and I marinated some chicken for the next day's dinner. We washed all the salad greens, and I chopped up the cucumber in combination with some halved grape tomatoes. Last night, we had a meditarranean-style chicken on a whole wheat pita, with a mix of salad greens, a sprinkling of cucumber and tomato, and a drizzle of tahini. Then I made a salad for today's lunch of salad greens, cucumber, tomato, chicken an...

CSA season is like a marathon of food preparation, and it started yesterday. Last season, I found it stressful to find ways to use all the different vegetables, to the point where I couldn't wait to give them away and I got angry when I forgot to use them up in the forms of veggie kabobs for bbqs, or side dishes at parties and dinners. Eating healthy shouldn't be so stressful. So this season, we are splitting the share with another couple and I am going to get organized and enlist help. This week's box included: kale spinach  red leaf lettuce  spring mix bok choy broccoli radishes scallions garlic scapes  PYO snap peas  PYO strawberries  PYO lavender Last night when we got the box, we washed all the greens, and made our own proprietary salad mix that we put in an old supermarket container. I chopped up the broccoli and put the green onions in water. Tonight I made a radish and greens salad with a homemade mustard dressing from epicuri...