Category Archives: Almost vegetarian

Braised red cabbage (soup) with pineapple and turnip, and a blood orange chipotle reduction

by PolaM Posted on April 11, 2013

So tonight I participated in the awesome MMD on-line cook-off by Mary Makes Dinner. I competed with Mary and Amy of What Jew Wanna Eat to create a recipe using 3 surprise ingredients. We got the ingredients by mail and opened them up … Continue reading →

Posted in Almost vegan, Almost vegetarian, Primi, Side Dish, Soup | Tagged pineapple, red cabbage, turnip | 11 Comments

#WorldOnAPlate: Mushroom soup

by PolaM Posted on October 28, 2012

Today I am late… I just got back from DC and I had planned to post at the airport, but with the perfect storm coming, everyone decided to leave DC ASAP and everyone was using the airport wireless network…. the … Continue reading →

Posted in Almost vegan, Almost vegetarian, Primi, Soup | Tagged bacon, beans, mushroom, world on a plate | 17 Comments

#SundayPasta: bow ties with pancetta and pea shoots

by PolaM Posted on July 22, 2012

So Sunday pasta has been missing for a while. I bring it back today with bow ties. Bow ties (farfalle) are a little funky shape that kids love. They are also pretty flexible and can be eaten with a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Almost vegetarian, Home-made, Pasta, Primi | Tagged pancetta, pea shoots, Sunday pasta, yogurt | 17 Comments

Pasta with carrots and their tops

by PolaM Posted on July 18, 2012

So now I am up to 7 scheduled interviews. All very interesting. I start to feel OK for this phase. Now I will have to concentrate on preparing the interview so that I can get some second round interviews. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Almost vegetarian, Pasta, Primi | Tagged carrots, pancetta, yogurt | 21 Comments

#WorldOnAPlate: Insalata di riso

by PolaM Posted on June 24, 2012

Hi! It’s again time for world on a plate! And this month we are doing grain salads. I am late with the posting because of the Italy-England game and I have 3000 things to do before going to theater in … Continue reading →