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Kosher vegetarian recipes from my kitchen in Tel Aviv
Pumpkin stew
May 8, 2009 at 1:00 am | Tags: carrot, parve, pumpkin, stew, tomato, vegan | 4 Comments
I made this pumpkin stew because I had a block of pumpkin sitting in my fridge for close to a week, and I didn’t know what to do with it. I bought it out of habit, since all winter long I’d been making pumpkin soup — nearly a batch a week — but as the weather becomes warmer, the thought of soup isn’t always as appealing as it was a few months ago. Furthermore, I could have made it into a pumpkin bread, which was once my signature dish, prompting a former roommate to ask with bewilderment, “do you also make lettuce cake?” You see, vegetables aren’t usually served as dessert in Israel. But for some reason, my sweet tooth wasn’t interested this time around.
However, I did want some solid food for dinner, particularly something that could be eaten with rice. This pumpkin stew has a Middle Eastern-style, tomato-pepper based sauce, and makes for a good meal. It also keeps well in the fridge, and is an easy dinner on the go, or after a long evening of class — just add rice or another grain of choice, and eat. Continue reading Pumpkin stew…
Carrot pumpkin soup with ginger and cilantro
March 15, 2009 at 1:00 am | Tags: carrot, cilantro, coconut, ginger, parve, peanuts, pumpkin, soup, vegan | No Comments
A while ago, while we were eating out at a restaurant that shall remain unnamed, we ordered a soup that was listed on the menu as carrot soup with ginger, cilantro, coconut and peanuts. What we got was carrots pureed with instant soup powder, topped with a token peanut and a cilantro leaf. This was disappointing not only because we’d paid 30-plus shekels for a bowl of baby food, but also because the combination of ingredients promised by the menu had sounded quite good. So I made my own. Continue reading Carrot pumpkin soup with ginger and cilantro…
Pumpkin pepper soup
March 6, 2009 at 1:00 am | Tags: cream, dairy, pepper, pumpkin, soup | No Comments
I was inspired to buy sweet dried peppers after reading up about chili. Mind you, these particular recipes happened to be packed with meat, so I wasn’t going to make them anytime soon, but the peppers in and of themselves seemed like a good idea. So they sat on our kitchen table for a while, and I’ve been randomly adding them to things. Such as today’s pumpkin soup. This is a very simple, mild soup with very few ingredients, and it tastes quite good. Continue reading Pumpkin pepper soup…
Onion vegetable soup
December 20, 2008 at 3:25 am | Tags: onion, parve, pumpkin, salad, soup, vegan | 4 Comments
I guess I got a little overexcited at the shook today, because now the kitchen floor is covered with bags of vegetables that won’t fit into our fridge, including 6 kilos of potatoes for our planned latke bonanza (among many, many other things). In any case, there’s no better reason to use lots of fresh vegetables, so I scratched the surface and whipped up this onion vegetable soup. Continue reading Onion vegetable soup…
Coconut pumpkin soup
November 28, 2008 at 11:00 pm | Tags: coconut, parsley, parve, pumpkin, pumpkin seed oil, soup, vegan | 2 Comments
This soup was a hit at our Thanksgiving dinner in Jerusalem. It’s a good way to prepare pumpkin left over from Halloween or Thanksgiving, but then again, it’s also a good excuse just to go out and buy pumpkin. Continue reading Coconut pumpkin soup…
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