Recipes By Ieatthepeach
11 recipes found
Creamy Turmeric Ginger Tea
This is a loose riff on the turmeric tea from 101 Cookbooks. Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory, and when combined with the cold-soothing powers of ginger and honey, it makes a powerful restorative. I use almond milk as the base for my turmeric tea, both because it helps release fat-soluble compounds in the spices and because I like the nutty creaminess it gives against the bitter tumeric and sharp ginger. This is the perfect soother if you have a cold, a sore muscle, or even menstrual cramps.
Gingerflower Sunrise
This cocktail's name is a play on the ingredients list: gin, ginger ale, elderflower liqueur, and a drizzle of grenadine for the sunrise effect. It's sweet, fizzy, fragrant, and dangerously easy to drink.
Spiced Walnut Meringues
These are lovely Walnut Meringue cookies, spiced with cloves & nutmeg, and studded with toasted walnut. The meringue in this recipe is a little squishy inside.
Nicaraguan Guacamole
When I was 17, I spent a summer living and working in semi-rural Nicaragua. In my down time, I spent a lot of time in people's kitchens, eating and learning. Of all the delicious homey foods I learned to make, this one was the most surprising: a chunky guacamole made with avocado, onion, lime juice, and hard-boiled egg. The flavor is clean and sharp, and the squishy avocado, chewy egg, and crunchy onion give it a wonderful texture. Fresh cilantro is nice, but optional--the guacamole will still taste great without it.
Rye Bread French Toast
My mom's recipe makes a French toast out of thin slices of Jewish rye bread, dipped in egg, fried until golden, and served with plenty of salt and pepper.
Warm Olives in Anchovy Oil
This recipe's warm olives make the perfect after-work snack to go along with a glass of crisp white wine. The anchovy oil adds even more of a salty kick.
Pasta with Mizithra and Garlic
I had this pasta for the first time at a wonderful Greek restaurant in Seattle. The owner told us how to make it, and I follow his instructions to the letter. It's totally unlike any other pasta I've ever had--the strands are coated with golden shards of mizithra cheese and garlic, giving the pasta a deep nutty flavor and an almost prickly texture. The secret here is the mizithra, an aged Greek cheese that doesn't melt when heated, and will brown and caramelize if you cook it in a hot pan. The whole dish comes together in minutes, and it actually tastes better at room temperature than it does warm.
Parsley Miso Pesto
I had a bunch of parsley but no nuts or Parmesan for my pesto recipe. What I did have was a tub of white miso which replaced both the nuts and cheese in pesto.
Pea and Green Garlic Soup
This might just be the quintessential spring soup--fresh peas, green garlic, and mint, pureed with water. It's incredibly light and soothing, and delicious either warm or cold.
Honey Buttercream Frosting
Because there's no powdered sugar, just honey, cornstarch, and butter, this frosting recipe is a little softer and richer than a traditional buttercream.
Blackberry Coconut Sorbet
I got the idea for this recipe from a comment thread on a news website. It's a fabulous summer refresher--light and tart from the blackberries, rich and sweet from the coconut milk. And the deep purple color is stunning.