Monthly Archives: November 2011

Day-after Thanksgiving salad

Tweet It is hard to imagine that an appetite would manifest itself the day after this Thanksgiving feast. It is requesting  lighter fare, however. INGREDIENTS: 2 servings 1/2 cup of lentils (I used green lentils) 1/2 cup of diced celery 2 cups of leftover turkey meat 1/2 avocado 1/4 cup of pomegranate arils Dressing: 1 [...]
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Pumpkin bread

Tweet Happy Thanksgiving! This recipe was extracted from Roland Mesnier’s Dessert University. Roland Mesnier, a French native, was the Executive Pastry Chef at the White House for twenty-five years and fed the likes of President Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and others. Well if it was good enough for them, it should be good enough for [...]
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Persian jeweled rice (Javaher polow)

Tweet A magnificent Persian  rice dish called jeweled rice (javaher polow) fit for a wedding banquet or a Thanksgiving table. This rice is studded with slivered pistachios (representing emeralds), almonds, barberries (representing rubies), slivers of sweetened orange and carrot peel and golden raisins. I used Najmieh Batmanglij’s New Food of Life directions for preparing the [...]
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