Eat Your Books

 As you may know, I have a few cookbooks. I have more than a few. When I get a new book, I mark down (using post it notes) which recipes look interesting. And then I put the book on the shelf and hope I remember what recipes are in there. 

I plan my menus weekly, and go through some of the books searching for the perfect recipe for the week (who is eating dinner at the house and how much time I have to prepare the meal). 

One of my community members, Robin, suggested Eat Your Books.

Here is how EYB describes itself:

Eat Your Books is a website for people who love cookbooks and love to use great recipes. If you have a cookbook collection, you probably get a lot of pleasure from browsing your books - but there are times when you haven't got time to look through them all to find a recipe. Or maybe you feel you're not using them as effectively as you'd like, sticking to familiar recipes or not branching beyond the current favorites.

Eat Your Books can help you find recipes in seconds - we're the only website to have indexed the most popular cookbooks, so you can include them in your online searches.You might also like to use recipes from other sources and with Eat Your Books you can do a single search across ALL your recipes, no matter where they are.  

With Eat Your Books you can create your own personal Bookshelf and you can find recipes across:

• Your cookbooks - tell us which cookbooks you own. If we haven't indexed a favorite book, use the EYB indexing tools and do it yourself.  

• Your food magazines - add that stack of magazines, all the most popular magazines have been indexed.  

• Great food blogs and websites - add Food52, David Lebovitz, Smitten Kitchen, 101 Cookbooks and many more.  

• Your own personal recipe clippings - bring some order to your clippings files by using the EYB indexing tools.  

• Your favorite online recipes - using the EYB Bookmarklet you can add any online recipe to your collection.

Eat Your Books is NOT a recipe site, so you won't find the recipes here, but you will be able to find them and if there is an online version of the recipe there will be a link to it.  

It costs $30 a year to sign up. Once you are a member you select the cookbooks that you own to your bookshelf. I would say 99% of my cookbooks that I own have been indexed, so I don’t need to add anything else. I have a few books that are not indexed (mostly community groups that published cookbooks for fundraising), and I haven’t had the time to volunteer to index them.

Once your books are entered, you can search your recipes (and you can filter for ingredients, and course (Asparagus and side dish); and the titles appear (with the cookbook and page number).

It is life changing, especially if you belong to a CSA and get weekly boxes. You can search for that ingredient and find a recipe in a book that you already own.

I have already searched their list of cookbooks that will be published in 2023. That is very nice.

Let me know what you think.

Instant Pot - No Fry Refried Beans

 

During the summer of 2022, Adam and I went to Cabo, and I ate alot of refried beans. I have been thinking about all the amazing things I had while in Cabo. Tonight, I made a super easy Instant Pot bean recipe that I will be making again and again.

No-Fry Refried Beans from Instant Pot Miracle (with some modifications)

Serves 6-8 adults

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups dried pinto beans

5 cups fat free vegetable broth

4-6 sprigs of fresh cilantro

1/2 t plus 1/4 t cumin

 1 bay leaf

1 T canola oil

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

1 small jalapeno pepper seeds removed (I only used 1/2)

3 garlic cloves minced

salt and pepper

Rinse beans with cold water and remove any shriveled beans or discolored beans. Add beans to Instant Pot. Add broth, cilantro, and 1/2 teaspoon of cumin and 1 bay leaf. Close the lid and select MANUAL and chose HIGH PRESSURE for 40 minutes. When complete, allow a natural release.

Pour beans into colander set over a large bowl to catch the bean liquid. Discard cilantro and bay leaf.

Pour 1 1/2 c of bean liquid into a measuring cup.

Press sauté on the pot. When hot add oil. Then add onion, jalapeño and garlic and cook for 3 minutes. Stirring occasionally. Press cancel and add cumin. Add bean liquid.

In a blender pour the contents of the pot and blend VERY quickly as to NOT make it smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste.

My First Ukranian Recipe

 I pre-ordered Budmo, during the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and had been waiting for the release. My first recipe, Bell Peppers, was a big hit.

Serves Six

Ingredients

3/4 cup rice (white regular)

salt and pepper

6 medium orange peppers

2 T Canola Oil

1 medium yellow onion, diced

1 large carrot, grated

1 T tomato paste

2 cups canned diced tomatoes

2 cups vegetable stock

1 T cream

1 pound of Morningstar Grillers 

1 bay leaf

In a small saucepan, combine rice with enough water to cover it by two inches, and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil over medium high heat and cook for 10 minutes. Drain rice and let cool.

Cut off the stems of each pepper and remove the seeds.

In a large sauté pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and carrot and cook for 9 minutes. Stir in tomato paste and cook for 1 minute. Add canned tomatoes and stock. Stir, turn up heat to medium high. bring to simmer and then stir in the cream. Season with salt and pepper and remove from heat.

In a bowl, mix together the grillers (frozen) and cooked rice. Season with salt and pepper. Stuff the peppers with the rice mixture. Stand the peppers in a pot large enough to hold them but not so they crush each other. Then pour tomatoes sauce around the peppers. Insert bay leaf into sauce. Put pot on medium high heat and when the sauce boils turn down to low and cover. Heat for 40 minutes.

Put each pepper on a plate and serve with sauce. Make sure bay leaf is put into the compost bin and not on a plate.

Delicious Easy Dinner

 Yotam has NOT disappointed me!  Just made his ONE PAN ORECHIETTE PUTTANESCA and all four of us thought it was delicious!

5 T Olive Oil

6 garlic cloves, minced

1 15 ounce can of chickpeas, drained, rinsed and dried

1 t paprika (I get mine from the Spice House in Evanston, IL)

2 t cumin (again, from the Spice House)

2 t tomato paste

salt

2 c parsley, chopped

1 t. lemon zest

3 T capers, drained

3/4 c green olives, pitted and cut in half

10 oz grape tomatoes

2 t sugar

1 t caraway seeds (from the Spice House)

9 oz orecchiette pasta - dry

2 cups vegetable stock

3/4 c water

pepper

In a large sauté pan (that has a lid) combine 3 T olive oil, garlic, chickpeas, paprika, cumin, tomato paste and 1/2 t salt and cook over medium heat.  Cook for 12 minutes, uncovered, stirring every once in a while.  Remove 1/3 of the chickpeas and reserve in a bowl for later.

In a small bowl, combine the parsley, lemon zest, capers & olives.  Add 2/3 of the parsley mixture to the pan, with the grape tomatoes, sugar and caraway seeds and cook for 2 minutes on medium-high heat, and stir.  Add pasta, stock, water and 3/4 t salt and bring to a simmer.  Decrease heat to medium, cover and cook for 12 minutes (see if the pasta is done, and if not cook another two minutes).

Stir in remaining parsley, 2 T olive oil and chickpeas.  Add a bit of pepper.

Serve.

Zoodles - A different recipe - Summer Veggie Zucchini Noodles with Burrata

 Last night I tried a new recipe from SkinnyTaste - One and Done.  I adapted it a bit due to ingredients, but it was an easy, quick dinner for the family.  Three out of three of us liked it.  This recipe serves three.

Ingredients:

1 T extra virgin olive oil

1 clove garlic, sliced

2 c sliced grape tomatoes (OR 1 cup sliced grape tomatoes and 1 cup sliced asparagus)

3/4 t kosher salt

pepper

1 cup baby spinach

2 small zucchini's (14 oz total) spiralized.

1/4 c freshly grated parmesan cheese

4 oz burrata ball, sliced into three

2 T chopped fresh basil

Instructions

Heat a large skillet over high heat and add 1/2 T of oil and garlic and cook for 30 seconds, until golden.  Add tomatoes, 1/4 t salt and pepper.  Cook three minutes.  Add spinach and cook for 1 minutes and transfer to a medium glass bowl.

In the pan, put the remaining oil, zucchini noodles, remaining salt and pepper and cook for 2 minutes over high heat.  

Divide noodles over 3 plates, top with vegetables, parmesan, burrata and basil and serve.

Delicious Dinner - Yotam

 Yotam Ottolenghi!  A wonderful chef with creative flavors.  He was supposed to come to Boston this year and I had tickets to hear him speak, but we all know how 2020 turned out and there was no event.

But, Yotam's new cookbook was released last week, and I have already read it, and made one delicious recipe.

Many readers know how much my family loves Pepper Pasta (Cacio e pepe).  Yotam has Za'atar Cacio e Pepe.  Amazing.

1 pound spaghetti (I purchased it, but you could easily make your own)

1/4 c unsalted butter

1 T za'atar (I get mine from the Spice House in Evanston, IL)

2 tsp ground pepper (I don't measure it.  I grind until it is right.)

130 g grated parmesan

30 g grated pecorino

2 T olive oil.

Cook the spaghetti according to the box with some added salt to the water.

Before draining, scoop out two cups of the pasta water and reserve.

In a large non-stick sauté pan, melt the butter on high heat.  Then add 1 T za'atar and the pepper and cook for a minute.  Stir.  Add water, and heat til boiling.  Boil for 5 minutes.  Add pasta and stir until pasta until well coated.  Add parmesan in two batches and keep stirring.  Make sure first batch of cheese is fully melted before adding the second batch.  Then add pecorino and continue to stir until cheese is melted.

Transfer pasta to bowl and finish with olive oil, a pinch of salt and if desired a pinch of za'atar.

Serve with a green salad. 

Tomatoes with herbed ricotta

I love the days of fresh grown tomatoes in New England.  Of course, I have NO talent growing a garden, so I rely on the local community farms.  Early August is here and so are the tomatoes!

2 cups fresh ricotta

3 T minced scallions (about two)

2 T minced fresh dill

1 T minced fresh chives

Kosher salt

pepper

2 pints assorted tomatoes

1 t minced garlic

1 T olive oil

1/2 julienned fresh basil leaves

Fluer de sel

In a medium bowl, mix the ricotta, scallions, dill, chives, salt and pepper.

Cut the tomatoes in wedges and place in another bowl with the garlic, olive oil. 1 t salt and pepper.

When ready to serve, add the basil to the tomatoes and mix.  Put the ricotta in a small glass bowl on a platter, and surround the bowl with the tomatoes, discarding the liquid.  Sprinkle with salt and serve.

Chicken Soup with Matza Balls

From Mady Donoff - Temple Emanuel Sisterhood Cookbook

Serves 10-12

2 pounds chicken frames

1 large package of chicken thighs

2 medium onions, cut into quarters

1 small sweet potato, peeled and cut into chunks

3 parsnips, peeled and cut into chunks

1 pound bag of carrots - peeled and cut into chunks

3 celery stalks, cut into quarters

1 T of fresh dill, chopped

2 bay leaves

salt and pepper

Place chicken and frames in a 10-12 quart soup pot and cover with cold water.  Bring to a boil.

Skim off "scum" that surfaces to the top.  Continue to skim until water is only cloudy.  Add all vegetables, seasonings and bay leaves.  Bring to a boil.  Then lower heat.

Cover pot and cook over low to medium low heat for at least three hours.  Stir occasionally.

Allow soup, chicken and vegetables to cool in pot.  Remove chicken, bones and vegetables from pot with slotted spoon.  Discard bones and set aside chicken for the soup.  Strain soup multiple times.  Mash the sweet potato through a strainer and add to the soup.  Add salt and pepper.  Slice cooked carrots into pieces and return to soup along with the chicken pieces.  Refrigerate or freeze until serving.  Be sure to skim off excess fat before reheating.

Serve with matzo balls.  

Matzo Balls

4 eggs, beaten

1/2 c water

1/3 oil

1 t salt

pepper

1 cup matzo meal

Combine the eggs with the water, oil, salt and pepper.  Mix well.  Add matzo meal and stir, but do not not overmix.  Cover mixture and place in refrigerator for 20 minutes.  Bring five quarts of salted (1 T kosher salt) water to a boil.

Remove mixture from fridge, and stir once to ensure all liquid has been absorbed.  Form into free form balls.

Drop balls gently into the boiling water.  Once water has come to a boil again, reduce heat to avoid boiling over.  Cover pot and cook for 20 minutes.

Remove cooked balls with a slotted spoon and store in container until ready to use.  Then slip into warm soup.  

Scallion Ginger Beef and Broccoli

A classic delicious dish.  I make two versions.  One with beef and one with tofu.

1/2 c soy sauce
1/4 c vegetable broth
2 T brown sugar
2 T cornstarch, divided
One pound of sirloin steak, thinly sliced (or one carton of firm tofu, drained and cubed)
3 T canola oil, divided
6 C broccoli florets
1/2 c. scallions
1 T fresh ginger, grated
2 cloves garlic, minced

Serve with rice, and crushed red pepper.

Whisk soy sauce, broth, brown sugar and 1 T cornstarch in a bowl.

Toss steak (or Tofu) in a separate bowl with the other tablespoon of cornstarch.

Heat 2 T oil in a wok, and then cook the steak for about 4 minutes, stirring once.

Transfer to clean plate.

Heat 1 T oil in the wok, and cook broccoli, stirring often, for about 2 minutes.  Stir in scallions, ginger and garlic and cook for 30 seconds.  Add soy sauce mixture, and then add beef (or tofu).  Cook until sauce thickens, about one minute.

Serve with rice.

Everything Bagel Chicken Tenders (from Eating Well)

These are delicious!

Salt and pepper

2 T flour

1 large egg

1/2 panko breadcrumbs

1 T everything bagel seasoning

1 pound chicken tenders

2 T canola oil

Place the flour in a shallow dish. I have this kind of shallow dish from Pampered Chef.

Beat the egg in a second shallow dish.

Mix breadcrumbs and everything bagel seasoning in a third shallow dish.

Season the tenders with salt and pepper on both sides.  Dredge the chicken in the flour, and then the egg, and then roll in the breadcrumbs.

Once all tenders are coated, heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat, and add the chicken.  Cook 3 minutes and then turn.  Cook another 3 minutes, until the chicken is 165F.

Serve

Tortilla Torta

Back in our newlywed days where I could cook nearly anything this recipe was an instant favorite of my husband's.  Our eldest child doesn't like the flavor profile of this recipe and our youngest would rather eat a burrito.

But 20 years later, this old favorite is still a favorite.

Tortialla Torta
Serves 4

Ingredients
one 16 oz can fat free refried beans
1/2 ripe avocado, chopped
1/2 cup plus 2 T chopped scallions (divided)
salt and pepper
one 10 oz can enchilada sauce
8 6 inch corn tortillas
2/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.  Coat a 9 inch pie pan with cooking spray.

Combine beans, avocado and and 1/2 c chopped scallions into medium bowl.  Add salt and pepper.

Spread 3 T enchilada sauce on pie pan.  Place one tortilla on the sauce.  Spread tortilla with 1/4 beans and then sprinkle with 1 T cheese.  Continue until you run out and on the top tortilla, place sauce and cheese and the 2T chopped scallions.

Coat a sheet of foil with spray.  Put foil, spray side down, over the tortillas.  Bake for 23 minutes.  Cut into four slices.

Serve with a side salad or steamed broccoli.

Another Rugelach Recipe

Rugelach

This weekend I made Chocolate Rugelach!  I combined a dough recipe from our friend, Elyse, with a filling from the Boston Globe from 2017.  This is a big hit with family.  I usually make two recipes of dough and two recipes of filling.

Dough
2 cups flour
2 sticks butter
8 oz cream cheese

Filling

2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

2 tablespoons granulated sugar

2 tablespoons dark-brown sugar

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips

3 tablespoons butter, melted and cool but still liquid

Cinnamon and sugar

Combine the flour, butter and cream cheese in food processor.  Wrap ball of dough in plastic wrap.  Put in fridge for overnight.

Make the filling by putting the cocoa powder, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and mini chips into a food processor and pulse.
Take a cookie sheet, and cover with tin foil and spray with PAM.

Cut the dough ball in half.

Sprinkle 1 piece of dough lightly with flour. With a floured rolling pin, roll the dough to a 12-by-9-inch rectangle, sprinkling the board and pin with flour to prevent sticking as needed.

Turn the dough so one long side is facing you. Brush the dough all over with half the butter. Sprinkle with half the cocoa mixture to within 1-inch of the opposite long side; it will make a generous layer.

Start to roll: Begin at the long end closest to you. Roll the dough into a tight jelly roll, ending with the seam on the bottom. Press the roll gently on the sides with your hands to make it compact. With a long sharp knife, cut the roll into 1-inch pieces and transfer them to the baking sheet, standing them seams down (not on the cut sides). Sprinkle the pieces with half the cinnamon-sugar. Roll, spread with filling, roll up, and cut the remaining dough in the same way.

Bake at 350 (preheat the oven) for 20-25 minutes (watching carefully).

Take off the pieces and cool on a wire rack.

Parmesan Roasted Zucchini

My daughter is not a big fan of vegetables.  She prefers fruit - peaches, plums, berries and apples.  In our house we all eat vegetables.  However, she really liked this zucchini side dish, so I had to share.  It is from Ina!

And late summer is zucchini season in New England.

6 medium zucchini (about three pounds) - washed
Olive Oil
Kosher salt and ground black pepper
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 T minced fresh parsley
2 T julienned fresh basil
1/2 c freshly granted Parmesan cheese (NOT from the can)
3/4 c Panko

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees

Trim the stems off the zucchini.  Cut them in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds using a spoon (I use a regular small spoon).  Take a baking sheet and cover with tin foil.  Put the zucchini in one play on the pan and brush the scooped out side with olive oil.  Turn over the zucchini so the cut side is down.  Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of kosher salt and then some ground pepper.

Roast for 14 minutes.

While roasting, make the stuffing by placing the garlic, parsley, basil, Parmesan, 1 teaspoon regular salt, ground pepper, panko and 3 T of olive oil.  Mix well.

When the zucchini is ready, please about a tablespoon of panko in each zucchini.  Bake for 8 more minutes.  Serve hot.

Enjoy

Chicken for Rosh Hashana

I really enjoy trying new recipes for the holidays.  One recipe that is perfect for Rosh Hashana is from Kosher By Design - Cooking Coach by Susie Fishbein

Pomegranate Honey Chicken

1 chicken - cut into pieces
1/2 cup honey (to measure honey spray PAM on the measuring cup, and then pour the honey into the measuring cup)
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 pomegranate juice
1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
2 T cornstarch
1 t tomato paste
1/2 t dried thyme
2 cloves fresh garlic, minces
1 T non dairy margarine
fresh pomegranate seeds (garnish)

Line a roasting dish with tin foil.  Arrange the chicken into a single layer.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

In a pot over medium heat, whisk the honey, brown sugar, pomegranate juice, teriyaki sauce, cornstarch, tomato paste, thyme and garlic.  Bring to a summer over medium heat until thickened (maybe two minutes).  Whisk in the margarine.  Reduce heat.  Cook for one minute.  Brush the sauce on each piece of chicken, and then pour the extra on all the pieces of chicken.

Bake uncovered for 45 minutes.  Baste every 15 minutes.  Transfer chicken pieces to a serving dish and spoon the sauce over the chicken.  Place a few pomegranate seeds onto the chicken pieces.

Enjoy!

Broccoli, Red Pepper and Tofu Stir Fry with Balsamic Vinegar

A hit!  I made one batch with tofu and one batch with chicken!

Ingredients

• 14 ounces extra firm tofu , water-packed, drained (I used a pound of thin chicken breasts cut into cubes for the chicken based version)
• 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon honey or 1 tablespoon agave syrup
• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil , for broccoli
• ½ lb broccoli floret
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil , for red pepper
• 1 red pepper , thinly sliced (I use red bell pepper)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil , for tofu
• 4 scallions , sliced, for garnish 

Directions

1.  Cut the tofu across the width into 6 slabs. Cut each slab in half to make 12 squares. Blot the tofu to remove some of the moisture and set aside.

2.  Whisk together the balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, honey, garlic, and ginger in a small bowl and set aside.

3.  Saute the broccoli in 1 tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat until bright green and starting to brown in places, about 5 minutes. Remove broccoli from the pan.

4.  Saute the red pepper in 1 tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat until it starts to brown, about 3 minutes. Remove the red pepper from the pan.

5.  Saute the tofu in the remaining 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil over medium-high heat until browned, 2 minutes per side or until crispy.

6.  Add the vinegar mixture to the tofu and simmer until slightly thickened, about 1 minute.

7.  Return the broccoli and peppers to the pan and gently toss to coat with the sauce.

8.  Garnish with the scallions and serve with brown rice or another whole grain.

New Recipe

Sometimes I see a new cookbook at the library, and I check it out.  This time I checked out The Community Table - Recipes and Stories from the JCC in Manhattan and Beyond.  The first recipe I made was really good!  My husband and I really liked it.

Pappardelle with Ragu (originally made with lamb but mine is vegetarian)

2 T olive oil
2 medium carrots, peeled and finely chopped
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 celery stalks, finely chopped
One package of vegetable grillers (vegetarian ground "meat")
2 t ground coriander
1 t rosemary
1 t thyme
1/2 t ground cumin
salt and pepper
2 T tomato paste
1/2 c red wine
1 28-oz can diced tomatoes
1 1/4 c vegetable stock
one pound of pappardelle pasta

In large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat.  Add the carrots, onion and celery and cook for 5 minutes.

Turn up heat and add "meat" along with the coriander, fennel seeds, rosemary, thyme, cumin and salt and pepper.  Cook for 4 minutes.  Add tomato paste and red wine ad simmer for 25 minutes.

Cook the pasta for 8-10 minutes.  Drain.

Put pasta in the "meat" pot and stir, then serve.

Yummy Hot Weather Dessert

We were struck with at least three blizzards this past winter.  I am NOT complaining that the Boston area has had a heat wave.  Bring on the heat!  This week I made another new recipe:

Roasted Strawberry Buttermilk Sherbet

1 pound of strawberries, halved

1 cup of sugar

1 vanilla bean cut in half

1 1/2 c buttermilk

1/3 c sour cream

1/2 t kosher salt

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.  On a cookie sheet, lined with tin foil, place the strawberries, and then cover with sugar.  Put the vanilla bean halves into the sugar.  Roast for 20 minutes, but stir every 7-8 minutes.  Let cool.

Throw out the vanilla bean.  Put the strawberries, juice, buttermilk, sour cream and kosher salt into the blender and whip until smooth.  Then put the mixture into the ice cream maker and churn for 25 minutes.  Transfer to Tupperware and freeze for 24 hours.

Ready to eat!  Delicious!

LLC - Lovely Lemon Cake

Sometimes a good friend will share a great recipe.  This time a good friend shared a great recipe with book club!  We went to discuss a book in the spring, and we all went GAGA over the lemon cake.  We call is LLC, and for now, I will call it Lovely Lemon Cake.

It is VERY easy to make!

Lemon Cake

1 ½ c flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 C sugar
2 tablespoons butter softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon extract
⅓ C lemon juice
½ C vegetable oil

Icing
2 C powdered sugar
1 T and 1 teaspoon fat free half and half
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 T I fresh lemon juice

Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
With mixer, blend eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla, lemon extract and lemon juice
Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and blend until smooth.
Add oil and mix well.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes in a metal loaf pan.  Put it on a sheet pan, because it will leak over.
While baking make the icing.
Let the cake cool 10 minutes in the pan.  Flip out and cool completely and then frost.

New Side Dish

If you are a frequent reader of my Facebook posts, you will notice that one of my favorite side dishes to make is honey glazed carrots.  Super easy and the kids like them.  I have a few other carrot recipes that I use, but last night I tried a recipe from Boston Organics, and I really liked it as did the kids.

One pound carrots, quartered lengthwise, and then cut into two inch logs
1.5 T olive oil
Salt
Pepper
1 tsp fresh thyme leaves, chopped

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with tin foil.  Place the carrots in a bowl and toss with the olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme.

Spread in an even layer onto the baking sheet.  Cover with foil, and place in oven for 25 minutes.  Uncover, and turn down to 375 and cook for ten more minutes.

Serve!

Easy!

Stir Fried Portebellos, Carrots and Snow Pieas with Soy Maple Sauce

I heard about  America's Test Kitchen's new cookbook, "The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook" from multiple sources.  I had to order it from the New England Book Fair, and I waited, and it arrived, during Passover!!!!

The first recipe I made from it was amazing!!!!!

GLAZE
3 T maple syrup
2 T mirin
1 T soy sauce

SAUCE
1/2 cup vegetable broth
2 T soy sauce
1 1/2 T mirin
2 t rice vinegar
2 t corn starch
2 t toasted sesame oil

VEGETABLES
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 t grated fresh ginger
a few flakes of red pepper flakes
3 T oil
2 pounds of portobello mushrooms, sliced  - NOTE - I used 1.5 pounds
8 oz snow peas, strings removed
2 carrots, peeled and cut into two inch long match sticks

GLAZE - whisk all together and keep in a small bowl

SAUCE - place all ingredients in a bowl, and whisk.

VEGETABLES  - Combine garlic, ginger, pepper and 1 t oil in a small bowl.  Heat 1 T oil in skillet over high heat.  Add mushrooms and cook without stirring for 3 minutes.  Stir.  Reduce heat to medium and cook for 5 minutes.  Add glaze and cook over medium high heat, stirring, until glaze is thickened, 1-2 minutes.  Transfer to bowl.

Wipe skillet clean carefully.  Add 2 t oil and place over high heat.  Add snow peas and carrots and cook 5 minutes.  Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds.  Stir.  Add mushrooms.  Whisk sauce, and then add to skillet.  Cook for 1-2 minutes.  Transfer to platter and serve over rice.