For when you’re looking to cook with a rice cooker.
This Japanese quinoa is inspired by a plethora of dishes. Tamari is similar to soy sauce, without the added gluten and usually quite as much salt. They make easy substitutions for one another and we commonly see them both paired with sushi. Tamari and rice […]
If you want to debate the merits of an Ethiopian lentil burrito? I have already done that! In the previous iteration of this burrito. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way and you trust me that the two flavor profiles are indeed compatible, […]
Combining Ethiopian-inspired flavors with a burrito is might not be on every Mexican food menu. Or, well, let’s be honest here, any menu that I have ever seen or heard of… ever!?? But that doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be! And this black lentil burrito […]
I’m never entirely sure if I’m going to post nachos. Nachos are my cheat meal. They’re what I make tired at the end of the day after work. Probably in the dark in the middle of the night! They’re not necessarily something that I’m proud […]
Step aside Canadian bacon and pineapple. Ethiopian black lentils and bananas are my sweet and savory obsession this week! I know that this might sound like a rather bizarre combination, but really we do things like this all of the time. Sweet and savory elements […]
This black lentil salad recipe is an amalgam of cooking dilemmas or curiosities. I was thinking about making a vegetarian Doro Wat. Doro Wat is an Ethiopian chicken stew with hardboiled eggs, berbere, niter kibbeh (spiced clarified butter), and sometimes tomato paste. Which isn’t quite […]
I have had quite a difficult time finding good bulk lentils. Especially in rural Wisconsin. So, I’ve been slowly going through them until there is almost nothing left! And I have finally reached the end of my pantry and must do something with the black […]
This is another one of those meals that isn’t as far fetched as it seems! Ethiopian red lentils and sautéed spinach are often eaten with injera, a flatbread that is made out of teff. To someone who’s never seen it before, injera vaguely resembles a […]
This is another one of those meals that isn’t as far fetched as it seems! Ethiopian red lentils and sautéed spinach are often eaten with injera, a flatbread that is made out of teff. To someone who’s never seen it before, injera vaguely resembles a […]
Ethiopian salmon is far from a traditional meal. Salmon are more commonly found in the North Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. And certainly aren’t as widely associated with a landlocked country in the horn of Africa! But I grew up in Oregon and first found a […]
