Category archives: Vegetarian

  • Pasta a la Caroline

  • Pasta a la Caroline Before there was Sex in the City, with Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha, there was me and my friends, one of whom was most assuredly the inspiration for the Charlotte Character. As a group, we spent many evenings together at parties and days traipsing around New York [...]
  • Spiced Roasted Cauliflower

  •   There's a great restaurant in town that serves the most delicious cauliflower I've ever tasted.  I think their secret is tempura frying the cauliflower and topping with a sweet and sour sauce, which I am sure has way more sugar than I would care to know I am ingesting.  I wanted to rec [...]
  • Summer Bean Salad

  • 1 lb of green beans, washed, ends trimmed and cut into 2 " pieces 2 tablespoons of fresh mint 2 tablespoons of butter 1/3 cup chopped walnuts pinch of salt - about 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper - about 1/4 teaspoon   Set a large saute pan over medium low heat and add [...]
  • Don't Fear the Fillo (Phyllo)

  • Once dreaded and feared; now tamed and tasty, Fillo will forever more have a place in my freezer.  It was Jamie Oliver who inspired my first foray with fillo dough - you know that flaky crusty paper thin wrap that seems at once so rustic and yet elegant.  I made his potato asparagus tart and it came [...]