These tahini cookies are great to serve as a light dessert after a meal or as a snack with the afternoon tea or coffee.
Cooking Together: Tahini Cookies
‘Cooking Together’: Creamy Vegetable Soup with Carrots, Sweet Potatoes and Butternut Squash
The summer can be chilly in the San Francisco Bay Area. I aways turn to a soup for the evening supper. The easier soup to make is a creamy vegetable soup without using any cream. My favorite is a mixture of carrots, sweet potato and butternut squash. All three vegetables are available in their free form year-round in Northern California.
‘Cooking Together’: Green Risotto
One of the main ingredients in this dish is the nutrient-dense spinach. Spinach is rich in vitamin K, vitamin A, iron and antioxidants which support heart health, strengthen bones, aid digestion and promote eye health. Another ingredient used
in this dish is rice, which provides quick-releasing energy along with iron, zinc and magnesium which support the immune system and muscular health.
‘Cooking Together’: Spring Salad with Romaine Lettuce Hearts, Red Radicchio and Tofu
Raw, leafy salads are a good addition to our everyday diet as they are packed with important nutrients.
‘Cooking Together’: Let’s Make Strawberry Shortcake
Strawberries are nutrient-dense, low-calorie fruits loaded with vitamin C, fiber, potassium and antioxidants that boost immune function, enhance heart health and reduce inflammation. Eating about eight strawberries daily can improve cholesterol levels, support brain health, regulate blood sugar and reduce cancer risks.
Cooking Together: Celebrating the New Year with Black-Eyed Peas and Collard Greens Soup
Eating black-eyed peas and collard greens on New Year’s Day to bring good luck and wealth is an old Southern U.S. tradition where peas represent coins, and collard greens symbolize paper money.
‘Cooking Together’: Vegan Pecan Cookies for the Holiday
Culinary historians have recorded that cookies were first prepared in the 7th century in Persia, after sugar became more available there to everyone. Back then, Persian cookies were sweetened with sugar, nuts and dates and they were most likely not soft.
‘Cooking Together’: Manoomin Salad With Wild Rice, Corn and Blueberries
Being some of the inventors of what we now know as modern agriculture, the Native Americans grew food using practices inherent in natural cooperation found among crops, soil and the climate. They consumed food that was available seasonally.
‘Cooking Together’: ‘Dhokla’ to Share with Loved Ones on Diwali
On Diwali holidays, as opposed to sharing traditional gift items, people in India visit relatives and friends to exchange and share food. Popular food to share during Diwali in Indian households are sweets. I have fond memories of my mother making many different sweets, days before Diwali, and she would hide them to save for the holidays. She also made savory items. My favorite were “dhoklas.”
‘Cooking Together’: Zupa di Fagioli
In our mostly foggy Bay Area climate, any day is good for a pot of hot soup. But, in addition to being comforting and nourishing, soups also provide hydration during hot or cold weather.
‘Cooking Together’: Maamouls – Nut-Filled Middle Eastern Cookies
Why are Mammous healthy? First of all, they are not very sugary. In fact, you can make them without a sweetener. But I add just a little sugar. And they are filled with protein-rich nut meal.
‘Cooking Together’: Kale and Quinoa Salad
This salad is very nutritious because one of the main ingredients; kale is a great source of vitamins A, C and K as well as minerals such as calcium and iron. The other ingredient, quinoa, contains a good amount of protein (14%) and healthy carbohydrates and fibers.
‘Cooking Together’: Lentil Falafel
This recipe uses only a few ingredients, and the patties can be done in just a half hour.
‘Cooking Together’: Vegan Almond Biscotti
If you are looking for a small bite for an afternoon break or a light dessert, these lightly sweetened almond-filled biscottis are a healthy companion to your hot chocolate, chai or coffee.
‘Cooking Together’: Cauliflower with Cashew Sauce
Cauliflower is a picturesque and nourishing vegetable. Cooked with a good sauce and placed in a nice bowl, it is as sumptuous as it is full of essential nutrients.
