December 2007
Monthly Archive
In Search of Red Red
Posted by Emily on 31 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Main Course, Musings, Recipe
D spent a month in Ghana this April. He developed a taste for the common Ghanaian black eyed peas dish, Red Red, and I have been trying to replicate the color and taste for a while now. It is only recently that I found the secret ingredient that gives Red Red and fried plantains their distinctive color and taste: Red Palm Oil. It is more and more common now in local markets and can be found in small or large plastic bottles. Palm oil has a strange consistency that I had to get used to. The oil is solid here in Minnesota in December if you keep your house as cool as mine, so you need to warm it up a bit under warm water or on a warm stove to get it to pour.
I cooked the plantains, the black eyed peas, and the mustard and beet greens in palm oil and the results were as close to authentic as I think I am going to get and very good.
Beet-Carrot Salad
Posted by Emily on 27 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Musings, Recipe, Salad, Side dish, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Light in the heart of darkness
Posted by Emily on 23 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Canning, Musings
waffles - the good, the bad, and the ugly
Posted by arif on 08 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Breakfast, Recipe