Fennel, Pear & Bulgur Salad in Warm Delicata Squash Boats The best part of each season is the celebration of the flavors that you can create using the seasonal fruits and veggies. This recipe is inspired by the Stone Fruit Tabouli Kit (seasonal-low stock) and by the variety of ingredients available in the Fall. The […]
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Jackfruit & Coconut Curry
Jackfruit & Coconut Curry with Sundays in Malabar I wanted to call this recipe Malabar Jack for all the swagger and flavor it brings to the table. When home for summer vacation, Mummy would make a spicy jackfruit curry that I’d look forward to, scooped up with warm rotis or over fragrant basmati rice and […]
Sunday Sheet-Pan Sabzi
Sheet-Pan Sabzi – Roasted Vegetables, Indian Style When I want comfort food, the first thing that comes to mind is dal, chawal and sabzi; or what is a spiced lentil stew served with basmati rice laced with home-made ghee, vegetables cooked with spices, and a crunchy chopped salad, kachombar, much like an Israeli salad. Most […]
Winter Gold – Lentil & Squash Soup
Winter Gold – Lentil & Squash Soup with Turmeric, Cardamom and Nutmeg This is one of the simplest lentil soups I’ve ever made on the fly with ingredients I already had at home. The crowning flavor in this soup comes from my grandmother and mother’s recipe of a turmeric blend (Grandma’s Gold) that I use […]
Southern Semolina
A Savory Breakfast Popular in Southern India, Upma was the first thing I learnt to make from my mum when I was around fourteen or fifteen. Usually made from suji – semolina or cream of wheat. It’s a quick comfort food for cold January days in New England. Similar to creamy polenta or grits; but […]
Romanesque Bisque
Romanesco & Parsnip Soup This soup was something I threw together quickly one Saturday evening after an exceptionally cold and blustery farmer’s market in Wakefield this last Fall. I had hauled home a head of romanesco from Farmer Dave’s. I almost didn’t have the heart to cut the chartreuse charmer with its fairylike turrets. Since […]
A Merry Salad
Delicata Squash + Blue Potatoes + Apples & A Mustard, Maple Cranberry Vinaigrette This time of the year is all about celebrations, family, gatherings and parties. But is also a time for contemplation, taking a moment and resetting ourselves for the year to come. This salad was inspired by the holidays, it is festive, yet […]
Super Simple Soup
Carrot, Beans, Peppers & Rainbow Chard + A Hit of Habanero To keep my mind from focusing on the fact that it is almost the end of the season for the Wakefield market, I decided to make a colourful soup inspired by the weather and my need to pack in as many beautiful veggies I […]
Fall Slaw
Apple + Cucumber + Golden Beets & Red Pepper Slaw Late September is a time for school, routines, shorter days, cooler nights and meals that are quick and simple. This week’s salad/slaw was just that, using everything fresh from the market, I made a salad or slaw that was so refreshing and reaffirmed yet again […]
Dinosaurs Must Love Apples
Tuscan Kale & Apple Salad + Barrel Aged Maple Syrup & Brown Mustard Vinaigrette + Aged Cheddar To me the epitome of a fall salad is crisp fruits over dark greens, all currently being harvested in the New England area at the same time. So the adage, what grows together goes together is so true […]
Be a Peach!
Grilled Peach & Kale Salad + Blueberry Mustard Dressing When the season is peaking with fruit and vegetables, it’s inevitable that I want to showcase more than just one ingredient in the recipe at the market. Farmer Dave’s juicy peaches and dark lacinto kale make an interesting pair this week, and to jumpstart that party, […]
An Aubergine Story
Lemongrass + Aubergine & Sesame + Soy + Scallion Dressing Being back in Boston after a busy trip to Bombay meant I had family on my mind. And family and food stories go hand in hand. My mother loved aubergines, and when I saw the variety of eggplants Farmer Dave had this week, I gravitated […]
Insomnia Inspired
Blueberry, Corn & Mint Salad + Dark Ale Mustard & Maple Syrup Dressing I had been up from lack of sleep and if you want to know what my brain does when I cannot sleep, it thinks up recipes. So, laying there at 3 AM my thoughts went to the market, what the farmers would […]
Freshness in a Bowl
Great Gazpacho When the mercury crossed 90 degrees this Saturday, I knew for sure I would not be cooking anything warm at the Wakefield Farmer’s Market. So a gazpacho sounded just right, as I walked around the field saying hello to all our farmers and surveying the produce they were putting out. I got cucumbers […]
Primary Colored Slaw
Yellow Squash + Strawberry, Pickled Red Onion & Dark Ale Mustard Vinaigrette When you are married to an engineer, whose vision is in absolutes or black and white; the concept of using all the primary colors to freewheel based on instinct is often a point of our discussions. This Saturday morning was no different than […]
Sparkling Strawberries
Strawberry + Rhubarb + Basil Spritzer Being the first day of the Wakefield Farmer’s Market, I wanted to make it special, and so instead of one item at the demo table, I made two, and am so glad I did and I think so were the market customers. Farmer Dave’s had the juiciest strawberries; farmer […]
Tasty Tomato
Tomato + Scallion & Basil Bruschetta The first day of the Wakefield Farmer’s Market was beautiful, Mother Nature gave us a beautiful day and Farmer Dave’s and Kelly’s Farm Stand had the most gorgeous looking produce. I could not resist making two recipes for this week’s demo so you can thank the long winter we’ve […]
Shitake Pâté
Shitake Mushroom Pâté + Garlic Scape & Dijon Like a kid in a candy store, I am always excited to see which new vendor is at the market and what they have. So when I met Chris from the Mycoterra Farms who’s joined the market for the first time, I knew their mushrooms would feature […]
Ravishing Radishes
Radish + Spicy Greens & Basil Salsa This salsa is a throwback to ‘kachumbar’ salads I grew up eating in India with our meals. They’re meant to be crunchy, fresh, tart and spicy, adding a zing to all the other flavors in an Indian meal. So, this week, when I decided to make the mushroom […]
Red, Crunch & Green
Red Bok Choy & Cucumber Salad + Strawberry & Cilantro Vinaigrette What do you do at the first market of the growing season? I had the butterflies, like first day of school; I got to see all my regular farmers, artisanal producers and customers. And since it’s still early in the season, I knew the […]
Double ‘A’ Spring Salad
Warm Asparagus & Apple Slaw Spring Salad The season’s first few farmers markets are always exciting, you don’t know what will be available dependent on the fickle New England spring. So, to better prepare myself, I reached out to David, from Farmer Dave’s CSA who was going to be there at the Melrose Healthy Family […]
Quinoa Breakfast Bowl
One of the first things I learnt to make from my mum was a savory breakfast dish, Upma, traditionally made from suji – or cream of wheat. Think of it like a pilaf, it has veggies, cooks quickly and each bite still reminds me of home, of her and our life in Poona when I’d […]
Green Goddess Soup
– Broccoli & Sweet Corn Soup Watching the temperature plummet in New England whilst I sat here in Mumbai made me feel really bad for all of you back home, and I wanted to share this recipe to help everyone endure the bombogenesis show that mother nature sent along our East Coast. I turned a […]
Kheer – A Memory Makeover
A New Take on Indian Rice Pudding – Using Quinoa & Fleur Spice Blend Growing up in India, the holidays came during the Fall, including the main Hindu festival of lights – Diwali. I’d be back home from boarding school, looking forward to the sparklers, my cousins and desserts. Desserts are a big part of […]
Something Warm & Spooky!
Roasted Cauliflower & Celery-Root Hash + Fennel Vinaigrette October rains call for warm foods, something to comforts us like a warm hug. And since last week was the final market for the season in Melrose, I was thinking about the warm memories I had made with the community. I needed to leave them with a […]
