Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
With Thanksgiving coming up, I thought I’d share one of my favorite Thanksgiving side dishes. I know, fried rice seems like a weird thing to serve with Thanksgiving… but it’s a family tradition for us! It all started one year… after my dad spent all day making the Thanksgiving turkey and trimmings, my teenaged brother [...]
Here’s one of my basic stand-by side dishes: Asian style coleslaw with a sweet sesame dressing (no mayo!). It’s pretty easy to prepare, and works well as a quick salad or side to accompany your meal! For best results, use Savoy cabbage (it’s the round head of cabbage with wrinkly looking leaves). If you can’t [...]
About a year ago, I started getting a farm box of produce delivered to my door once a month. (This is a really great way to try interesting and weird produce that the regular market doesn’t carry.) Well, last winter, I ordered “purple yams”… and wow, those were soooo good! I made a sweet buttery [...]
I love pickles…. especially the salty and sour kind! Kosher dill pickles, cornichons, giardineira, Japanese umeboshi… they’re all good. If you like pickles too, they are quite easy to make – simple refrigerator pickles can be made to taste (you can make them with all kinds of flavors and spices… whatever you like), and are [...]
There is a small restaurant chain here in San Diego called “Swami’s Cafe.” We’ve been going there a lot lately, as I’ve become addicted to their “Forked Avocado & Herbs on Toast” and their “Acai Smoothie Bowl“. Their food is so unique – fresh and healthy – but really tasty and flavorful. If you ever [...]
Last month, I posted a recipe for Butternut Squash Risotto that you can make with pretty much any vegetable puree. However, I also wanted to share a Basic Risotto Recipe that you can easily sub ingredients for whatever you have on hand. This version calls for Artichoke – but you can use mushrooms, sun dried [...]
With Christmas coming up next week, I thought I would share one of my favorite holiday meal side dishes… Sweet Potato Casserole! Made from whole sweet potatoes (or yams), this dish is rich and satisfying… and perfect for a cold winter evening! I like to make this with a crunch pecan & brown sugar topping. [...]
Butternut squash risotto is a wonderful warm fall dish – it’s comforting and is a rich and satisfying meal for a cold fall or winter evening! If you have a lot of pumpkin puree leftover from Halloween… you can even substitute the butternut squash for pumpkin with no problem! In the produce section of the [...]
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