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Chilled Zucchini Soup Two Ways — Beginner and Expert
I'm a major supporter of soup, and believe in eating it year-round, regardless of the weather. Yet I know how some of you can't bear to steam up sun shades with bowls of hot liquid in the Summer. If you fall into the latter category, chilled zucchini soup, with its creamy body and subtle flavor, is just the thing to talk you off the ledge.
Fast & Easy Dinner: Couscous With Vegetables and Chickpeas
Tonight, feed your family a healthy, filling salad. Inspired by Middle Eastern cuisine, this dish features the aromatic flavors of cumin and lemon. Roasting the vegetables adds depth, but you can achieve the same results by firing up the grill if you prefer.
Fast & Easy Dinner: Cumin Chicken With Black Beans
Take a flavorful trip south of the border with this cumin and cayenne scented chicken dish. Pounded chicken breast halves and canned black beans make this meal come together in a flash.
First the chicken is seared, then the black beans are sautéed with vegetables in the pan drippings.
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah With Honey-Glazed Cornish Hens
L'Shanah Tovah (Happy New Year)! Last night was the beginning of the Rosh Hashanah. During this time of reflection and rejoicing, much of the celebration happens at the dinner table.
Fast & Easy Dinner: Shrimp and Chickpeas
Fancy a trip to an exotic Mediterranean destination? Take one tonight with this enticing meal. The shrimp is marinated in a cool, cumin-flavored yogurt before being seared on a hot grill.
Let's Dish: What Spice Can You Not Live Without?
Although I have a large spice rack, I have a designated mise en place area for ingredients I use all the time. This includes seasonings like salt and pepper as well as my favorite spice, cumin. While we never cooked with it growing up — my mother hates the smell of it — I have grown to love it, and now I don't think I could live without it.
Monday's Leftovers: Chicken Salad with Cumin Carrot Raita
Making chicken salad is a classic way to use up leftover grilled chicken. However, when the leftover chicken happens to be tandoori style grilled chicken, the chicken salad is anything but ordinary.
This recipe combines the moist meat with cumin, radishes, and carrots.
Secret Ingredient: Cumin Recap + Chicken is Next!
The next secret ingredient is chicken.
I've been pretty specific with the ingredients lately, so this week I thought I'd take a broader step. Put all of your best chicken recipes (I'm talking soups, pot pies, bbq, anything!) up on TeamSugar and tag them with the following phrase: "Secret Ingredient Chicken" - make sure it's all one phrase, no commas, etc.
Reminder: Secret Ingredient - Cumin
This week's secret ingredient is cumin.
There's still a few days left, so don't forget to submit your best recipe! I can't wait to see what you guys come up with.
Secret Ingredient: Cumin
Okay, so I'm going to throw a wrench in to an otherwise working system...
I've received some emails wondering how to submit recipes to the Secret Ingredient challenge that have already been posted/are are going to be posted in other groups (Kitchen Goddess, Let's Have a Drink, etc.).
So from now on, we'll try taking advantage of the cool keyword thing.
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