Recipe Category Archives: 30 Minutes or Less

Moroccan Semolina Soup Recipe

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Garden Vegetable Levana Nourishments  

semolina soup

Semolina soup is often breakfast in my native Morocco.

That was our hot cereal! In fact it is equally at home as breakfast or dinner

Semolina soup takes minutes from beginning to end and costs pennies, and it is so satisfying. I have whipped it up countless times when I needed to round out a meal in a jiffy.

You can save even more time by grinding the garlic and cilantro in a food processor.

For an occasional splurge, add some freshly grated parmesan.

Gluten-free: Look for brown rice farina, or simply use fine or medium corn meal.

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Zucchini Chocolate Chip Bread Recipe

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Cocoa Coffee Levana Nourishments

zucchini chocolate chip bread

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Bread!

You must try mine. I love the idea of quickbreads, whipped up at the drop of a hat, ready for guests and us on short notice, no kneading and no rising time.

The added bonus is that quickbreads are very moderately sweet.

This little trivia about them places them in the category of real foods rather than desserts, even though they taste delicious enough to be dessert.

The flavor combination in this Zucchini Chocolate Chip bread is unbeatable!

And you will eat your veggies, I guarantee it! It helps a lot that zucchini is naturally bland, in a good way, and is equally at home in sweet and savory dishes.

No problem making muffins with this batter:

Your children will love you for the perfect Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins snack!

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No Yeast Gluten-Free Rolls Recipe

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Garden Vegetable Levana Nourishments

gluten-free rolls

Gluten-free rolls is something I am constantly tinkering with.

I’m terribly sorry to say:

Commercial gluten-free bread and gluten free rolls are really subpar, on every level:

Let’s see: The ingredient selection (First ingredient: potato starch, corn starch?!?), the unjustified high price (again: for potato starch, corn starch?), the poor flavor and texture, and above all the way it ignores all health guidelines. Poor gluten-free shoppers pay through the nose for something they have equated with healthy because it boasts a gluten-free certification, and for what? Gluten free junk!

Although making yeasted bread is nowhere near as hard or time consuming as some people imagine, the daunting idea of multi step bread baking, and all things yeasted for that matter, dies hard for many of us. Making yeasted gluten-free rolls follows pretty much the same rules as regular bread baking, albeit with different ingredient ratios. So I decided to explore with no yeast Gluten-free rolls. Much like muffins, except they are savory enough to be bread.

These gluten-free rolls have the advantage of consisting in a single-step process.

And because they are yeast-free, they are much less perishable than yeasted gluten-free bread rolls. I store them in the freezer, and whip out just the number I need.

Here is a large batch recipe of my no yeast gluten-free rolls I was very happy with. No trace of the offending worthless starch; only the very best and healthiest ingredients, and super nutritious. My gluten-allergic grandson loved them, and he is a certified bread aficionado, so his verdict rules.

 

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Mock Crab Cakes Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Garden Vegetable Levana Nourishments

mock crab cakes

My mock crab cakes are a staple in a my house.

Crab cakes and other seafood goodies were always verboten in the world of kosher dining. They were also verboten to all diners who frown at eating seafood.
But recently some inspired professional foodie recreated the texture and flavor of crab with a plain-vanilla-type fish called pollock: Ta-Da! Mock crab was born! And Mock Crab Cakes soon followed!

Mock crab is processed minimally, so I have no trouble using it, in these mock crab cakes and several other fish treats.

I don’t think you will find more than a handful of fried dishes in my whole cooking repertoire. Only those very few dishes whose flavor or texture would be compromised by cooking them any other way, and these mock crab cakes are just one of them.

Guess what? mock crab cakes freeze beautifully!

I risked freezing a couple of these, just to see what happens, and they were perfect! YAY! I reheated them in a 300*F oven, uncovered. But I also tried them cold, diced in salads, or in sandwiches, with a good smear of your favorite sauce, and your favorite toppings. Fantastic!

 

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Apple Cabbage Fennel Compote Recipe

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Garden Vegetable Levana Nourishments

fennel

Fennel is somewhat neglected in this country.

Quel dommage! This Cabage-Fennel-Apple trinity a real winner, besides being a real nutritional powerhouse. The sage brings all the flavors together. This will do excellently, alone or as a side dish with poultry or sliced steak. Try it as part of a vegetarian main course over kasha or in a kale salad

The food processor will do all your slicing and shredding in a wink of an eye!

The braising reduces the dish to a small, powerful delicious heap.

PS: Dear pregnant moms, did you know fennel does wonders for nausea? I kid you not. It was always my best friend throughout my (very tough) pregnancies. You’re welcome!

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