Beans and Barley Soup

Sunday with Marlena Spieler The earliest memories I have of Barley is my dad asking amma to make him Barley water. As kids, we would shun away from it. My mom would incorporate barley water in vegetable soup and I would slurp on it happily clueless that it had barley water. But now, I embrace [...]

Chicken Koresh

Sunday with Marlena Spieler You want a dish that has veggies, lentils and chicken? This is just the dish for you. You can make it completely vegetarian too. Marlena calls this is the Californian version of the Persian Koresh. In Persia Lamb is the meat of choice, but we use chicken in this dish.  This [...]

Candied Lemon Peel

Sunday With Marlena Spieler Citrus and sugar, what can go wrong. Our friends Dennis &  Mary shared with us their  bounty of Meyer lemons from their garden. There is nothing quite like using produce so fresh and well cared for. We made ginger lemon concentrate with the juice and the peel was used to make [...]

White Bean Salad

Sunday with Marlena Spieler You ask how in the world does Candied lemon peel get incorporated in this recipe? Read on . This  journey of cooking through Marlena’s cookbook is a truly a world tour. We travel through different countries and our kitchen now smells of foods from all over the globe. The recipe called [...]

New York Egg Cream

Sunday with Marlena Spieler When the three of us were divvying up recipes and we got this recipe, we wondered if we would enjoy the recipe as we assumed that there would be eggs in the recipe. We are not big fans of eggs in a beverage. The title is deceiving. Marlena says in her [...]

Vegetable Kugel

Sunday with Marlena Spieler Kugel is a Jewish casserole normally made with egg noodles or potatoes. Marlena introduces us to this this is a surprisingly light and quite healthy vegetable kugel. Vegetable kugel is a dish you can easily make on a weekday. It is brown and  crispy on the top and really tender inside. [...]

Roasted Eggplant Salad

Sundays with Marlena Spieler This was a relaxing weekend for us. We spent time with friends and family and today we get to relax and start the week ahead. We did not cook much at home, but definitely ate a lot of food. We wanted something light today and this recipe came in handy. Our [...]

Hummus- Three Ways!

Sundays with Marlena Spieler We had a great time this week..the three of us were on TV for a cooking segment on Latkes. We celebrated a Birthday and an Anniversary. After having festive spreads almost everyday, we wanted something simple and Hummus seemed the right choice. When we started making Hummus, we couldn’t stop with [...]

Egg Salad

Sundays with Marlena Spieler Although Egg salads are a part of deli style menu, chopped egg and onions is one of the oldest dishes in Jewish history according to Marlena Spieler. Some even say that it goes back to the Egyptian times and it is also considered an Ashkenazi  dish. (The Jews descended from the [...]

Mushroom Caviar

Sundays’ with Marlena Speiler- Mushroom Caviar Mixtures of finely chopped sauteed vegetables served with fresh bread or toast is a very common tradition in Jewish households. The texture of the dish is the reason why it is called Caviar and not the actual content, says Marlena. Recipe: Mushroom Caviar Ingredients Dried Porcini Mushrooms- 1/2 cup [...]

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