Category Archives: Other

Little Quinoa Patties

I don’t know about you, but I had a lot of extra quinoa hanging around after I made that quinoa salad.  Like, a LOT of quinoa.  What’s a girl to do?  And then I remembered something, sort of had a flashback if you will…
 
A few weeks ago, I noticed how everyone on pretty much every food site there is couldn’t stop talking about Heidi Swanson’s new cookbook, Super Natural Every Day, or, more specifically, her recipe for Little Quinoa Patties.  The short little intro to the recipe said something about how it was a great way to use leftover quinoa.  And I admit it, I scoffed.  I said to myself, “Oh, Muffy, this will be simply diviiiiiine with all the leftover quinoa in my refrigerator.”  Obviously, this was before I realized how un-fancy quinoa was, and how much I liked it.  And, maybe even more obviously, before I actually had mounds of leftover quinoa in my fridge.

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Mango and Red Onion Chutney

Every time I try a recipe from the now-defunct Gourmet, I get a little sad.  It was such a lovely magazine, and I have so many all-time favorite recipes that came from it’s colorful, inspiring pages.  Sigh.  What is the world coming to when there isn’t enough room for both Bon Appetit and Gourmet in our hearts and newstands?  One of my only consolations on this issue is that epicurious.com still has all of the best Gourmet recipes online, so all is not lost.

That is exactly where I came across this recipe for chutney.  For those of you who are wondering, a chutney is a Indian/Pakistani concoction, basically a spread or paste, which is made (generally) with a combination of fruit, vegetables, spices, vinegar, etc.  Basically a spicy relish.  For the history of chutney (for those of you who care to know), check this out.  Now, I’m not pretending that this chutney is even in the slightest bit authentic.  For some reason, I have the feeling that in India, they don’t make their chutney with “curry powder” from McCormicks.  So while I doubt that they’re slathering crackers with Mango and Red Onion Chutney in New Delhi, that doesn’t make it any less delicious for me, in Chicago. Continue reading

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Filed under Gluten Free, Other