alexandra's kitchen

A bowl of Indian fried rice with peanuts and chilies.

Indian Fried Rice with Peanuts, Chilies, & Cilantro

Why I have never thought to dress leftover rice with something other than soy sauce, sesame oil, and a showering of scallions escapes me....

Sauces and Dressings

How to Make Ghee: A Step by Step Guide

One of the FAQ’s in Priya Krishna’s Indian-ish is: “If a recipe calls for ghee or olive oil, what’s better?” To which Priya responds:...

Four slices of toasted sourdough bread topped with avocado-egg salad and sprouts.

Breakfast

Avocado Egg Salad Toasts on Sourdough

Come Sunday, you may find yourself with a surplus of hard-boiled eggs. May I suggest egg salad? With a twist? Swapping mashed avocado for...

Crumb shot of sourdough sandwich (or toasting) bread.

Fall

Easy Sourdough Sandwich Bread

As I mentioned a few weeks, a number of requests about how to make my mother’s peasant bread with a sourdough starter encouraged me...

Eggs

Easy 5-Minute Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

The virtues of making hard-boiled eggs in an Instant Pot can be summed up as follows: they peel like a dream and they come...

A bowl of sushi salad with brown rice, avocado, edamame, and cucumber with a sesame miso dressing, nori and sesame seeds.

Weeknight Dinners

Sushi Salad: Brown Rice, Avocado and Nori with Miso Dressing

Once — just once — I made sushi. Twice — just last week — I made this sushi salad, and I foresee making it...

Salads

Chopped Thai Satay Salad with Peanut-Ginger Dressing

If you love Thai chicken satay or the peanut sauce that accompanies it, you will love this “chopped satay salad.” It’s essentially chopped vegetables...

Bread Recipes

Bread Toast Crumbs Turns 2: Sharing 15 Recipes From Around the Web

Friends, it’s hard to believe, but as of yesterday, Bread Toast Crumbs has been out in the world for two years. To celebrate, I’ve...

endive and carrots with white bean and chutney spread

Sauces and Dressings

Marisa McClellan’s Blank Slate White Bean Dip with Apple Chutney

As noted in my previous post, Food in Jar’s Marisa McClellan just published her fourth book: The Food in Jars Kitchen. You can read...

Homemade apple chutney recipe in a glass mason jar

Fall

Adaptable Chutney Recipe with Apples, Ginger & Lemon

This chutney recipe is irresistible — it’s got that expected sweet-tart balance lent by the sugar and vinegar, but there’s also a bit of...

Marisa McClellan's apple-date butter, ready to be processed

Jams and Spreads

Cinnamon-Spiced Apple-Date Butter

Shortly after Marisa McClellan’s third book, Naturally Sweet Food in Jars, was published, I intended to write about her apple butter recipe, which I...