We’re a granola family. So, a jar full of homemade granola is regularly found on my kitchen counter ready for spooning over yogurt, pouring in a bowlful of milk, or for just grabbing a handful as a snack. The best thing about this granola recipe is that it’s very adaptable to substitutions of your favorite spices and nut combinations. We like ground cinnamon or cardamom with pistachio, almond, …
Sweet Potato Muffins
I thought I’d share this healthy muffin recipe so you can make a batch for breakfast or store them for an afternoon snack. The texture of these muffins are amazing—they’re moist with just enough sweetness and crunch from the crumb topping. Sweet potatoes are becoming my go to ingredient for baking. For this recipe, I microwave on high for 5 minutes a clean and dry sweet potato that has been …
Kaddo
Perhaps the best Afghani restaurant I have ever been to is Helmand’s in Cambridge, MA. There, my husband and I tried Kaddo, an appetizer described as pan-fried baked baby pumpkin seasoned with sugar and served on yogurt garlic sauce, topped with a ground beef sauce. This recipe was inspired from that appetizer, but instead of pan frying, the pumpkin is just baked in the oven until caramelized …
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Inside the center of a pumpkin, tucked among the stringy muck, are these pale edible seeds just waiting to be toasted and seasoned. Don’t be tempted to toss them because you’d be missing out on this delicious crispy snack. Think of these seeds as a blank slate that can roasted and flavored to your liking. My personal go-to combination is turmeric and cayenne or a dusting of za’atar spice, but the …