Food, Fusion and More

On Saturday  we have being outside in yard cleaning mode. So we didn't feel too inspire to cook a lot, we decided just to make homemade pizza. One more time I have to thank my aunts, this time my aunt Maralyn, a year ago she sent us a vegetarian cooking book that I use a lot to get inspirations for our dinners as this time, I use the pizza dough recipe and  veggies that we  had at home for toppings. For the pizza dough: 1 1/2 cups flour 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp rapid rise dried yeast 1/2 - 2/3 cups warm water 1 Tbsp olive oil Mix flour and salt. Dissolve the yeast in warm water (105 - 115 F) and let it rest for at least 20 minutes. Mix in with the flour and olive oil. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for about 10 minutes until smooth and elastic. Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover it. Every time you work with active dry yeast try to do it in the warmest place in your kitchen. In my case I have to turn the oven and work on top of the ...

I bough this huge bag of green beans at Costco. Great flavor and price, but as I told you before in my house is just my husband and I so I have to get 1000 ways to make this green beans. I was looking in all my recipe books about different ways to serve them, and in one of the books that my aunt Judy gave me the first year I became vegetarian I found this recipe, but as always I made some changes, so this is the recipe I came up after all of that. Green Bean Salad: 2 "handfull" of green beans 1/2 of iceberg lettuce 1 cup of cherry tomatoes 1 tablespoon of gold raisins 1 tablespoon of pine nuts. Dressing 1 Lime (squeeze all the juice) 2 tablespoons of olive oil 2 oz of blue cheese 1 clove of garlic (peeled and crushed) 1 tablespoon of white wine vinegar Salt and pepper When I do my salad dressings I usually use a glass container to put everything inside and give it a "good shake" after that, then let it sit for a little so all the ingredients fuse...

For the nonperuvians "aji" means pepper. We use a couple kind of aji regularly: aji amarillo and aji colorado. Aji amarillo comes in various presentations, whole, powder, and ground/paste. I buy my stash in a latin american store in Seattle and it last me a couple of months. Today I made a variation of a dish that my mom used to make all the time "papita a la serrana". It's originally made with potatoes but since we were going to have potatoes as a side, I decided to make them with mushrooms instead. I used: 2 cups of small fresh mushrooms 2 garlic cloves - crushed 1/4 cup of yellow onion - chopped in tiby squares 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric 1/2 tablespoon of ground aji amarillo (optional) Chopped italian parsley Salt and pepper First warm a pan with a little of olive oil to fry the garlic and onions, stir constantly so it doesn't burn. Add turmeric and aji amarillo. When it cooks, incorporate the mushrooms, with a teaspoon of water and...

Welcome eager readers, I will post recipes from my kitchen, in the greatest Northwest, central Washington. We are a multicultural vegetarian home, I am peruvian (born and raise) and my husband is american (born and raise), as you can imagine every meal is always different. Also, english is my second language and this is the first time I am writing in english, so please be patient :) Most of our meals are a combination of peruvian traditional recipes with vegetarian variations and a lot of "let's cook with things I always have at home" I hope you will enjoy them. THE TABLE IS SET