Cookbook Club – Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking The book for August’s Cookbook Club was Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin. For a glimpse into what we sampled from those two centuries, go to my Cookbook Club site. For now – my dish! At the…
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Molasses Roasted Red Cabbage and Carrots
My boyfriend invited some friends over for dinner with very little advance notice. I had the ingredients on hand to make my Butternut Squash Pasta, but I wanted a vegetable side to go with it. I looked in the fridge and found red cabbage and carrots. With Mission: Molasses still in mind, I wondered if…
Roasted Spiced Carrots with Molasses Yogurt Dressing
I couldn’t stop thinking about the molasses yogurt dressing in my Harissa Roasted Broccoli with Molasses Yogurt Dressing. I decided it would also be good over carrots roasted with turmeric, cumin, and coriander. I managed to get 2 pieces before my boyfriend gobbled up the rest. Guessipe 1 lb carrots, halved lengthwise 3 TBSP olive…
Harissa Roasted Broccoli with Molasses Yogurt Dressing
Still on Mission: Molasses. This time I had the idea that a smoky sweet yogurt dressing would be a great complement to spicy roasted broccoli. It turned out even better than I’d hoped. My boyfriend said, “I would eat this over pizza, and I don’t even like broccoli”. Guessipe 1 head of broccoli, cut into…
Heart of Palm Salad with Cranberry Molasses Dressing
Mission: Molasses continues. I was recently visiting my uncle’s Hawaiian farm and mentioned that I love heart of palm. He said it just so happened he needed to clear out a couple palm trees, and proceeded to harvest me some fresh heart of palm! While I was sad to learn that the only way to…
Crispy Molasses Kale
I was gifted 3 bottles of molasses… but I’ve never cooked with molasses before. Not one to waste food stuffs, I set out to find ways to use the smoky sweet syrup. Thus begins Mission: Molasses. These salty sweet kale chips turned out so good that my boyfriend ate them all before I could even…