Pizza One:
Brushed whole wheat dough with mixture of olive oil, zaatar, and salt; sprinkled slivered onions on top, then baked.
Pizza Two (cold):
Brushed garlic-herb dough with olive oil and baked. When cooled, sliced into pieces, reassembled, and topped with hummus, olives, and salad greens.
Pizza Three:
Made baba ganoush from scratch with flame-roasted eggplant and harissa. Spread it generously on unbaked whole wheat dough, then topped with chopped sundried tomatoes. Baked, then added avocado slices as well.
I made mouhammarah as well but couldn't fit it on a pizza, so I served it with some other homemade flatbread.
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I know I've made a hundred soups like this one, but this one's worth noting because the broth was invented to address a specific problem. When I saw that my new udon noodles had 40% of one's daily sodium per serving, I decided to attempt a broth that was flavorful but not salty, since the noodles were going in the broth anyway. First, I sauteed mushrooms, garlic, and ginger in a sauce pan; then, I added carrots and continued cooking. When the mushrooms had expressed liquid, I deglazed with about 1 c beer, simmered, and then added some water and chili garlic paste as well. Finally, near the end, I added kimchi+juice, seasoned rice vinegar, and lime juice. The mushrooms gave the broth a meatiness, and the kimchi, vinegar, and citrus gave it brightness and a little bit of pungency. I couldn't believe it didn't have any boullion, tamari, or miso in it! This was served hot with the infamous salty noodles, green onions, basil, and cilantro.
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Secondly... here's a smoky mushroom-sauerkraut-lentil stew. It started out as a tester for Vegan Eats World, but after I realized that testing was closed, I added some other things, like lentils and liquid smoke. Mushrooms and sauerkraut balance each other out nicely here.
Your za'atar pizza sounds great! It sounds like everyone loved them if you had no leftovers to photograph. :) I hate pulling out a camera at parties, so it kind of forces me to use tried-and-true recipes. ;)
ReplyDeleteThe soups look great, too. There were still so many VEW tester recipes I wanted to make, too, but alas testing has closed.. I ended up making the pho, though, without all the sugar and tomato. Truned out pretty good! Kimchi in a soup sounds just as delightful as the sauerkraut in soup. :)