This stew I cook for ages. The recipe I had spotted in a Turkish cookbook and love it. Same old, same old: Easy to prepare and perfect to make ahead anyway. That is why I prepare a large pot. You can halve the recipe as well.
If you have really tasty fresh tomatoes at hand, I recommend to use them. I did in Istanbul because tomatoes were very delicious!
White Beans with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Rosemary
It is a very tasty dish. Mostly I use oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes. They come with a lot of flavor what makes this dish more tasty. I like to serve it with lamb for lunch; but there is no need for it.
Quick Spaghetti Squash with Rosemary and Dried Tomatoes
This is my quick spaghetti squash recipe if I am short in time. But – yes, there is a “but” – the spaghetti squash should be thawed already. During the squash season I freeze one or two roasted spaghetti squashes as I usually don’t need a whole one. So I thaw the leftovers when needed.
Pan-Roasted Chicken with Tomatoes, Olives and Capers
Quickly cooked, tastefully and good-looking. I like to cook this dish for guests as it does not keep me in the kitchen too long.
Tomato Soup
Extremely yummy. This is the reason to cook this soup as often I can. I like it pure or with chickpeas or with wild rice, and with noodles it is just delicious.
Roasted Cauliflower with Tomatoes, Olives and Capers
This is one of my “making use of leftovers”-recipes. Approach: Search the fridge, grab what I get and just try to cook something tasty. Outcome: tasty or not tasty. This one I labelled with “tasty”.