Notes about Recipes in this book

• Turkey meatballs with romesco sauce

  • mpo on January 10, 2026

    I may have made the whole recipe once but this time and this comment is regarding the Romesco sauce. I usually do not want bread in mine, but this sauce could actually use a little panko. Maybe I ground my almonds too much, but it runs very smooth.

• Spiced coconut chicken rice

  • Barb_N on March 09, 2021

    I had everything on hand for this recipe with some minor subs- I used baby arugula instead of kale and reduced the cayenne by a lot and added at least 1/2 T of a “Jerusalem grilled meat spice mix” that I carried home from the sea of Galilee only to discover the “available on amazon” label as I broke the seal. It has coriander, cumin, pepper, sumac & paprika along with turmeric, so it added more dimension. I cooked 5 minutes longer once the rice was added (15 minutes did not seem sufficient) and it was perfect. Forgot to take a photo, a perfect excuse to make this again.

  • meggan on March 20, 2021

    Had to use bok choy instead of kale and I used jasmine rice by mistake - all good though. Served without the chiles.

  • hbakke on March 25, 2021

    I followed the recipe pretty closely, but my basmati rice came out wetter than I would have expected. Besides that, this recipe is a repeat for me. The flavors were a great combination. We loved the slightly spicy, coconutty rice combined with the lime and pickled peppers.

  • Stephenn31 on December 24, 2023

    Delicious one pot chicken and rice. I added the lime juice with the kale so all the rice was slightly flavoured. Used some home pickled jalepeños

• Pasta with lentils and mushrooms

  • Stephenn31 on February 27, 2024

    Not bad but not amazing. I didn't taste the mushrooms after they cooked with the lentils and pasta. I might try taking them out before the lentils go into the pot, and adding them near the end.

• Shrimp and okra with sausage

  • Wordsfailme on September 19, 2024

    Made this with a pile of roasted shallots and jimmy nardello peppers I had on hand instead of the onion and green peppers. Used duck and armagnac sausages, and some tomato confit, again, because that’s what I had. Needed a bit of water to loosen it up. Made a home made creole-ish seasoning with paprika, cayenne, oregano, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Excellent. Might add some sliced scallions at the end next time for brightness. I ended up adding the okra and sausage about the same time. Next time, I’d cook the okra longer as it was still a bit crunchy. Even better after freezing and reheating.

  • Stephenn31 on August 18, 2025

    One of the comments on the BA website was to brown the sausage first which I did and I think helped.

• Green curry lentil soup

  • grindabod on March 10, 2021

    This is such a delicious, easy and wholesome soup. I loved it. I mashed up some of the sweet potato pieces and lentils against the side of the pan at the very end to thicken the soup a little bit more, and I think that worked really well for this comforting bowl of goodness.

  • LifeofPie on December 31, 2022

    This was really good and I would def make it again. My only substitutions were green lentils in place of brown and yellow curry paste in place of green. So good!

  • tmitra on February 27, 2025

    I really wanted to like this, but it had an artificial, overly salty flavor from the 0.25 c jarred green curry paste. I used Thai Kitchen's, so maybe a different brand would be better? I'm not going to risk it again unless I have the time to make my own green curry paste.

  • abbycox on February 21, 2026

    Only used half the green curry paste called for and added some chicken broth to give it more taste (could have used veggie broth but didn’t have any thawed)

• Soy and scallion tofu bowl

  • patioweather on March 01, 2021

    We put a lot of extra sauces on it at the table, but as a sauce canvas it was great.

  • hbakke on March 28, 2021

    An interesting recipe. I was expecting a more saucy tofu mixture, despite the dryish looking accompanying picture. I like the flavors and would cook the tofu a little longer next time for a bit more texture. We served this with a splash of coconut aminos for hint of sweetness.

• Broccoli melts

  • patioweather on February 08, 2023

    I enjoyed this a lot! I simplified things by buying the bags of precut broccoli that you can microwave in the bag. I also stuck the shallot amd garlic mixture in the microwave for 30 secs before stirring into the broccoli. At first I thought it was too much shallot, but it ended up being just right.