Welcome to Cookbook of the Week.
Spring is coming to New York.
That means sun and spring fashion, but mostly Im excited for the variety of veggies thatll be available.
Im choosing to celebrate Springs approach with an appropriately veggie-forward Cookbook of the Week:Yassou.
This cookbook is brand new; just published in March.
These sections give welcome insight into the culture, and whets your palate for the recipes to come.
A great cookbook for veggie enthusiasts who don’t mind branching out
You like vegetables.
Youre interested in eating them often.
However, you still like to have fun.
(You know what I meanraw kale salad isnt fun.
Ill eat it, but fun is not an emotion I experience when eating it.)
Melitzanosalata, aka Eggplant Spread, drizzled with olive oil and served with pita bread is fun!
There are fresh salads for sure, but theyre not the only venue for vegetables.
Many of the recipes rely on plants, but you dont have to commit.
Some days you just want bread and cheese and there are recipes for those moments inYassoutoo.
There are pasta dishes, fish dishes, bread recipes, and oh, the cheese.
I have truly enjoyed a free pass this week to eat all the feta I want.
Its written simply, and the instructions are clear and easy to follow.
There is no preamble about specialty cookware or how to replace ingredients you cant find.
Most of the ingredients are things that are common to the Western grocery store.
I decided to make Kassiopita (Greek flatbread) and Horiatiki Salata (Greek Salad).
Its always been a great deal.
Plus, these recipes made for a fabulous lunch.
This should be the treatment of all freshly sliced onions in salad.
The Kassiopita, entitled Greek Flatbread in the cookbook, might become something I make quite often.
Its easy to make, loaded with feta, and cooks up quite dramatically in the oven.
Its seasoned lightly and then you mix crumbled creamy feta into the batter.
The mixture cooks in a casserole dish with a quarter-cup of olive oil in it.
Eat it with salad or eat it soloI can vouch for both.
How to buy it
Yassouis available as ahardcover, or asan e-bookfor a reasonable price.
