Tag Archives: Cilantro

Thai-Style Sour Salad with Peaches

Thai-Style Sour Salad with Peaches by Alison's Allspice This week I have another peach recipe for you, but this is no ordinary peach recipe.  This Thai-style sour salad is made with peaches, tofu, and green beans.  The dressing is amazing; it is sour yet complex in a lick-up-every-drop kind of way.

Most Thai-style salads are made with papaya and are made very (very) spicy.  The only spice I included was some red pepper flake to season the tofu, so this salad is pretty mild and fits my midwestern palate well. Continue reading

Healthy Vegan Chickpea Wraps

Healthy Vegan Chickpea Wraps by Alison's AllspiceFall is always very busy for me because it’s the beginning of a new school year.  I rely on easy recipes like these healthy vegan chickpea wraps to help me eat well when I don’t have much time to cook.

For these wraps, I prefer to make a chunky paste out of my chickpeas because whole chickpeas will roll right out of a wrap and are more likely to make a messy eating experience. Continue reading

Grilled Shrimp Tostadas

Grilled Shrimp Tostadas by Alison's AllspiceWhen I get out my charcoal grill, I don’t like to go back and forth between the house and the grill.  Instead, I just cook everything on the grill.  In this grilled shrimp tostadas recipe, you will grill both the shrimp and the corn tortillas to make the crispy tostada shell.

I find grilling shrimp on a stick much easier than one-by-one, and kabob sticks take up much less space than a grilling basket when it comes to storage. Continue reading

Curried Cauliflower and Chickpea Tacos with Creamy Cilantro Sauce

Curried Cauliflower and Chickpea Tacos with Creamy Cilantro Sauce by Alison's Allspice Are you into fusion cuisine?  Where you take culinary traditions from two different regions or cultures and fuse them together in one recipe?  If you haven’t tried it before, you have to try these curried cauliflower and chickpea tacos with creamy cilantro sauce.

Cilantro is one of my favorite herbs.  It pair perfectly with both curry flavors and tacos.  I use it here to make a creamy cilantro sauce that is my favorite part of these tacos. Continue reading

Teriyaki Tempeh Tacos with Radish Carrot Slaw

Teriyaki Tempeh Tacos with Radish Carrot Slaw by Alison's AllspiceRadish season has come and gone in my spring garden.  While I had fresh radishes, I made these teriyaki tempeh tacos with radish carrot slaw so many times.  Find some radishes to try them out for yourself!

Radish is one of those ingredients that I never quite know what to do with.  Sure you can slice them and add them to salads, but there are only so many of those salads I can eat before they get boring. Continue reading

Sweet Potato Black Bean Tostadas

Sweet Potato Black Bean Tostadas by Alison's AllspiceI had 2 sweet potato plants in my garden this summer and I finally harvested them yesterday. It’s sad to see the garden finally be done for the season, but it is exciting to have a great sweet potato harvest this year to use in my sweet potato black bean tostadas!

I absolutely adore sweet potatoes in spicy dishes.  The sweet and the heat are made for each other!  In this dish I use red pepper flake to add plenty of kick. Continue reading

Tomato Braised Tofu with Cilantro Lime Rice

Tomato Braised Tofu with Cilantro Lime Rice by Alison's AllspiceBefore I was born, my parents had a neighbor from Mexico that taught my mom a few traditional recipes that we enjoyed all throughout my childhood.  This tomato braised tofu recipe with cilantro lime rice is adapted from one that we simply called “Mexican Pork” where the pork is braised in a tomato sauce that is infused with traditional spices and aromatics. Continue reading

Coconut Turmeric Noodle Bowl with Tofu and Veggies

Coconut Turmeric Noodle Bowls with Tofu and Veggies by Alison's AllspiceThis coconut turmeric noodle bowl with tofu and veggies was inspired by golden milk, a creamy drink or tea made with a base of plant-based milk and turmeric.  I used the golden milk in place of broth to make a creamy noodle bowl that can be eaten hot or cold.

This isn’t a soup recipe because the ingredients are prepared individually, not together in one pot.  It resembles a buddah bowl more than it does soup. Continue reading

Turmeric Rice with Cumin Toasted Chickpeas

Turmeric Rice with Cumin Toasted Chickpeas by Alison's AllspiceI seem to see a lot of “rice and chickpeas” style dishes out there on the web and I decided that I had to see what they are all about.  Honestly, I was surprised at how simple yet flavorful the idea is.  Check out my turmeric rice with cumin toasted chickpeas recipe to see what I mean.

When I look at a bowl full of rice and chicpeas, I think there is nothing to it.  It’s gonna be bland.  Well, that just doesn’t have to be the case; not when you’re in the Allspice kitchen! Continue reading

Brazilian Coconut Shrimp Stew

Brazilian Coconut Shrimp Stew by Alison's AllspiceThis Brazilian coconut shrimp stew is traditionally called moqueca.  It can be made with fish or various types of seafood.  I decided to try this dish because I loved the look of the creamy coconut with the rich seafood.

In my version I only used shirmp and not multiple types of seafood.  This simplified the dish to be something that I could make with mostly pantry staples and frozen shirmp. Continue reading