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Poffertjes

Poffertjes are these teeny Dutch pancakes. They can come from a mix or recipe.

They are cooked in this pan which looks rather like what you would set out devil’s eggs on. It’s called an aebleskiver pan. The best are cast iron the lady at the kiosk said, for durability and even heat. […]

Mixed Beans to Sandwich

After soaking overnight, the colorful Chinese beans with onions were cooked with a little dehydrated veggie flakes. The first taste was a delight of each distinct bean and lentil.
Then with all the leftovers I decided to make something like humus, pureeing these. The color muddied to grey in the mixing. There’s a lesson in […]

Moroccan Tagine

A variation from Ken Charney’s The Bold Vegetarian Chef
4 Shallots
1 rib of celery (chopped)
cube of minced ginger
2 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced

Sliced garlic, chopped shallots, pureed ginger fried briefly.

Spices
1 1/2 tsp fennel
1/4 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp ground black pepper
1/8 tsp salt
2 tsp paprika
2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp coriander
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1 can crushed tomatoes, 28 oz/ […]

Corn and Potato Chowder

Corn and potato chowder soup surrounded by kidney bean salad, cous cous with savory leaves and thick flavorul stalks of asparagus. The soup recipe is this:
1 1/2 cups raw potato, in cubes (about one really large one)
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup onion, chopped
3 tbs butter
1 1/2 Tbs whole wheat flour
2 cups skim milk
14 ounce, or […]

Sweet Strips and Chopped Tubers

A variation on the sweet strips recipe with some cucumber salad, indian spiced rice and an assortment of tubers and squash (carrots, parsnips, acorn squash and batata) all in lovely squares tossed in olive oil and oregano and kelp

Sweet Strips

Cous cous is the bed for the veggies — an hour ahead the zucchini, onion, acorn squash popped in a pot and baked at 300 degrees to get themselves ready to sit beside the so soya.
The So soya strips were soaked to rehydrate and then fried to brown in a pan with olive oil. […]

Brown Bread

A recipe from Holy Family Church of Delia, Alberta, shown here halved to make only one loaf.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups water
1 packet of instant yeast
3 1/2 Tbs sugar
1 egg
1/2 Tbs olive oil
pinch of salt
3-4 cups of whole wheat flour
Time: 3-4 hours from flour to bread in mouth.

Mix yeast with 2 cups of flour. Beat egg. Add […]