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Kasha and Tofu Veggies

English cucumber. Kasha cooked with oyster mushrooms. (What pallid oyster mushrooms. A grower from Montreal thanks to Metro’s centralized monopoly supply chain rather than the local Continental Mushrooms.)
A cookbook from the small press fair sparked some ideas for tofu — Intuitive Cooking: A Vegetarian Primer by Chloe Fox. The zucchini (color, bulk and nutrition) and […]

Grazing

Brown lentil, hummus, sliced radish and fennel flush on a rice cake. That lentil stew made enough for 6 good-sized servings and thickens up a lot overnight. Works to freeze.

A box macaroni and cheese and quiet evening.

Can’t Hurry On, Curry on Rice

Epicurious’ red lentil curry on Lundberg blend of Wehani®, long grain brown rice and Black Japonica™ cooked with a sprinkle of dehydrated veggies.
As comments on the recipe suggested I doubled the spicing. It still wasn’t really spicey.
2 red shallots, finely chopped
2 Tbs olive oil
2 frozen ginger cubes
1 tsp ground cumin
3/4 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp turmeric
1/4 […]

Spelt Linguine Topped with Greens

Started with Pasta Della California from PostPunkKitchen and made it more this way:
Ingredients
spelt linguine
all head of broccoli, tops cut into small florets
most of a tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic
shake of red pepper flakes
splash of white wine vinegar
1/2 cup herb-cube broth
splash of whisky
couple grates of fresh black pepper
leftover cooked spinach
1 avocado in chunks

Fry the garlic […]

Starchy Keen: Pancakes

Dark misty day ideal for pancakes:

Chocolate chip, raspberry and cranberry ones, and a Montreal-style sesame bagel.

Raspberry and chocolate to go on the top of the batter.
dry:
1 cup white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat four
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
wet:
2 eggs
1 cup almond milk
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
Mix them and stir/beat for 2 minutes until […]

Green and Rice

Varieties of brown rice topped with some spiced tofu. The bok choy, broccoli, green onion was steamed with garlic and ginger.

Stuffed Dates

Stuffed dates.

Dates about to be stuffed with feta, thyme and pecans
What else is quick? Apricot chutney and some curryous cashew puree.

Curried cashew puree and quinoa salad on german pumpernickel.
And my summary of the talk on local foods is at the OIWF discussion forum: Locavores and Heather Heagney of After the Harvest also made a summary […]