Vegan chocolate chip cookies. The first batch to the oven I overcooked and rolled too thick so they stayed a dense cake that didn’t crisp. They were ok but decidedly unexciting. (Those are at the back there.) I added some ingredients to help it. And rolled it thinner as the recipe said: 1/8″ to 1/4″ [...]
The challenge of the grocery store: karela. India’s bitter melon has the same health benefit’s but is lumpier, more of a hedgehog. A lot of recipes seem to call for stuffing it with meat or a spice mix tied into it’s hollowed middle and bake, or else deep fry it until crisp. Generally the strong [...]
I started with this recipe for Tofu Quiche with Asparagus, Leeks, and Eryngii from Veg Out Love. I served it with baguette. I took off the crust because I rarely like crusts. It’s not value-added. I subbed in some veggies I had. I was surprised at how fluffy the texture was. I don’t understand the [...]
A squash apple soup with carrots and other autumn goodness. Mashing up this sweet potato soup, this butternut and apple soup and the slow cooker advice of this one 1/2 acorn squash 3 carrots 1 red sweet potato (which was red outside and white inside, or else was another root mislabelled) 1 small onion 2 [...]
More arugula salad, kale/onions/turnips and a vegan scalloped potato dish. The base is this Epicurious recipe except I changed the spicing and added a cauliflower surprise in the centre. 1/4 head cauliflower 6 small baking potatoes, sliced thin earth balance margarine to coat dish sauce: 2 cups almond milk 2 tbsp slivered almonds 1/8 tsp [...]
Fresh cauliflower from the market. What to do with it and an hour? Some spice. Aloo Gobi And some Cauliflower Daal Served over cous cous, because we’re out of rice. Basil and a tomato from our garden and a spiral of cucumber.
Start with the basics. Keep close to them. Hard pears are really hard so they need to be boiled. Maybe add sugar. Trimming them and peeling them, the hands get sticky so there’s natural sugars there to release. It took me back to my aunt’s yard in childhood, sitting in the grass in the hot [...]
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