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Welcome to my BLOG! I write about whatever I want, mostly food and random stories I'm trying to write. I hope you enjoy it. In loving kindness....
Once again a delicious pasta meal. This one has chicken, but you could make some adjustments for a vegetarian dish by leaving out the chicken and upping the veggies, perhaps add some squash or green beans. This recipe helped me use up more of my lemons and is a one pot meal. One pot meals are my favorite. Less to clean up. It is enough for two and can easily be doubled. Adapted from a recipe by Ellie Krieger.
This is a fast week night meal. And it is delicious and vegan if you leave off the yogurt. I like to serve it with the cabbage cilantro slaw and brown basmati rice. When I had lots of fresh figs, I made a fig chutney that goes well with the curry. If you haven't made any chutney lately, a good quality grocery store brand works fine. Last time I made this, I didn't have any garbanzo beans and used white kidney beans instead. I actually liked it a little better, the beans were softer and creamier.
I've renamed this cake. It is now called Chocolate Weird Cake in honor of Teresa Favuzzi who recently passed away. She was a strong disability rights activist and a kind and generous person. She often sang a song "weird is good." The recipe is a good one to make with grand kids as it all happens in the pan you bake it in. I've made this recipe for so many years that I've long since forgotten from where it came. This is a vegan cake.
I always thought corned beef was a mysterious meat created in back rooms with special ingredients. Or maybe it came from some unknown beast. I also wondered why it didn't taste more like corn. You'd think a farm girl like myself would have had a better understanding of what corned beef was, but I didn't. A couple years ago I found out how to make it and was astonished at the simplicity of it. And how utterly delicious homemade corned beef is! How come more people don't make it if its that easy and good I asked myself? Beats me. Here is the recipe I use to make corned beef, I adapted it from one by David Liebovitz.
Here is a simple lentil soup. Don't let the lack of ingredients fool you, it is delicious and filling. Nice for a simple light dinner with salad and bread. The recipe is adapted from one in Lulu's Provencal Table by Richard Olney. It is vegan if you leave off the yogurt.
