Food & Wine

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Soy milk makes the best foam

One of the side benefits of going dairy-free: soy milk foam you can stand a spoon in.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Salad Days in June

Here’s a quick round up of activity on Salad Days in the month of June. I wish you good health and happy eating!

June 19th: Vegetable Scrap Stock
June 20th: Indian Cauliflower & Kidney Bean Soup
June 24th: Cheese-less pizza
June 25th: Green-Ya Colada
June 27th: Corn & Kidney Bean Salad - Two Ways
June 30th: You can starve cancer with a healthy, plant-based diet

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Vegetable scrap stock

I’ve decided to move most of my food posts over to my Salad Days blog. This morning’s post is about turning vegetable scraps into a delicious stock for flavoring soups, pilafs, and sauces. If you haven’t been over there yet, check it out.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Wherin we undo all the good we did

After 142 miles of bike riding this weekend, we needed some seriously calorific comfort food for dinner tonight. This luscious coconut rice curry with tomatoes, peas, and beans served over a pile of steamed collards totally fit the bill. I made it with full fat coconut milk, a luxury I will reserve for weekends like this one, and my-oh-my it was good!

The recipe came from Vegan on the Cheap by Robin Robertson. This is the second recipe we’ve tried out of this book and it is quickly becoming a favorite! So far, both recipes have involved minimal prep and came together in under an hour, including cooking time. The recipe for the curry for example, took 10 minutes of prep, then it simmered away on the stove for 35 minutes while we did other things.

Finally, I’d just like to mention that I KNOW that the last three posts have been about food. Bar prep is kicking my ass, and the only thing I have time for these days is studying, eating, and biking. You’ll just have to bear with me for the next few weeks, because that’s all you’re likely to hear about from me.

Sunday, June 06, 2010

Free mushrooms

I popped over to the grocery store today for a few vegetables to make homemade stock. In the mushroom bins, I found this collection of stems. Seems someone didn’t want them and left them behind. They looked like just the thing for making stock, especially since the grocery store was willing to give them to me for free!