9/18/2011 3 Comments Cooking aheadSo, I have been doing a lot of cooking. First, some veggies about to be oven-roasted for a lovely oven-roased vegetable stock...carrots, onions, celery, garlic and parsnips. Parsnips? I didn't even know that I liked them! Some of the stock went into making a tasty Roasted Red Pepper and Pumpkin soup. It was good, but I will be tweaking this recipe and when I am happy, will share with ya'll here! I have been fortunate to find red bells on sale for a week or two now, so have been roasting them to use in various ways. There are so many benefits to roasting your own peppers. It makes the house smell wonderful, it's super easy to do and it adds so much flavor. Start with freshly washed peppers, put them on a pan under the broiler (on hi) and turn until all sides are black-ish. I know, you will think you have ruined them, but trust me, you haven't! Let them cool and then the peel will come right off. But don't throw the peels away. Keep them for the next pot of veggie stock that you make, because there is still a lot of flavor in them! (you can freeze them until you're ready.) I was going to post a pic of them here, but suddenly the Picture app is not working.
I made a bunch of Samosas, (from Angel's last post) and froze them. Also I made a tasty vegan Minestrone, which we ate and I froze the leftovers. In about another week I will be undergoing a shoulder surgery, and in order to keep up my current eating habits and hopefully NOT gain back any of the 20 pounds I have lost thus far, I will have to really behave myself! I plan on making some more falafels today, which will also be bound for the freezer. It will be much easier to cook with one arm in the microwave! Caio!
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8/20/2011 10 Comments Update from Renee'I did weigh last Thurday, after my vacation, and had gained 1/4#, which I didn't feel TOO bad about, considering I had consumed a few goodies (in moderation, of course!) while in Minneapolis at the CGOA dinner and fashion show. This past Thurday, I weighed again to find I had lost that 1/4#....plus another 1/2#! Success! I didn't wish to deprive myself during vacation, but wanted to be sensible about how many "treats" I enjoyed. Not too bad, I think. This brings me down to 180.5#. I am hoping to break 180 very, very soon. Haven't seen that in a little while!
On the cooking front, I made another batch of eggplant curry, from the recipe in The Candle Cafe' Cookbook, which I borrowed from Angel. It is destined for the freezer with a little pearl couscous for lunches during the week. Then this is what we had on Wednesday night. It was also from The CCC. It is Black Bean Soup. It called for vegetable stock, and since Angel had me save the stock we cooked our seitan in, I went to the freezer and thawed out 2 quarts to use in the soup. It was tasty! Next time, though, I will cook it entirely in the pressure cooker, as I am just too impatient to cook beans all day to get them as soft as I like them. Week before last I mentioned I had checked out some cookbooks. After looking through them, I decided to see if there was a Kindle edition of The Passionate Vegetarian (there isn't, just in case you're wondering); but, I did find a good used copy for $4.69, plus with a $5 Amazon coupon, it is basically mine for the cost of shipping, which is less than $4! Another score! I can't wait to get my own copy, as I had to return the one to the library; this way I won't smudge up the library copy while I am cooking. Until next time, this is Renee', signing off! Good eats! 8/10/2011 8 Comments Checking in...So, Angel has weighed in for the week. I usually weigh on Tuesdays at work, but was off yesterday and today for my 5 day weekend stretch at the hospital. I will weigh tomorrow and post my gains/losses on here. I have been on vacay for about 2 1/2 weeks and was not so good while I was gone, so, expect a little gain. But it won't take me long to pick myself up, dust off the powdered sugar and get right back on the wagon! On the subject of seitan...well, let's just say it made an appearance in some marinara sauce with diced veggies over some polenta and no one even noticed that it wasn't meat! Score one for veganism!
Also, I checked out a few books from library: The Passionate Vegetarian by Crescent Dragonwagon and Step-by-Step Indian Cooking by Sharda Gopal. Should find some interesting new recipes |
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