Renee and I have both been picking new things out of Passionate Vegetarian. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to sample the stew she made (pictured in her most recent post) and for my birthday in 2011, Dani got me a pretty tagine that I had yet to use, so I had to try out CD's tagine recipe from PV. Problem was, I didn't have a heat diffuser yet (and you shouldn't cook with a clay tagine on the stovetop without one). So, I quickly ordered one and decided to make the tagine in the crockpot (slow heat, covered, ceramic--sounds like crockpot to me!). It was quite tasty, even though I had to make a swap here and there and I so did not do the complex couscous method. If you make it, leave room in the freezer for leftovers--it makes a ton. I threw in a bag of sliced Japanese eggplant that Renee grew this summer--yum! Stacy got me a gnocchi board for my birthday last year, and I hadn't used it yet either. I decided it was time, and you can see my leftover gnocchi from last night here (it was good with some veggies in it for lunch today). My soy curls came today, so it was experiment time. I had some leftover enchilada sauce from earlier this week, and I doctored it up to make it BBQ sauce. Looks like pulled pork, doesn't it? Even better on a bun with some coleslaw and corn on the side. The bread here is no-knead whole wheat. My next soy curl experiment is likely to be carnitas in the crockpot.
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2/4/2012 1 Comment More Crescent Dragonwagon! Yum!So, it seems I have fallen off the face of the earth. Or maybe you just THOUGHT I did since I haven't posted lately. Our family has been very busy lately. There have been a lot of changes in my own household of late, and Angel has been up here in the Northern part of the state, helping our Mom and myself split time while keeping my Dad company during his recent stay in rehab to get stronger before his next round of chemo. Consequently, Angel and I have had lots of quality time to eat together. After she had spent the night with Dad one night, she came home with me and I told her, "I have some leftover seitan stew from PV, which is even better than it was the first time around." She graciously accepted my invite and helped me eat up some of the leftovers. As we were about to chow down, she asked, "Did you take pictures for the blog?" to which I replied, "No, but I will right now!" So, here we have PV's "Deep December Ragout of Seiitan, Shiitakes (sorry, just used white buttons; still yummy) and Winter Vegetables". I pretty much followed the recipe as it is written, except I didn't have any zucchini, the mushroom sub and used dried parsley instead of fresh. We also had the salad, which was dressed with White Grapefruit Balsamic Vinegar and Organic Picual EVOO from Raimondo's Winery and focaccia bread that I had picked up somewhere. I typically make my own, but like I said in the beginning; things have been a little crazy around here lately. If you have a copy of PV, I HIGHLY recommend that you give this one a try. You will not miss the meat. AT. ALL!
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