Category: Recipe

Generative Activities

Short post here. I write, but I also bake and cook. Bringing food to people is, for me, very similar to giving the literary nourishment of poetry of fiction. After a drought of creativity in the kitchen I’ve been (financially)…

Whole-Meal Ficelles

Backstory Cook with what you have, the complementary concept to “write what you know.” I’m in love with alternative grains. I’ve got nothing against good old wheat, but it’s just… boring, you know? This recipe yields enough for a person…

Shitake Navy Split Pea Crock Pot Stew

Backstory Can’t beat the simplicity of crock pots and simple, healthy foods. Just about fat-free, great, complementary protein dish. Ingredients 1lb navy beans (7C full beans) 1C split Peas, 1 cup 3.5C (1-28oz can) Diced Tomatoes in Tomato Juice OR…

Cocoa Venison (or Tofu) Lentil Rice Chili

Backstory Cocoa adds an interesting flavor to the mix. Add habanero, serrano, or other peppers as you see fit. All you need with this amazing complete protein is a little salad! Ingredients Protein 2lb Venison (substitute 1.5lb seitan or 2lb.…

Baba Ganoush

Backstory I simultaneously love and worry about making this food. Love because it’s a great food: healthy, delicious when warm and fresh, but a wonderful cool counterpart to fresh-baked bread. I worry about it because the main ingredient, eggplant, is…

Cheap Great Steak

Backstory Every year a couple of great friends throw a MudBug Party: a crawfish boil, with plenty of sausage, beer, and other fine drinkables and comestibles. I’m on a fairly tight budget this year, but I wanted to make something…

Mongolian Steak Shards

Backstory Reverse engineered from the Mongolian restaurants, I’ve got this on tap for tomorrow as each kid has their own form of food insanity. Okay, here’s a joke: a carnivore, a vegetarian and a picky eater go into a restaurant.…

5.5:1 Quinoa Onion Bread

Backstory I’ve been do a LOT of cooking lately. By a lot I mean that I’ve tried to only make food from ingredients, and not buy ingredients. That’s been hard, but until I got my new steadily-paying gig, it’s been…

An Angry Vegan Dish: Spicy Garlic Lentil Stew

Backstory I’ve been rejoicing in making soups, stews, breads and all manner of comfort cooking. I hadn’t done lentils in eons, and, as usual for my recipes, I start with what I have too much of, or what’s going bad.…