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it’s not a good day for hollow chocolate bunnies. i think i may have flashed back a bit on the last one there…
Pistachio Rose Water Cookies
I have an unnatural obsession with rose flavored food. So when I saw this recipe in Veganomicon, I knew it was only a matter of time before I got all up into it. I mean, that bottle of rosewater in my fridge isn’t going to use itself, now is it? So since we’re having a cookie exchange with the vegan lunch group this weekend, I thought I’d bake up a mess of them. And they did not disappoint! Although my oven did. After having it all properly pre-heated according to my handy oven thermometer, after I put in the cookies it decided to shoot up 75 degrees. Grrrr. So about 10 of them are a little overdone. Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to keep & eat them. Damnit! Oh, and the dough is really stiff. I can’t even tell you how happy I was to watch my Kitchen Aid mixer cranking away at it. Ha! Better you than me!
Fennel Gratin
Since fennel is in season and reasonably priced, I thought I’d try something that takes a lot of it. Fennel Gratin out of Vegan Italiano it is! The capers and lemon juice gave it a nice sharp flavor. I wonder what the nutritional value of fennel is? Google says, it’s high in vitamin C, fiber and potassium among other things. Yay!
Just out of the oven
Dressed in fennel leaves and olives
On my plate…ignore the big black hair….
links for 2007-11-29
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“‘How about a Krispy Kreme-kind of Hanukkah?’ she says, suggesting Krispy Kreme bread pudding as a choice for dessert.” ow, my arteries!
Lazy Indian food
Remember how I said I haven’t been to the store? Well, I lied. Sunday evening I went to the Taj Mahal market just before I gorged on Ethiopian food. I bought some odds and ends, beans and spices, plus some ready-to-eat box food. They have quite a few varieties that are vegan, so I usually stock up on them when I go by there.
They came in handy because tonight I needed food. And still haven’t bought real groceries. So I pulled down a ravi dosa mix I already had on hand, a box of sambar (spicy soup) and a box of dal palak (beans & spinach). I know dal isn’t what you normally put inside dosa, but it ate up fine, so there.
Cooking the dosa
Sambar heating up. Really other than making a bunch of dirty dishes, this was stupid easy.
Dosa ready for eatin’, one not yet wrapped so you can see the dal inside.
The dosa mix was literally “just add water.” I couldn’t believe how easily and quickly they cooked up. Next time maybe I’ll make a proper batch of Indian potatoes to stuff inside. Or a sambar. Or even coconut chutney which is the only thing I missed this evening.
Oh yeah, and everyone wave to the dust on my camera sensor. “hi dust!”