FOOD AGAIN!!!!!!

I usually have mayo and pickle, sometimes 'maters too. What do you think goes on a
Bacon double cheeseburger?
 
If the tomatoes are good, I like Tom, lettuice, mayo, and pickle. If no tomato I will get ketchup an mustard.
 
Vegans ya failed me with really few options, except for Ember, thank you Ember. So here is what I'm fixing for brunch today, home made
Sausage muffin,
using the last of my Amish Colby cheese.
 
ursen said:
Vegans ya failed me with really few options, except for Ember, thank you Ember. So here is what I'm fixing for brunch today, home made
Sausage muffin,
using the last of my Amish Colby cheese.
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lol :) Did you get around to trying anything?

Sunday night was kind of a "let's see what I can concoct with few ingredients in the house/clean out what's left in the fridge" kind of night. So I made a soup completely on the fly, and it actually turned out decent. It is vegetarian/vegan though I wasn't really setting out with that goal in mind. I would have added more veggies if I'd had them.

Anyway, here's what I did.

Sauteed some onions and garlic in a bit of coconut oil (olive oil would work, olive and coconut oil are pretty much the only oils I cook with except for seasoning oils), then added diced tomatoes (only had 4, could probably do more unless they're big) and a green pepper and cooked those down a bit. If I had other veggies, I would have added them here too. Like carrots and/or celery chopped up like you would for chicken noodle soup for example.

Then I added 1.5 cups lentils (sorted and rinsed) and the seasonings. Here's what I did, but I would probably increase the amounts next time. I was winging it so I wasn't sure how it would go.
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp coriander
1/2 tsp turmeric (probably doesn't need more of this but I need to experiment)
1/2 tsp curry powder
1 tsp basil

Stir and add 1 quart vegetable broth (might need more liquid if adding more veggies...the way I did it there was just enough). Bring to boil, cover, and reduce to simmer until lentils are done (about 30 minutes).

Meanwhile, cook 1 cup quinoa (soaked and drained) in 2 cups water. Set aside.

Add spinach to the lentil mixture. I finished off a bag of frozen chopped spinach (thawed and excess liquid squeezed out) as well as the rest of the fresh baby spinach I had in the fridge. Stir until cooked/heated through.

Remove from heat and stir in cooked quinoa.

It had room for improvement for sure (IMO, more veggies and a little more flavor), but it was a pretty good base considering I had limited ingredients and I had no idea what I was doing. With the lentils and the quinoa, it is high in protein, and with more veggies, it'd be pretty balanced, too. Quinoa isn't super cheap (not too bad if you can buy it in bulk and it's still cheaper than meat), but I love it because it is a complete protein all by itself and it is really versatile. I use it in place of rice a lot of the time.

That reminds me...I also use quinoa instead of rice to make quinoa fried "rice." I usually do it with chicken, but you can leave that out. If you cook egg in it, quinoa + the egg(s) makes for plenty of protein. Use a bag of frozen peas/diced carrots and it's super quick and easy.

Edit: yummmm, colby cheeeeese.
 
Never had Quinoa, and cooked spinach is on the permanently banned list in our house. Fresh spinach on the other hand is not only acceptable to me, but sought after for better half. I really need some prayer, or both of us, we are not cooking hardly at all any more, or short hand nuke and eat. Which is really unhealthy. It is a cycle we are in, too busy to cook, eat unhealthy, get more tired, rinse and repeat. Even during our short staycation we ate out more than in. We need to find quick and easy healthy meals, and not give up on the quest. Oh yes today's food,

Spinach
 
Love spinach - raw or cooked. We use spinach almost daily in our regular smoothie. Even if it is a fruit smoothie we add a little spinach.
 
Quinoa isn't bad. Had it to try it out as a couscous substitute as my wife and I try to stick to organic with all the gmo stuff that is around these days. It has a nice nutty flavor and takes the flavor of whatever you cook it with. I tend to boil mine with garlic and onion powder with some butter or olive oil and salt. Sometimes I put cumin in (love this one). Definitely very filling too.
 
We often mix brown or black rice with our quinoa.

I agree, cumin is good on just about anything.
 
Love spinach. I also put it in all our fruit smoothies. You can't taste it at all. Sometimes I blend kale in there, but that you can sorta taste.

If you don't like cooked, if you start with fresh (NOT canned or even frozen) and cook it JUST until it starts to wilt, I think that is really good. It has a good texture and doesn't get mushy at all. Works in soups or you can kind of sautee it in olive oil and garlic and a little salt, yum.

We go through cumin faster than probably anything else. When I first started cooking though I thought it smelled like BO. :P
 
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Our household, mostly the cook me, avoids use of cumin in anything but chili and occasionally my Wild Irish Rose Spanish Rice. I may have to try it in something. My better half has been on an interesting food kick for almost 5 months now, consuming up to 4 in an evening while watching Netflix. Banana is one of her favorites flavors of,

Popsicles
 
Kahiel said:
I love Quinoa. We have a great chicken zuchini and quonia dish my wife makes.
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Us too! Wonder if they're similar recipes. Mine is with chicken, zucchini, tomatoes, basil, and feta cheese. It's one of my favorite things in the rotation. :)
 
Ember said:
Us too! Wonder if they're similar recipes. Mine is with chicken, zucchini, tomatoes, basil, and feta cheese. It's one of my favorite things in the rotation. :)
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I will have to find my wife's recipe so we can trade, that sounds great.
 
Ok ya hard core vegans, how in the world would ya make a decent pizza without

Mozzarella Cheese?
 
"Fake cheese," said the vegan. "Mozzarella or cheddar."

Actually, some pizzas are better without cheese...but I prefer fake cheese to no cheese.
 
You don't make a DECENT pizza without cheese. ;-) Just my .02

And you're right, it's gotta be mozzarella. When we lived in St Louis, provel was the thing. It's just not right.
 
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