polenta can be cooked soft so it’s creamy or set into a shape and then cut up. in this recipe i do the latter, then fry the pieces. you can also cut it into thick strips and bake or fry it to make polenta fries. polenta is quick and super easy, the rest of this is time consuming but still easy. anything you’d eat on pasta will be good on polenta though. POLENTA […]
this is the first MEAL meal that i’ve cooked in my new house so i’m pretty pleased with myself. until now there was a lot of this: this was a weird meal. i didn’t know if it would pan out but the results were tasty results. i wanted a trashy potato thing but also needed vegetables so this was the compromise. THE SALAD 2 handfuls arugula 2 handfuls baby spinach 1 carrot […]
here’s how to make vegan ravioli from scratch! it takes time…this is not a quick recipe but it’s also not terribly hard. so if you have people sitting around in your kitchen to chat with while you cook, or get some extra hands in, it’s not so bad. makes a ton, i would freeze half as a reward for your labour. if you don’t want so much just halve everything. it will still be a bunch. PASTA […]
so it is figtime in vancouver, bigtime figtime. there are tons of overgrown fig trees all over the city (hanging over fences into alleys where they are fair game) and i am eating them all. my friend and i went out to find them and came home with THE MOST. so what to do with figs? anything. we cut up the super ripe ones and mixed them with almond yogurt and toasted nuts for dessert. IF YOU […]
i love these beet burgers. i love beet burgers, generally i think, but these are so tasty. also i made them from beets that i grew in my yard, and that’s always the most satisfying. i’m enamoured in part because beets look like crappy rocks with mouse tails and are magical jewels inside. WHAT A VEGETABLE. if you’re not a big veggie burger person, i understand. i will eat whatever veggie patties but i’m never […]
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