Breakfasty dinner, classic veggie tofu scramble with a side of cantaloupe (i got a good one!!) and new batch lemon ginger tumeric black pepper kombucha. I have used isa’s basic tofu scramble since forever, only i also add a tiny tiny pinch of black salt. (The nutritional yeast is key)
Today included mushrooms, some red onion, an absolute crapton of spinach (long story short: my friend and neighbor belongs to sam’s club and asked if i wanted anything, and for like $6 i now have an absolute shitton of spinach! Ha!!) and some red bell pepper.
Maybe i’ll have the leftovers for breakfast!
Finally back in the good old USA! Over my jetlag (mostly) and back in the kitchen tonight. I have a few patches of ramps in my garden and they are almost past their prime, but I was able to harvest enough leaves to make some excellent pesto for dinner tonight. Served it as a condiment for grilled flap steak, with a side of Brussels sprouts roasted with cumin. SO good to be home!
Dinner was defrosted carnitas i made a couple weeks ago, and Rancho Gordo’s Eye of the Goat beans I made on Sunday. I added as little to the beans as possible - half an onion in the water, salt, a bay leaf, and then some chopped Cochon bacon, because it was the last of it I had. DELISH! so tonight I made a bean and carnitas soup - just bean broth, beans, carnitas. Topped with cilantro, scallions, serranos, and queso fresco. Little hot sauce at the table. SO GOOD.
the only bummer was i went to a local mexicatessan to buy fresh-masa-made corn tortillas (instead of those made with masa harina) and accidentally picked up two packs of flour tortillas. i can’t stand flour tortillas! they’ll go to my sister’s. We resorted to TJ’s corn torillas, which we both deemed better than the flour.
I did, however, find out i can buy their fresh masa and make my own corn tortillas next time.
Shami Kabobs tonight, classic Ramadan food. My second use of our new pressure cooker. I’m fortunate to have someone as obsessed with food as I am. We made these as a team, which gave us the time luxury to use a mortar and pestle the old fashioned way. Still took about 5 hours total, but now we have enough for at least half of Ramadan.
I and millions of Americans thank and salute you
My husband suffered from MDS, eventually transfused 2-3 times a week before failed stem cell transplant
One of my best friend is now one her way to Florida to visit her brother, diagnosed just recently with MDS
For everyone in America, I thank you
Yes, that is a large 8" mortar and pestle purchased from ImportFood.
In English, the greeting has become Happy Ramadan. So reads the banner at my kid’s school. However, I think your well wish far better captures the essence of the traditional “Ramadan Mubarak.”
Heated up the 36 hour version for dinner tonight in the oven and then under the broiler, with some Yukon gold potatoes and onion fried up using some duck fat and gelatin from the sous vide bag, along with some fresh thyme. And a simple salad. The 36 hour leg came out pretty well. Very tender, moist, and flavorful. Fall off the bone tender. I could have crisped the skin up a little more.
Very nice! (Mr. Happy). Duck legs are 1 of the best things to SV, ever.
I tend to make mine per Chef Step. I have tried several other recipes and they also turned out fine. And no, I am still not tired of SV duck legs Try filling soft tacos with shredded meat. Or in Banh Mi.
Bmorecupcake, looking forward to hearing about your typical Ramadan eats.
Maria, gimme your flour tortillas. That’s all we’ve got here. We have no idea what real Mexican/Latin food tastes like. Pearl before swine, I know. Need to make a trip to Mexico or central America one day.
My favorite five year old became my favorite six year old the other day! Today was his birthday party and his mom called me in a slight panic this morning because she had just found out two of the attending guests were allergic to dairy for a total of four dairy free guests, but the cake and ice cream both had dairy- and also to ask me which dairy free cheese wasn’t gross.
She had at least a million other things to do and i insisted to help. I ran to get some Miyokos nut cheeses and baked the simple nostalgic magic bars using sweetened condensed coconut milk (!), non dairy butter and chocolate chips.
Horrible photo alert! It took some practice to get pretty clean cuts. I of course forgot to take a photo of the pretty plate or the table at the party (indoor picnic since the weather didn’t cooperate)
They were gobbled up by everyone
Dinner was an Everything Salad- lots of salad greens, some leftover roasted potatoes, chickpeas, olives, red bell pepper, radishes, scallions and a wonderful tahini miso salad dressing (1/4c tahini, 1big tsp mild miso, 1 garlic clove, juice of half a lemon, splash of water, blend. Enough for a few salads). Lemon ginger kombucha a la carte
That is so lovely of you! I’ve been in that position, needing to make a last-minute adjustment for a child’s party. It is so important that they be made part of the happy event without feeling separate. This post makes me happy, because it proves “People are good!”.
Made chaat yesterday. Where our parents are from, saying just “chaat” implies fruit chaat. Traditionally, it was called samar (pronounced summer) chaat.
Everyone always laughs that I take an hour making chaat, but it always finishes fast. And the kids who supposedly can’t handle heat just gobble it up.
Speaking of which, I still vividly remember a friend’s reaction to chaat when I was in high school. “Why do you guys have to put spices in everything? Even in fruit and eggs!?!”
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Try filling soft tacos with shredded meat. Or in Banh Mi.
