Hump Day is Food Day
Ok, so I'm going to use this hump day* opportunity to both think about what foods I'll buy/use in the coming week to make more food as well as to reflect (well not so much reflect, but show pictures of) the dishes I've made over the past week or so.
What I'm contributing for Midweek Munchies for the week:
- I'd like to eat more leafy greens, steamed or raw (like kale, beet greens)
- More salad, too (I'd like to make a caesar salad)
- More fruit
- More grains like Kamut and Millet
Harmonia's Question of the day: What would you do with silken tofu? Any recipes?
Usually I make dessert with silken tofu, but I'm not in the mood for any heavy desserts right now. If I were to make dessert, I might make the chocolate pie from a few entries ago. Otherwise, I might make a dip with it, with some chopped up vegetables and spices. Maybe add my pesto to it, since I haven't been eating too much of it and it should get used up soon. Oh, if I make a caesar dressing for my salad, I'd use a bit of silken tofu. Tofu, lemon juice, black pepper, capers, I forget what else.
So that's my Midweek Munchies. Oh, I also decided that the W in Wednesday stands for World Vegetarian Day. So, I present my latest entries in the WV project.
Chickpeas and Chana Dal Cooked Together in a Mint Sauce (p. 34-35. I thought I had "chana" dal but it turned out that I had "toor" or "tovar" dal, so I used that instead)
Black Eyed Peas with Swiss Chard (p. 20)
Gujarti Cucumber "Raita" (p. 550)
I was going to make one of the WV cauliflower dishes (like the one on p. 162 -- Cauliflower Stir-Fried with Ginger and Cilantro), but when I looked at the recipes, I kept thinking about how Eric's (my sister's husband) cauliflower was much more appealing. So, I made it.
"Cauliflower de Stein"
Next time I have cauliflower and potatoes at the same time, I'll finally make Aloo Gobi (p. 163). Mmmm. Actually, I did have potatoes at the same time, but I used them to make Potato Skins. So excited to eat them, so no pictures!
And, cause we're talking about the munchies, about a week ago we heard our friend Thom do a reading on by Ave. A. Realizing how close we were to the Vegan Bakery, we took some stuff to go. I couldn't wait to eat my cupcake so I started on it while waiting for the train!
*I always liked the way "hump day" sounds but there's not many opportunities to use it. Hump Day Hump Day ha ha ha.
posted by Michelle @ 6:47 AM
13 Comments:
That picture of you is adorable!
Caesers Wife's Dressing from either GOV or HIAV is lovely and has silken tofu in it. I also use silken tofu for baking sometimes.
ummm, cupcakes, ummmm! lol
I just realized that there's silken tofu in my cupcake!
That is such a cute picture of you! Mmmm, vegan bakery. I'll have to check out their treats. And, go to babycakes for goodness sake! They're the best!
Silken tofu is a great egg replacer, I use it any time I have it one hand. I also really like to use it in lasagna as a ricotta cheese substitute.
vegan cupcakes...mmmmmm! was it fluffy?
you inspired me to take out "world vegetarian" from the library. i had no idea it was such a massive book! everything you have made from it looks so delicious. i'll have to get cooking once i have a bit more time to experiment.
WOW! Great entry! Thanks for the tidbit on my Question of the day! Neat! Also thanks for the great idea about the capers! I bought some a while back and have yet to do anything with them.
I've used silken tofu for tofu scramble, but now I just leave it in my pantry in preparation of nuclear holocaust or a pudding craving. The Flying Star in Albuquerque makes an amazing tofu scrable with chunks of silken. (not sure though if it's vegan, I ate it years ago)
sadly, hump day has nothing to do with humping
what are you talking about, every week there are many opportunities to say "hump day"!?
the best caesar salad i ever had used romaine leaves that were grilled. yum! just a suggestion if you were still planning on that caesar.
Man, black eyed peas and kale sound really good. Thanks for sharing this.
I use silken tofu to make a kickass vegan french toast.
One of these weekends I'll make some and post pics and the recipe. It also uses some almond butter.
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p.s. Hump Day!
ice cream! hump hump away!
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