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Recipe Wednesday: Tofu stir fry

stir fry

Stir fry is another easy meal you can throw together with whatever happens to be in the fridge. That said, it took me a while to get the hang of it, and I only recently figured out where I was … Continue reading

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Recipe Wednesday: Malai Kofta

Malai Kofta

Brad made delicious malai kofta several months ago, and we both distinctly remember them having zucchini in them, and he served them in a tomato-cashew sauce. He thought he’d based it on a recipe he found on the internet, but … Continue reading

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Recipe Wednesday: Chickpea, eggplant and spinach curry

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We’ve had one of those weeks where we haven’t had time to get to the grocery store. The one thing we seem to have a lot of is eggplant. Necessity is the mother of invention, and so we got inventive … Continue reading

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Recipe Wednesday: Fettuccine with fennel and walnuts

Fennel pasta

We used to eat a lot of pasta back in university. I think we overdid a little, because we eat it only occasionally now. When we do have it, it’s heavy on the veggies and light on the pasta, like … Continue reading

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Recipe Wednesday: Sunday Dinner

sunday dinner

I have never missed meat (I never liked it much to begin with), and I don’t usually go out of my way for meat-like substitutes. But I do sometimes miss those tripartite meals that meat seems to create around itself … Continue reading

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Recipe Wednesday: Black Bean Soup

Black bean soup

I should say up front that several of the ingredients in this recipe are things I haven’t been able to find in Aberdeen. You can buy black beans here, but my experience with them has not been very good. They … Continue reading

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Recipe Wednesday: Gado Gado

gado gado

We call this “oh god oh god”, because if you make it in a hurry you end up trying to do too many things at once. It’s really just a big fancy salad – not tricky, but lots of chopping … Continue reading

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Recipe Wednesday: Daal with toasted almonds

daal with toasted almonds

Dal, Daal, Dahl, Dhal, how many different spellings can their be for one deliciously simple little monosyllabic indian dish? I’m going to go with “daal” for no particular reason. This is our usual red lentil rendition. We like to “daal … Continue reading

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Recipe Wednesday: tofu and greens

Tofu and Kale

Sometimes you get home late and you’re hungry and tired at the same time. You want something satisfying but not too heavy, so you can go to bed soon after you eat. That’s when we tend to just saute some … Continue reading

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Recipe Wednesday: leek and mushroom frittata

I suppose I could start calling this “recipe thursday”, but if I did that I’d probably start posting it on friday. So let’s pretend we all live in Hawai’i and it’s still wednesday. My excuse is that we usually go … Continue reading

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