Bento #121 – vegan indian

I seem to be on a vegan roll with my lunchboxes this week…!
The big container holds 1/3 spiced mixed rices (black longgrain, parboiled, red, white roundgrain, brown roundgrain), 1/3 red lentils boiled with turmeric and raisins, and 1/3 palak paneer tofu – spinach curry with tofu and green peppers. You can’t get paneer here and [...]

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Spring Fruit Sensations: Rhubarb (and asparagus)

I don’t know about you, but when I read “Spring Food Sensations” on Abby’s blog, my mind immediately sprang to rhubarb. Rhubarb is to me the ultimate spring messenger, and a delicacy to boot!
When I was little, I used to eat it in a preserve, or a sponge cake with rhubarb pieces on top (delicious!). [...]

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Bento #120: Korean stew

I made a vegan Korean stew yesterday. I found the recipe on this blog but can’t seem to find it since the blog was moved…
It contains fried tofu, mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, onion and squash all simmered in a spicy sauce and sprinkled with scallions and sesame.
In the big container there’s rice, half a baby plum [...]

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Gardening diary: Day 13-16

The plants made if home safe and sound! And look how much they liked the change of air! This little fellow is stretching out his shiny new leaf for the world to see!
The picture was taken already during the easter weekend; by now the leaf is bigger than the seed leaves were! (And I actually [...]

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Bento #119: Springy

Guess what leftover I am using up today? *grins*
Devilled eggs on a salad leaf, baby plum tomato, sugar snap peas, pasta all’arrabiata with parmesan and chopped basil, chocolate easter egg.

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Looking for recipes: Quinoa

I’ve cooked quinoa several times now. I’ve found out that I rather like the nutty taste and texture of the grain. Since it has a lot of protein, it’s a welcome addition to my veggie kitchen.
Yesterday, I’ve tried microwave cooking it, based on the assumption that if rice works, quinoa must work too. It got [...]

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Comfort food: Potato soup

Why do so many people complain that when they’re home alone or cooking just for themselves, they never make anything good?
My mom never did that, and neither do I. After all, I count myself as the person who appreciates good food in the household (so does she), and why shouldn’t we make good food for [...]

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Gardening diary: Day 11

They still grow so fast you can almost watch them.
All the zucchini are in their own pots now, even the last runty one. The beef tomatoes that I already replanted are doing ok, though the ones still in the greenhouse seem to do even better – they all get their third and fourth leaves already! [...]

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Easter baking take 2: Osterpinzen

Osterpinzen are a traditional Austrian easter bakery made out of soft, sweetened yeast dough.
Austria is primarily catholic, so there are a lot of traditions around easter! For example, on Easter sunday, this sweet bread, some hard-boiled eggs and a piece of ham or smoked meat are brought to Easter mass, so that the priest can [...]

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Bento #118 – Indigo Sushi

I dyed more eggs yesterday… then the weird idea rode me to make blue sushi rice. Why, I’ll never know.
It became a LOT as well, so the freezer is full of blue riceballs now…
The rolls are wrapped in tiny seasoned nori cut in half, as that was all I had left, and filled with carrot [...]

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