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Oct. 4th, 2024 07:41 pmFor dinner today I made Kale Polenta with Roasted Parsnips.
You take kale leaves & the smaller stems & chop them small, esp the stems. Then you boil them with garlic in stock or milk. I typically use stock esp if I have homemade stock on hand. Then once the kale is softened you blend it & use it to cook the polenta. It makes it very vivid green. Once the polenta is done add salt, pepper & grated parmesan cheese. Then you top it with the roasted parsnips. One thing about roasting parsnips is they have a very woody core so you have to cut that out. I cut the parsnip into 4ths & then cut the core out before coating in oil, salt & oregano.
I also tried a new recipe for vegan (ish) chorizo. Actually I ended up altering & combining 2 recipes to make it, a vegan chorizo recipe & a vegan ground beef. I started off using the chorizo recipe except I substituted the mushrooms for cauliflower, since my partner doesn't eat mushrooms. Then I used the ground beef recipe's technique of baking the 'meat' in the oven to dry it out & then rehydrating it to get a more meaty texture. Before baking the chorizo was too sweet since the cauliflower didn't have mushroom's umami flavor. My partner suggested adding a mix of soy sauce, tomato paste, miso & oyster sauce. We had tomato sauce for pizza so that's what I ended up using. I added a small amount of each & mixed it before baking. Then I rehydrated in a mix of tomato sauce & chicken stock. It turned out really tasty!
We aren't a vegan or veggie household, we are just trying to reduce our meat consumption. So the chicken stock & oyster sauce work for us. But you could easily use vegetarian oyster sauce or veggie stock. Or use mushrooms if you want. That's the lovely thing about cooking. You can accommodate all kinds of things.
In the realm of sweets I made key lime pie for my partner's birthday last week, per his usual request. I made it with this recipe but I used a large store bought graham cracker crust. We have 1 slice each left which we will eat after dinner tonight. I'm planning on making something chocolate next. My usual go to's are chocolate chip cookies or brownies. But I may make something else if I have time/energy.
I hope you have get to eat something tasty soon. :)
You take kale leaves & the smaller stems & chop them small, esp the stems. Then you boil them with garlic in stock or milk. I typically use stock esp if I have homemade stock on hand. Then once the kale is softened you blend it & use it to cook the polenta. It makes it very vivid green. Once the polenta is done add salt, pepper & grated parmesan cheese. Then you top it with the roasted parsnips. One thing about roasting parsnips is they have a very woody core so you have to cut that out. I cut the parsnip into 4ths & then cut the core out before coating in oil, salt & oregano.
I also tried a new recipe for vegan (ish) chorizo. Actually I ended up altering & combining 2 recipes to make it, a vegan chorizo recipe & a vegan ground beef. I started off using the chorizo recipe except I substituted the mushrooms for cauliflower, since my partner doesn't eat mushrooms. Then I used the ground beef recipe's technique of baking the 'meat' in the oven to dry it out & then rehydrating it to get a more meaty texture. Before baking the chorizo was too sweet since the cauliflower didn't have mushroom's umami flavor. My partner suggested adding a mix of soy sauce, tomato paste, miso & oyster sauce. We had tomato sauce for pizza so that's what I ended up using. I added a small amount of each & mixed it before baking. Then I rehydrated in a mix of tomato sauce & chicken stock. It turned out really tasty!
We aren't a vegan or veggie household, we are just trying to reduce our meat consumption. So the chicken stock & oyster sauce work for us. But you could easily use vegetarian oyster sauce or veggie stock. Or use mushrooms if you want. That's the lovely thing about cooking. You can accommodate all kinds of things.
In the realm of sweets I made key lime pie for my partner's birthday last week, per his usual request. I made it with this recipe but I used a large store bought graham cracker crust. We have 1 slice each left which we will eat after dinner tonight. I'm planning on making something chocolate next. My usual go to's are chocolate chip cookies or brownies. But I may make something else if I have time/energy.
I hope you have get to eat something tasty soon. :)
