New to my recipe arsenal, this meal has got to be one of the cheapest in there at $0.90 per serving. It's from a cookbook called Cooking Light Slow Cooker, and it was dinner last night:


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Tomorrow is my day to go grocery shopping, which means that today is for using up odds and ends in my kitchen. I haven't been to the grocery store in about two weeks (I was on vacation for one of them), so this was sort of challenging. I almost went down the street for a Subway Veggie Max, but instead I put this together from some instant brown ( Read more... )

I attempted to make a bastardization of paella last night. Two main issues -- one, my girlfriend is allergic to shellfish, so I cut that out completely. Two, we are both moderately obsessed with healthy eatin', her because she wants to maintain her weight, me because I am obsessed with working out. So here's what happened:

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Contents: Fried shrimp with tonkatsu sauce in a pre-filled sauce container for speed, mixed brown rice with cilantro and sweet crispy ume plum, tomatoes and cucumbers marinated in sanbaizu, steamed broccoli, whole apricot, strawberry and grapes. Morning prep time: 15 minutes, using leftovers and store-bought frozen food.


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Does anyone here have a recipe for congee . I tried to make it today and it turned out very poorly. I was mostly winging it since I can't find a good recipe online and I botched it royally. The consistency turned out okay but I think I over spiced it or something. I'm especially looking for a brown rice congee recipe ( Read more... )

I posted that I have some clients I'm cooking for that require many dietary restrictions. Here are a few pics of what I cooked for them today....all are Organic and Vegan:

Quinoa Cilantro Salad:

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Oops, back again, this time requesting good feijoa recipes. I'm especially looking for things like muffin or cake recipes or simple and cheap icecream recipes. We buy all our fruit and vegetables from The Funky Pumpkin, and this week they had 1 kg bags of feijoas for some ridiculous price. I love feijoas so I grabbed a bag, but they're quite ripe ( Read more... )

When I lived in Northern California I was able to get brown rice sushi. I already make pretty decent sushi at home, but I've never tried with brown rice. I have short-grain brown rice, which I think is what I need. Does anyone have any suggestions ( Read more... )

I discovered that Trader Joe's sells Paneer (an Indian cheese that can be fried without melting), so I bought a package. Here are the recipes for meal it inspired, consisting of Palak Paneer (aka Saag Paneer), Chapati and Indian Spiced Brown Rice. This is honestly the best Palak Paneer I have ever eaten in my life, it is incredibly rich and has a ( Read more... )