Comments | qe2: first things first:

qe2

first things first:

Jan 20, 2008 21:17

a few recipes, as promised.

For thefourthvine, ( to whom I promised this in my head a while back after her rhapsodizing about spinach made me crave greens like Sondheim's Baker's mother: )

food, recipes

Comments 13

meepkitty January 21 2008, 03:28:24 UTC

That dipping sauce is also excellent with gyoza (fried dumplings). We make ours with wonton skins and they are delicious! :)

qe2 January 21 2008, 20:19:32 UTC

Ooh. That's a luscious idea. What do you fill 'em with?

meepkitty January 21 2008, 20:33:41 UTC

Depends on what we have! We have used ground pork, cabbage, ginger, mushroom, chicken, etc. When we had no cabbage, we used rice sticks as 'filler'. You can freeze them, but make sure you separate with with wax paper or something. :)

spuffyduds January 21 2008, 03:36:02 UTC

I have never before received a recipe with the phrase "textural unctuousness" in it. Looks wonderful.

qe2 January 21 2008, 20:20:12 UTC

HEE. Hope you enjoy, darlin'. The recipe for the smooth-and-creamy stuff is posted below courtesy of panjianlien, if you want it as well.

akamine_chan January 21 2008, 06:54:06 UTC

I'm especially interested in trying out your hummus and granola recipes. For breakfast, I usually throw some bran cereal into my low fat yogurt - I could throw some of your granola in instead. Then, it wouldn't matter if it were crumbly or not...it would be a nice change of pace.

And for hummus, I usually roast a couple of heads of garlic with a drizzle of olive oil and blend that in with the chickpeas. Garlicky, but mild at the same time. 'Course, I love garlic...not everyone does...

*wanders off for a snack*

qe2 January 21 2008, 20:22:42 UTC

My hummus is a result of knowing what ingredients to have on hand, tending to forget to buy lemons but remember to buy limes, and experimenting :-). The roasted-garlic version you suggest sounds awesome - and I adore garlic, so that's all good. (It doesn't always love me, but hey, eau de garlic ain't that bad :-).)

The original recipe for the granola bars actually suggested crumbling them into yogurt. I don't eat breakfast-type yogurt, for various reasons - though I do drink Danactive (one positive legacy of Ex07No1) and I am very fond of using plain fat-free yogurt on and in all sorts of things - but I think it would probably be quite good that way. I'll be interested in hearing what you think.

akamine_chan January 29 2008, 03:13:25 UTC

I'll send you more details when I"m not so pressed for time, Q, but briefly:

For the granola, substituting an equal amount of brown rice syrup for the honey worked wonders. I made a batch with honey and another with the rice syrup and the rice syrup held the bars together much better than the honey...

Though both batches were extremely yummy...

*hugs*

qe2 January 29 2008, 13:04:01 UTC

1) Yummo. *makes notes*

2) *hugsback* Hope things are okay.

raucousraven January 21 2008, 09:38:46 UTC

But I LIKE my hummus slutty -- that is, unpredictable and delicious! Thanks for the recipes, dear Queue. One of these days I will perhaps muster the courage to see if my blender can withstand the onslaught of chickpeas with skins on...

qe2 January 21 2008, 20:24:25 UTC

But I LIKE my hummus slutty

HEE. Me, too, honey - but the smooth-and-creamy stuff made by the aforementioned excellent-cook good friend is also delicious and worth trying. I don't know how old/decrepit your blender is, but the skins remaining on cooked canned chickpeas (which is what I use, because I am a bad person that way) are not tough or elasticky at all - indeed, I don't notice them in the slutty stuff no matter how smooth I try to make it.

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Re: Morally Impeccable Hummus qe2 January 21 2008, 20:30:19 UTC

I'm glad you got home OK. :) I assume the wordpig did too.He/we did! I did actually remember to call you, for a miracle - but I called, and left a message on, the landline home phone. Perhaps I should have used the cellphones instead. Mea culpa. Anyway, yes, we arrived home with no adventures. I have temporarily set the Inspector up with food, water, a litterbox, and his carrier (now with extra fleece!) in the bathroom, so that he has privacy when he wants it. He is not especially happy to be here - I have a very small cheekcut to prove it - but he is eating and drinking and litterboxing and exploring. And there have been feline staring contests and matching low-voiced growls off and on, meaning the Epileptikitty and the Inspector are aware of one another. So so far, so good, I think ( ... )