I love having my own kitchen!: rusty

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I love having my own kitchen!

Jul 27, 2008 19:45

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I’m trying a new cookbook, Vegan Cooking for One. It’s got a bunch of weekly meal plans, for spring/summer and fall/winter, for quickly-prepared single-serving meals. It even provides a shopping list at the start of every week. This solves a bunch of my cooking issues: I hate making shopping lists, I get sick of eating leftovers, I don’t want to go to the grocery store more than once per week, I don’t want to spend hours preparing a single meal.

So I’m trying the first week’s meal plan. Everything’s been good so far. But I feel sad not having anyone to share with, so here, friendslist, have some photos.
Italian Pasta Salad

This was yummy. It's got scallions, olives, red peppers, smoked tofu, croutons made from toasted home-made bread, and a homemade dressing. The only change I made was to triple the amount of olives, because olives are awesome. And I'm annoyed that the shopping list had me buy a bunch of scallions but this one scallion is the only one that gets used all week. I guess I'll use the others for garnish for the later recipes.

Potato and Lentil Bake

This was better than I expected. It's got potatoes on the bottom and a red lentil/onion/mushroom/tomato topping, and with steamed collards on the side. This was my first time ever steaming collards, and they turned out great. I didn't have any lemon or lime juice, so I mixed in a bit of tahini and that worked well.

That photo is only half of the recipe, which is all I was able to eat in a single sitting; maybe it should be called Vegan Cooking for Two. :P But at least it was quick to prepare and I wasn't left with giant amounts of leftovers.

Apricot Brown Betty

This was delicious. Fresh local apricots, breadcrumbs from homemade bread, freshly ground cinnamon... awesome. :) And I love the idea of single-serving desserts, since I enjoy making desserts but don't like eating a lot of sweets.

Rum Raisin Cupcakes