Monthly Archives: March 2009
I finally made sweet potato tacos, as suggested by Nate a few posts ago. I did gussy them up a bit, though, and was really happy with the results. The recipe is below. There’s enough in these that additional toppings aren’t necessary, but you might want hot sauce available (they’re really good spicy).
–a little oil – 1 small onion, chopped – 1/2 cup raw cashews – cumin – 1 sweet potato, cut into small chunks – tomatoes, salsa or marinara (whatever you have on hand) – 1 cup water – 1 stalk celery, chopped (optional, but nice) – peel and juice of 1/2 lime (or lemon) – ketchup – barbecue sauce –soy sauce –hot sauce –brown sugar (optional)
–taco shells
(1) Sauté onion in a bit of oil until translucent. Add cashews and cumin; sauté until cashews darken.
(2) Add sweet potatoes and sauté for a minute or two. Add water and tomatoes. Cook until softened but not mushy, adding more water as … continue reading
I was suprised that there wasn’t already an easy to find recipe for this on the Internet as it seems like such an appropriate flavor for granola. The recipe below is basically a merging of Alton Brown’s granola and baklava recipes. It turned out really well, and the whole family enjoyed it.
3 cups rolled oats
2 cups nuts (any combination of almonds, pistachios and walnuts) 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/3 t. cinnamon (or 2–3 inch stick, ground) ½ t. allspice (or 10 whole allspice berries, ground) ¼ t. grated orange peel (or 1 inch piece) (optional)
½ t. rose water 1/4 cup (2 oz) clarified butter (available as ghee in Indian markets, or make your own–see below) 3/8 cup honey ½ tsp. Salt
Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Combine sugar, nuts, cinnamon, allspice and orange peel in food processor until chopped but not pasty or ground. Combine with oats.
Combine remaining ingredients and pour over oat / nut mixture. Mix well.
Pour … continue reading
Sorry we haven’t been posting lately. This can be attributed to the following:
(1) Sarah and I have been swamped with school work (2) We’ve been eating at home a lot, but we couldn’t find the camera for a while (3) I can’t seem to convince Sarah to go to places we’ve never eaten before (4) I feel lame repeatedly blogging on the same book (Vegan with a Vengeance) (5) I’ve been spending too much of my free time on Facebook
More posts (probably at least one involving Vegan with a Vengeance) are forthcoming…… continue reading