The soup with knock the cold right out of you. I make everytime I feel the sniffles coming on, and much more often than that. At least 50% of the time, when I ask Senor Lanky what he wants to eat, this is what he requests.I don’t actually every use a recipe for this – [...]
Archive for January, 2009
26 Jan
Shiao Lan Kung
There are so many place that I love to eat in Chinatown, but so many more places that I haven’t been to yet. Shiao Lan Kung was a new choice, and came recommended. Senor Lanky and I met Beth and her fiance, Senor Brownguy on a blustery weekend night and though the small restaraunt was [...]
25 Jan
Huevos Rancheros with chili sauce
On a cold Sunday morning, going out for brunch was less than appealing. I whipped up a quick huevos rancheros with some leftover, frozen chili sauce that I made a few weeks ago for spicy soy-chorizo enchiladas. I like to fry the eggs directly in the sauce, slow, with a cover on the pan, then [...]
25 Jan
Orange Pan-Glazed Tempeh with kale and soy-miso carrots
I made this orange pan-seared tempeh from the recipe on 101 Cookbooks. While the flavor was fine, the tempeh didn’t really glaze – it more like boiled in the sauce and softened. Maybe a bit more sugar, or less orange sauce, and I would have gotten the results I was looking for. I served the [...]
22 Jan
Good Dog Late Night
Señor Lanky was luck enough to score us some free tickets to the Symphony this week. We hurried from work to the gym to the Kimmel Center, with nary a moment for a healthy bite to eat, besides the Flavor & Fiber bar we split on the way to our seats. The Symphony (Curtis School, [...]
20 Jan
El Camino Real
After hearing such good things about El Camino Real, and all of their vegetarian options, I had to pay a visit to this new, signless spot on Liberties Walk. I was craving tex-mex so much, I actually hopped the subway on a freezing holiday night. It was worth it. El Camino’s dim, candle lit space, [...]
19 Jan
MLK Day: 7th Day Adventist Lunch
For MLK Day I volunteered at the 7th Day Adventist church down the street handing out prepacked food boxes. Over 250 volunteers arrived and over the course of a few hours we handing out 800 food boxes to 400 individuals. After a cold afternoon of flyering the neighborhood and carrying boxes to people cars and [...]
16 Jan
Acorn Squash stuffed with Black Rice
I made this acorn squash, based on the recipe from How to Cook Everything, on a blustery evening. The squash is roasted seperately, then filled with black Japonica rice (instead of the wild rice the recipe called for. The rice is blended with a few tablespoons of fresh-squeezed orange juice, orange zest, and dried cranberries [...]
15 Jan
Seaweed Salad, basic
“I’ll just pick up a seaweed salad at work,” Señor Lanky said. “No!” I said. “I have seaweed in the fridge!” And I did, hidden behind some soy milk and next to the stuffed olives. I purchased it long ago at H-Mart, and just never got around to using it. Luckily, seaweed lasts forever. This [...]
14 Jan
Quinoa and Sweet Potato Salad with Sauteed Collard Greens
I’ve been wanting to cook more with quinoa, but I’m not very experienced with it, so I”ve been looking for recipes. I had a few sweet potatos languishing in the pantry, so I chose this dish from Bittman’s How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. I stuck to the recipe, though I omitted the red pepper because [...]
