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 – I just make it as I go, so feel free … Continue reading Favorite Spicy Mushroom Udon Soup
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 bursting at the seems, we soon got a table. The … Continue reading Shiao Lan Kung
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 melt the cheese on top. Some whole-grain tortillas with flax … Continue reading Huevos Rancheros with chili sauce
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 tempeh over black rice with a side of garlic kale … Continue reading Orange Pan-Glazed Tempeh with kale and soy-miso carrots
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, playing a particularly great Berlioz Symphonie Fantastic) ended at 10:30PM, … Continue reading Good Dog Late Night
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, filled with inexpensive, classic unvarnished pine import furniture immediately felt … Continue reading El Camino Real
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 nearby homes, the West Philly 7th Day Adventist church (who … Continue reading MLK Day: 7th Day Adventist Lunch
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 (I actually used craisens), and then garnished with pecans. The … Continue reading Acorn Squash stuffed with Black Rice
“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 particular kind is a brown seaweed comes crusted in sea … Continue reading Seaweed Salad, basic
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 they were so expensive at the grocery. I made the … Continue reading Quinoa and Sweet Potato Salad with Sauteed Collard Greens
