learn and try new vegetarian recipes

I have mastered a dish that I could simply call “vegetarian chili”—delicious. Simmered just in a pan with (all organic) black beans, tofu, marzano (sp?) tomatoes, and their juice, green pepper, broccoli, green beans, and a generous hint of ginger and pepper. :)

I made pumpkin oat raisin muffins—incredible despite a bit of burning (I was distracted…), and a lovely lunch stew for my friend of black beans, tofu, a bunch of vegetables, sweet tomatoes :)

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It was fun because we just put it together with what ingredients we had…no recipe, just the intuition of hunger :)

Made an awesome “pesto” style tomato sauce for some whole wheat spiral-ly noodles last night. A friend said it tasted so “green”- so freaking good. Crushed garlic, fresh lemon, organic tomato & tomato paste, spinach, italian herbs in a food processor…with steamed organic zucchini and broccoli…so good.

Tried artichoke hearts, grilled red peppers, and garlic aioli sauce—thank you, whoever you may be, for garlic ailoi sauce. The world, my world, will never be the same bland cadence of vegetable monotony ever again.

Too much tomato paste—I am starting to think that you have to simmer tomato paste in herbs and whatnot for a very long time until is becomes delicious. But uummmmm, thinking of that combination of rice, beans, wilted spinach, and veggies in a hot broth brings a smile to my face everytime.

stuffed (organic)tomatoes: short grain brown rice (made nice and fluffy with organic coconut oil), tofu, corn, green beans, black beans, and some wilted romaine. Good, well, definitely sufficient, but not spectacular by any stretch of the imagination. I know GREAT vegetarian foods are out there, because my vegan friends cook fantastically. I will keep trying.