try some new recipes

Sam and I made dinner for his parents and brother on Saturday night, we tried a recipe from a vegetarian cook book that his parents got me for Christmas and it was really nice (but we made far too much, which ended up being a good thing, as we got to have it for lunch earlier today as well!) It was cous cous and coriander, topped with halloumi grilled in chili oil and mixed with onion, pepper, tomato and curly lettuce, with a bit of olive oil so it wasn’t dry. yum yum! I really enjoyed making something new, so I’m definitely going to try to do this more often. I think I’ll call this goal complete after I’ve tried maybe… 5 new recipes successfully.

Done for now-might try more later

can of apple pie filling
oats
oil
caramel syrup
soymilk

toast the oats in a dry skillet. after they are medium-toasted, add oil (then heat a while longer). spoon toasted oats into a bowl then add apples, caramel, and soymilk

oats
water
lemon juice
soymilk
sugar

heat water to boiling then add oats and turn off heat. stir. when oats have hydrated add sugar, lemon juice, and soymilk

[i just discovered this. i was going to make a sweet lemon soymilk but decided to try it in oats instead]

I need to have more salad varieties-because I dont like onion or garlic and it’s in all salad dressings-with varieties of things in the salad rather than on the salad

also i think i’ll try to make a pumpkin soup

canned pumpkin
water
veg oil
spices-ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon

going to try this after i get the ingredients from the store:

can of mixed vegetables
veg or tomato juice
veg oil

warm it up to make soup!

I forgot I added cumin and bay (so I edited). Also I took off the garlic because it made me nauseous and I try to be as Vedic as possible

lentils
vegetable (soy) oil
salt
tarragon, curry powder, cumin, bay

boil water, then add other ingredients. add more water if needed to make soup
(one of those creative cooking attempts that just happened to turn out good)

I’m in the habit of making one food item at a time, for ex I’ll just eat cornbread pancakes, or just cereal, or just salad. I’d like to make more actual meals instead of just eating here and there food. Especially I’d like to try to make some holiday type food like fudge or special flatbread.