breakfast: honey-os with soymilk, oj (i think i ate the last of my honey-os, so stay tuned for a different breakfast tomorrow)
lunch: last of the fried tofu and salad
snack: ants on a log
dinner: potluck! a lot of people accommodated my veganness, which was great, so i ate too many different things to post here. instead, i’ll just talk about the thing that i brought: inspired by a side dish at irazu, i decided to attempt gallo pinto, a variation on rice and beans. Click for the recipe.
- cooked rice
- cooked black beans
- tons of minced garlic
- tons of minced ginger
- yellow onion, finely diced
- green pepper, finely diced
- cumin
- oregano
- chili flakes and/or cayenne and/or chipotle
- tomato paste
- diced cilantro (cilantro haters could probably use parsley)
- lime juice
heat oil in a pan (i used canola because i wanted the garlic and ginger to get a little crispy). add the garlic and ginger, fry till brown, then add the onion. after a minute or two, season with cumin, oregano, whatever form of chile you’ve chosen, and some salt to help the onions sweat. cover, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft. add a little more oil if you want the dish to be a bit crispy, and then the rice, beans, and tomato paste. sautee uncovered until the tomato paste mellows out a bit, and add the lime and cilantro just before you take the dish off the heat.
oh, i also tried turkish delight for the first time tonight. i thought that it was pretty gross and almost spit it out, but half an hour later i ate some more. i thought it was gross the second time too. so, not sure what to make of that, but glad i have you guys here to share that experience with.
drinks: a couple gin and tonics with lime
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emily's comment:
January 23, 2010 at 10:59 am
how did the rice and beans turn out? irazu-esque? i have some black beans soaking and i might try this. also, i’ve never actually wanted to spit out turkish delight, but when i eat it it’s like “eh..” and then a while later i want some more too. i think part of the appeal of it is that it reminds me of the low-budget pbs version of ‘the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe’ where little british children are always talking about how they love turkish delight more than anything, so much that it can be used to lure them into the bad queen’s jurisdiction.
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marcy's reply:
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:06 pm
yeah, would say that that pbs version of lww (apparently everybody in the world has seen it? we were talking about it at the party too) is maybe 60% of the reason i ate more after i had already decided i didn’t like it.
yeah, the beans were pretty close as far as i could tell. i think the keys to irazu-ness are to (1) use a ton of garlic (2) fry the whole thing up at the end and (3) not use too much tomato paste. let me know how it turns out!
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marcy's reply:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:36 pm
i just realized i forgot something in the recipe–spiciness! i used chili flakes and a bit of cayenne but i bet chipotles would be awesome too…
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vegandhi's comment:
January 27, 2010 at 5:12 pm
wtf is ants on a log?
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marcy's reply:
January 27th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
wait, are you serious?? celery, pb, and raisins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants_on_a_log). man i think this blog has justified its existence if we spread the gospel of ants on a log to just one loyal reader
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vegandhi's reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Thank you! A dish this playful just can’t be nonviolently resisted!
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