Where were we? Thursday, I had a salad, yup, nothing exciting here. Friday, we had dal, rice and finished off all the chutney except the green mango.
Saturday we ate out, I think it's funny that we have probably eaten out more in the last two weeks than we normally do. Anyway, we ended up at Sanbornes at La Fiesta Americana, Husband had caneloni stuffed with spinach and I had chile relleno. It was a thoroughly mediocre meal. Husband's said that the sauce on the caneloni was tomato thickened with cornstarch, it looked like tomato soup. His steamed vegetables were excellent though. My chile relleno was supposed to be stuffed mozzarella, it was stuffed with manchego. It was not good, it wasn't exactly bad, it looked nice but I have had much better chile rellenos. We both felt uncomfortable after eating, sluggish. I should have just had a salad.
Today, I was planning on making Syrian white beans but I seem to be out of white beans. We had omelettes for breakfast instead of our usual oatmeal so I am not feeling too anxious about lunch.
Right now I have dried habas (fava beans) and garbanzos quick soaking. I am going to make some hummus and a similar bean puree out of the habas. Half the of the beans are also going to get dry roasted for snacks. I need to have something to eat when we are out and about and I start to get hungry.
What is working well for me is having things like the chutneys and bean purees already made and waiting in the refrigerator. I can make a main dish or a side dish but most of the other stuff is ready. I have olives, chile en escabeche, artichoke hearts also so we can have a easy lunch, along with some pita bread.
I think I may have some bell peppers left so I can make some marinated bells to add to the plate.
Ooh ooh, please teach me how to make roasted habas and garbanzos... I love those and yet have not the faintest idea of how to make them!! (plus they're great protein providers!!!)
ReplyDeletelso, if you haven't posted it yet, I'd love to read your hummus recepie... I tried making one once off a receipie I got on the internet and it didn't come out so great... actually it came out horrendously (wonder what I did wrong?).
Fned.
Oh, dear, fned, I don't have a hummus recipe anymore, I just puree garbanzos with olive oil, tahinni,lemon juice and garlic. I will see if I can find a good one for you.
ReplyDeleteThe roasted habas and garbanzos are so easy. I will post that today.
regards,
Theresa
half the beans are gonna get dry roasted for snacks....
ReplyDeletehow do you make dried beans for snacks...you mean like dried peas or something?
oops. did not read all the comments before writing mine. bad habit. impatience. and for what? like i am in a hurry. like i am going to actually do something other than clean the pool.
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Lin, we ate them all, but next time I will bring you some. I think I am going to stick to frying them. I think that they taste better that way.
ReplyDeleteregards,
Theresa
Let see - we are in our 28th year of vegetarian food ;-) You go girl - come on catch up!
ReplyDeleteJohn
Hi Calypso, the 28 days are up, we still primarily vegetarian but have taken up eating flesh again. So it would take a long time to catch up at this rate.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and commenting.
regards,
Theresa
Did you ever make the post on how to make dry roasted garbanzos, Id love to know. Is it as simple as cooking them then roasting them? Also I keep posting all these questions on here and IM not sure how I get the answer from you. I guess I just keep coming back to check the blog to see if you commented back. I need to make a note of what all I put questions on. :) Hope Im not wearing you out
ReplyDeleteAmanda, I don't think I made that post. I just have been really lazy about the cooking blog, mostly I have been posting on my regular blog. I didn't pre-cook the beans, I did however soak them just like I would any other dried bean. I like them fried better than dried roasted but I am thinking that I might be able to use the crockpot to dry roast them.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been online the last few days, so I am answering all my comments today.
I automatically get an email when comments are made on my blog. Some blogs have the option of sending you an email if comments are made, other's you just have to check back. I don't know if mine does that or not.
Have fun, don't worry about asking questions.
regards,
Theresa
I thought it may be something like that but didnt want to waste a bunch of beans. Ill be trying this soon. Thanks. I do just have to check back but thats cool. Thanks again.
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