There’s a fantastic new Indian restaurant on Kingston Pike at Walker Springs and we attacked their lunch buffet today. Their food is by far and away better than the other Indian place in town and I hope they do really well! This is an array of veggie dishes from the buffet like naan and vegetable korma. So delicious!
Cut a spaghetti squash in half lengthwise and throw it in the oven on 375 for about 45minutes to an hour. Scrape it out and serve it with WHATEVER SAUCE YOU LIKE!! This is only half of the squash, so you can see it makes a lot. I used a canned spaghetti sauce to which I added chives, fresh basil, onions, garlic and a smidge of Chinese 5 spice. The 5-spice accents the nuttiness of the squash. I’m absolutely in love with this stuff.
I did my grocery shopping this weekend and came across some beauties at the Fresh Market. Expect to see these in future posts!
I can’t begin to express how much fun I’m having reading this cookbook. Circa 1974, the recipes are priceless! Not to mention 16 PAGES of health advice, haha! When my great aunt passed away several months ago she specifically stated in her will that I was to receive all her cookbooks. Most of which consist of those little 10 cent wonders from who knows where. Then, I find gems like this.
I was very excited about making these and they turned out so delicious! Of course, I measure nothing…so the list of ingredients includes: cooked bulgar, black beans, diced celery, diced onion, panko bread crumbs, onion salt, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, liquid smoke, salt, white pepper.
Saute the celery and onion. Do a quick hand mash on the black beans and squish all the other ingredients together, adding bread crumbs until you have a dough thick enough to make patties. Fry the patties in olive oil.
The remoulade was veganaise, chopped capers, paprika and a dash of soy. Regular remoulade calls for anchovies, yuck! I could have used something fun like seaweed as a sub, but I was out.
As I’m sure has been noticed, I’ve introduced small amounts of certain deathly dairy products back into my diet. Until I’m stable again, please don’t hate me or crucify me for it! 
) I’m currently looking into some imported organic cheeses for my purposes. To the best of my knowledge, European countries still ban the use of rbST in farming cattle.
There are also companies here in the United States that are trying desperately to stay mainstream and cater to the vegan and vegetarian crowds. They include very small amounts of animal product and I think it does more harm than good to altogether boycott them for trying. As long as we’re careful and continue to monitor what goes into us, we’re better off than some!
Some grilled kabobs at work made the afternoon so much better! The veggie kabobs are marinated in a garlic herb seasoning and packed LOTS of flavor because I continued to baste them throughout a slower grilling process. I can’t get enough grilled corn, either. I love to drizzle it in olive oil and sprinkle with with pepper.
I’ll post this because it was pretty…it WAS NOT good! This is Sunspot’s Portobello Empanada. Although I applaude their creativity; portobello, spinach, pumpkin and goat cheese don’t blend well. I’ll go back again for their wine specials and try something else on their veggie menu because I believe in 2nd chances. I did enjoy the rice and beans and a donated portion of Lisa’s chimichanga (THANKS!). 
Did these on the grill in a foil pouch with a bit of olive oil and garlic wine seasoning.
Yesterday for movie marathon day, I put these guys in the steamer with a bit of soy, garlic powder and Earth Balance. They were so stinkin good! Much better than popcorn.
