Supper/Dinner Time ! What's on the menu?

[Moll Flanders]

I did make curry yesterday as I realised I had to use up my sweet potatoes.

I'm having a very lazy dinner later of vegan sausages, oven chips and baked beans.

I'm still fighting this dang laryngitis and soup is nice and soothing.

 

[ledboots]

I did make curry yesterday as I realised I had to use up my sweet potatoes.

Ooh that curry looks good! I had purple sweet potatoes yesterday that were the best things ever. I found them at a farmers market, pretty cheap, and they tasted like candy.

I tried them thanks to #Freesia, who posted once about purple sweet potatoes in NZ.

 

[Moll Flanders]

^ I got some purple carrots and potatoes in a veggie box and I made soup but it came out a really weird dark brown colour. It was very tasty despite it's appearance.

 

[RabbitLuvr]

I made vegan chili mac out of mini bowtie pasta, a can of Amy's chili, some MimicCreme, some hot salsa, and some Daiya. It was delightfully trashy.

 

[shyvas]

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I made a turtle bean and sweet potato goulash stew in my slow cooker. I also made a loaf of granary and linseed bread and had a few tiny slices with the stew.

 

[GingerFoxx]

I really want to make chili and cornbread. I even have a bunch of kidney beans in the freezer. Believe it or not, I don't have a good chili recipe though. Every time I make it, it always seems lacking somehow, or on the opposite end of the spectrum, way too spicy/over seasoned. I have kidney beans, onion, garlic, canned tomatoes, butternut squash and an array of spices. Does anyone have a good suggestion? I would only be making a small portion for myself.

 

[shyvas]

I really want to make chili and cornbread. I even have a bunch of kidney beans in the freezer. Believe it or not, I don't have a good chili recipe though. Every time I make it, it always seems lacking somehow, or on the opposite end of the spectrum, way too spicy/over seasoned. I have kidney beans, onion, garlic, canned tomatoes, butternut squash and an array of spices. Does anyone have a good suggestion? I would only be making a small portion for myself.

Chili spice can make the sauce too hot and most recipe state large quantites. I usually make a kind of mole sauce (I make it up without a specific recipe) as I'm not keen on too spicy stews.

 

[Envy]

I really want to make chili and cornbread. I even have a bunch of kidney beans in the freezer. Believe it or not, I don't have a good chili recipe though. Every time I make it, it always seems lacking somehow, or on the opposite end of the spectrum, way too spicy/over seasoned. I have kidney beans, onion, garlic, canned tomatoes, butternut squash and an array of spices. Does anyone have a good suggestion? I would only be making a small portion for myself.

1. Chop up onions and garlic, drain beans
2. (Optional) Make a roux (equal amount in weight of oil and flour)
3. Fry the onion/garlic over medium-low heat in oil until soft together with salt and the more spicy seasonings
4. Put in beans, stir lightly until they have been coated with the mixture and heated up.
5. Pour in tomatoes, you can complement/replace with fresh ones that have been peeled and deseeded if you want.
6. Add an appropriate amount of vegetable stock
7. Taste, and add the more fragrant spices, and if you feel that it needs a bit more of a kick, you can toss in some chili or so.
8. Let simmer until you can't stand the waiting anymore


You can boil the butternut squash until tender and add with the beans if you want as well, I just don't like squash very much.

 

[ledboots]

I really want to make chili and cornbread. I even have a bunch of kidney beans in the freezer. Believe it or not, I don't have a good chili recipe though. Every time I make it, it always seems lacking somehow, or on the opposite end of the spectrum, way too spicy/over seasoned. I have kidney beans, onion, garlic, canned tomatoes, butternut squash and an array of spices. Does anyone have a good suggestion? I would only be making a small portion for myself.

I do it similar to Envy's recipe. I use a lot of onions, sweet Vidalia if I have them. Not too much garlic, and sweet bell pepper if I have one. I mash half the beans with a fork because I like a beany sauce. I like to add the spices/chili powder ( the dark kind) to the sauteed onions and garlic for the last minute or so of cooking. My spices are chili powder, red pepper, paprika, a little cumin, salt and pepper. Depending on the taste of the onions and tomato, sometimes it needs a little sweetness, a dash of sugar or maple syrup, whatever. Your squash will probably give it a good sweet flavor and thicken it, too, come to think.


My favorite is to squeeze some lime on top at the end, but being in Florida tend to put citrus on just about everything.

Thumbs up to the cornbread; best thing with a chili!

 

[Envy]

If you have it at home, then you can add celery too, which combined with onions and bell peppers makes the "holy trinity" in Cajun and Creole cuisine.

I haven't done it personally though.

 

[shyvas]

I do it similar to Envy's recipe. I use a lot of onions, sweet Vidalia if I have them. Not too much garlic, and sweet bell pepper if I have one. I mash half the beans with a fork because I like a beany sauce. I like to add the spices/chili powder ( the dark kind) to the sauteed onions and garlic for the last minute or so of cooking. My spices are chili powder, red pepper, paprika, a little cumin, salt and pepper. Depending on the taste of the onions and tomato, sometimes it needs a little sweetness, a dash of sugar or maple syrup, whatever. Your squash will probably give it a good sweet flavor and thicken it, too, come to think.


My favorite is to squeeze some lime on top at the end, but being in Florida tend to put citrus on just about everything.

Thumbs up to the cornbread; best thing with a chili!

 

[Envy]

I've never eaten cornbread myself actually, I always accompany my chili with rice.

 

[ledboots]

If you have it at home, then you can add celery too, which combined with onions and bell peppers makes the "holy trinity" in Cajun and Creole cuisine.

I haven't done it personally though.

Yes, I do put celery with the leaves in too if I have it. "Holy trinity" I never heard that.

 

[Envy]

Yes, I do put celery with the leaves in too if I have it. "Holy trinity" I never heard that.

Ah, so you use bay leaves in chili?

 

[ledboots]

Ah, so you use bay leaves in chili?

Yes, I use a bay leaf also in any soup- type thing with tomato in it, but I meant I chop up the celery leaves in the chili.

 

[shyvas]

Fennel salad, last night's bean and sweet potato stew with brown arsenic rice and a chestnut pudding with some pancake syrup for dessert.

 

[ledboots]

Fennel salad, last night's bean and sweet potato stew with brown arsenic rice and a chesnut pudding with some pancake syrup for dessert.

Lmao*


*@ the arsenic comment

 

[Alice-Bee]

Im having pie, chips and onion gravy (with ketchup) for a change.
Tea and whatever extra sweet sugary badness I can find in the cupboard for afters.

 

[GingerFoxx]

Boyfriend to the rescue! I casually mentioned craving chili to him this morning and when I got home, there was a crock pot of vegetarian chili simmering on the kitchen countertop. He doesn't even live with me, but he stopped over between classes to fix a batch. I am a lucky lady.

 

[RabbitLuvr]

I had half a jar of sauce from when I made pizza two weeks ago in the fridge that I thought I better use up.
I cubed a Gardein Burger and sauteed that with mushrooms and some green pepper (also left over from the pizza- it looked and smelled ok so hopefully no food poisoning), plus some garlic and a green onion. Stirred in the sauce and ate on mini-bowtie pasta.

It wasn't actually very good, but whatever.