First things, first. Happy Anniversary, Dave! It’s been a spectacular 12 years! xo
Why I Blog
Thursday morning I fired up my laptop, grabbed a hot cup of coffee and checked email. This was in my inbox:
Hi JL
I have been following L and V’s house project because we had just used the same architect and contractor for our remodel and had met them when they did a walk-through of our project last year. L gave me a link to her blog, which I have been following since last summer. I was intrigued by your user name on your posts and then became more interested when I saw the pictures of the food preparations during your weekend visit. I clicked on your name on one of your posts and happily was linked to your blog. I was very excited to find your recipes and lists of books. My daughter is a vegetarian (teetering on the edge of vegan) and it has been a challenge finding a variety of tasty recipes with all the nutrients she needs (protein in particular). I also checked out some of the other blogs you linked to your site. As a result, we now are grilling for the first time (mostly veggies) and I’m in the market for a rice cooker and a mandoline (I saw a very intriguing recipe for zucchini “pasta” made with one of those contraptions).
I sent a link to your blog to a coworker who became a vegan in her early 20s (only a couple of years ago) when she found she had potentially lethal cholesterol levels. Beans are a huge part of her diet and she had never thought of using a rice cooker. She is in her first trimester of pregnancy and is looking forward to trying that simpler method of cooking. She was very excited to find your blog and all the great resources linked there.
Just wanted to express my appreciation for your great blog, which I will continue to explore. Your story is quite inspirational and has the power to change people’s lives for the better—thank you.
K
(Reprinted with K’s permission.)
This is why I blog. Thanks to K. and to the readers who comment here on the blog and on my Facebook page. I’m learning and I want to share it with you…
…so let me share dinner last night.
Millet Stuffed Acorn Squash
This week KERF mentioned a coconut curry millet but there was no recipe (drats!) This morning there was a curried millet recipe on the edible perspective so I used her recipe and substituted coconut oil for the olive oil and tossed everything into the rice cooker (30 minutes on the regular setting) to make a version of a coconut curried millet. I roasted the acorn squash on 350 for 30 minutes and then stuffed it with the cooked millet.
So good.
While the millet was cooking and the squash was roasting, I diced an avocado, a small red pepper and 1/4 of a small red onion. I added the juice of half a lemon and a few shakes of Herbamere and tossed (serves 2.) I sprinkled freshly roasted Salt and Vinegar acorn squash seeds over the salad.
Thumbs up! Love a salad with extra crunch!
Thanks for reading. I appreciate you!
