Digest Number 329

[Guest guest]

OK - Here is a common occurance in my house that I was wondering if someone

could help me out with. Both my boyfriend and I hate grocery shopping and as a

result we often only have these ingrediants from which to produce dinner: onion,

garlic, tofu, soy sauce, dry spices....we often have cans of beans and bags of

rice. But we haven't figured out yet how to

make a non-boring dinner from those ingrediants. Obviously, ideally we would

have other food, but this just happens so much in our house that I thought I'd

ask if anyone had any recipes or ideas for some of those basic ingrediants.

Thanks!

Mika

[Guest guest]

> Both my boyfriend and I hate grocery shopping and as a result we often only

have these ingrediants from which to produce dinner: onion, garlic, tofu, soy

sauce, dry spices....we often have cans of beans and bags of rice.

 

If you throw in a bag of carrots (which keep for a while!) and a bag of frozen

corn, you can make this stew. it tastes kinda like chicken stew, but just

because there is poulty seasoning in it. Sorry if I've posted this before, i

can't remember!

 

Carrie's Lentil Stew

 

1 can lentils drained and rinced (brown, green, whatever they are, just not red)

3 medium potatoes, cut into 1-inch chunks

2 medium carrots, sliced

1 cup frozen corn

1 medium onion, chopped semi-finely

3 tbsp dried parsley

3 tbsp poulty seasoning

1 tbsp prepard mustard

1 tsp soy sauce

1 clove garlic (if you want - just lightly sautée it first!)

1 tbsp flour

3 tbsp water

salt and pepper to taste

 

1) Boil carrots and potatoes until almost done (they're pretty soft, but you

would give them 5 more minutes before serving)

2) Add onion to carrots and potatoes, cook for two minutes or until onion is

soft.Reduce heat to a heavy simmer.

3) Add lentils and frozen corn, adding more water if necessary to keep a thick

soup-like consistancy.

4) Add poulty seasoning, parsley, mustard, soy sauce, (garlic), salt and pepper.

Let simmer for 5 minutes.

5) Meanwhile, combine flour and water in a seperate container - shake until you

have a very runny paste-like consistancy.

6) SLOWLY add this to the lentil mixture, stirring slowly and constantly.

7) Let this simmer 10 minutes or more, thickening (with more flour and water) or

thinning if so desired. Serve piping hot.

 

* I don't measure anything, these are all approximate measurements (the spices

especially!). So taste it after step 7, add what you want! You can also throw in

more frozen veggies, or pre-cooked chicken to satisfy those who still eat meat

in your families!

 

Hope that helps your menu ideas!

 

Carrie

[Guest guest]

There has been discussion on this list for awhile now about McVeg burgers at

McDonald's. Some responses to the topic have really bothered me; have some of

us lost our compassion for other humans? To be concerned and be an activist

for animal rights is all well and good, in fact, it is to be applauded. But

to make people feel bad because your own situation makes it easy for you to

not support omnivorous businesses is uncalled for, and, yes, is much too

" harsh. " If you live in NY or CA, you have it easy! There are restaurants and

grocery stores that cater to your wishes and you have _options_. It is simple

to say that you will only patronize those businesses-- because they are

there!! But when you make other people feel small because they would like a

little convenience in their hectic lives, in places where veggies are an

almost 0% of the population, that is uncalled for. We in Iowa, Minnesota,

Wisconsin, etc. do the best we can. We live in a subculture where not eating

meat every meal is unheard of! We deal with strange stares, nutcase comments,

things that mak it hard on us every meal. Going to school, gonna take some

mushroom risotto for lunch that you made last night? Well, if you do, prepare

to be the talk of the whole rest of the lunch table-- because no one else

brings their lunch, unless it's fast food. There are no meat-free meals in

the cafeteria, either. Going to work? There are no meat-free businesses that

hire 16-year-olds in Iowa. How about family? Very few of us even know other

vegetarians, let alone have them in the same family!

I know that many others who don't live in these areas have these problems

too. Not everyone has options to do what they'd like and not patronize these

businesses. We do what we can, and for some that is a monumental task!

So here's to the converted: every single person who struggles to not kill

animals for food. To every person who drives 300 miles to find a store that

carries the food they need-- and pays extra for it. To every person who stays

home rather than go to non-veggie restaurants with friends or family. To

every person who goes to school and to work and to family gatherings and

faces the ridicule so prevalent for different people. And here's to the

person who goes home after a 12 hour day at work to cook because they can't

get any meat-free fastfood. You are all wonderful beautiful people, and when

it gets hard, remember that I admire you for it. So does every other

vegetarian, vegan, and animal. We pay the price for our values, but in the

end the rewards are what keeps us going.

Kudos.

 

Smiles,

Em

[Guest guest]

Thank you Cyn for the Thanksgiving card from Blue Mountain.

 

Melinda

[Guest guest]

hi carrie-im new to this list.i have a question about the recipe you sent

in-for lentil stew.you kept referring to " poulty seasoning " what is that

or did you mean poultry seasoning in which case that would be chicken

flavored soup mix?let me know cuz the recipe sounded good and id like to

try it.

thanx;etti

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[Guest guest]

>hi carrie-im new to this list.i have a question about the recipe you sent

in-for lentil stew.you kept referring to " poulty seasoning " what is that

or did you mean poultry seasoning in which case that would be chicken

flavored soup mix?<

 

Hi Etti!

 

You can buy pre-mixed poultry seasoning from the grocery store, I actually

found mine in a dollar store. It's a mixture of thyme, sage, marjoram, black

pepper and nutmeg, in that order (on the label, anyway!) but I don't know the

proportions. It's the same kinds of seasonings you'd throw in stuffing. No

animal products, or chemicals, just herbs! ;o)

 

hope that helps!

 

Carrie

[Guest guest]

Seattle?

so much for that thought. The " old ladies " at work say

baking soda will work wonders.

 

--- wrote:

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[Guest guest]

I have heard that as well! I've also heard to be careful with it though! It

can make them mushy really fast. But then again, I wanted them for " refried "

beans...

 

 

 

 

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