When the dragon's away...
Feb. 12th, 2020 01:28 pmWhen we were out shopping on the weekend, I grabbed a bag of fake meat and tossed it into the cart. ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
atara started to complain, but I assured her that I had a plan for it.
Today that plan came to fruition as I combined it with some peppers, onions, mushrooms, and a bit of TVP to pad it out. I've never been a huge fan of vegetarian chilli, and I was aiming to fix that. Originally I was making a vegan chilli, but I screwed up and added a bit of white sugar late in the process, so I guess this is technically just a vegetarian dish. If I'd been thinking, I'd have grabbed the agave syrup instead of the sugar. That said, I made this more to prove a point than to make it truly vegan.
After this initial bowl, I went back and added a bit of corn meal to thicken it, and a bit more salt. Both helped, as did having it simmer for another 20 minutes between bowls. The pictured bowl here was really good, but the second bowl was even better.
In retrospect, I don't think it would have been hurt at all if I'd remembered to add a cinnamon stick, but I think it's fine without.
In other news, I am doing another Picture A Day project this year. Given that I am retired and have little but free time, I've no excuse for missing any days.
I'll make a point to post a few more of them here going forward into the year.
Most of them are boring, indoor shots this time of year:
But I'm managing to get outside on some of the nicer days:
atara started to complain, but I assured her that I had a plan for it.Today that plan came to fruition as I combined it with some peppers, onions, mushrooms, and a bit of TVP to pad it out. I've never been a huge fan of vegetarian chilli, and I was aiming to fix that. Originally I was making a vegan chilli, but I screwed up and added a bit of white sugar late in the process, so I guess this is technically just a vegetarian dish. If I'd been thinking, I'd have grabbed the agave syrup instead of the sugar. That said, I made this more to prove a point than to make it truly vegan.
After this initial bowl, I went back and added a bit of corn meal to thicken it, and a bit more salt. Both helped, as did having it simmer for another 20 minutes between bowls. The pictured bowl here was really good, but the second bowl was even better.
In retrospect, I don't think it would have been hurt at all if I'd remembered to add a cinnamon stick, but I think it's fine without.
In other news, I am doing another Picture A Day project this year. Given that I am retired and have little but free time, I've no excuse for missing any days.
I'll make a point to post a few more of them here going forward into the year.
Most of them are boring, indoor shots this time of year:
But I'm managing to get outside on some of the nicer days:
