Multi-tasking

I am being ridiculously productive. As I am writing this I am simultaneously making:
-barley flour bread
-soy milk
-mushroom curry
-rice noodles (to eat with the curry)

I am cooking the most amazing curry but have no one to share it with because Justin is in Nicaragua. So, shall we call it being productive or being single? I don't know, but I think it will be delicious.

 

The picture doesn't really do it justice, but it's the mushroom curry from Moosewood. And I sauteed almonds in olive oil to sprinkle on top. 

It IS amazing. Yum. It has all these amazing tastes at once, and my favorite part is the apples which are mostly soft but still a bit crunchy. I think this is my favorite thing I've made in a long time. And I'm proud of myself for going the extra mile to make the almonds because they really add to it!

Here's the recipe. I changed/omitted a few things, so here's the recipe that I used. Refer to Moosewood for original.

Mushroom Curry

2 tbsp olive oil

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup kale

about 1/2 lb mushrooms

1/2 tsp each of the following: ground cumin, turmeric, cinnamon

3/4 tsp salt

1.5 tbsp shredded coconut

1/2 tbsp honey

juice from half a lemon

1.5 cups tomato sliced in small cubes

1 apple sliced in small chunks

water to steam

1/2 cup chopped almonds sauteed in olive oil

Directions:

Cook onions in olive oil
Add salt and spices
Add kale and shrooms
Add 1/4 cup water to prevent sticking and to make nice broth
Mix well, cover, simmer for 5-8 min

Sautee almonds in olive oil.

Add apple, coconut, and tomato
Mix and simmer until everything gets soft but not mushy
Turn off heat. Add honey and lemon juice, mix and cover.

After it has sat for a few minutes, serve over rice (I ate it with rice noodles) and sprinkle sauteed almonds on top. Again, the almonds are optional but really are worth the extra effort!



About the bread:
I am ecstatic to try a recipe for barley flour bread because I have not found non-wheat bread that I like. Actually I do have a rye bread that I thought was awesome even before I went wheat-free, but now I'm sick of it because it's my only option. I'll let you know how it goes, but I'm still in the waiting-for-it-to-rise-again process.

About the soy milk:
Justin and I have started making our own soy milk. We decided that store-bought soy milk is expensive and wasteful because there's so much packaging. Also there are weird things in it like corn, so we just started buying soy beans and we got a soy milk machine which we like to call our Electric Cow. Homemade soy milk is amazing because you can make it your own. Sometimes we add black sesame seeds or vanilla, and there's all sorts of other things that you can add like nuts. There are three buttons on this wonderful machine: mung bean, soy milk, and multigrain. So as the buttons indicate, the possibilities are endless. I highly recommend this machine as a gift for those people in your life who have hot flashes. (Someone close to me who has cancer tells me how amazing soy milk has been for his hot flashes.)