Sunday, January 2, 2011

Mushrooms, Polenta, & Chard, Oh My!

The Jess update!  Thanks, Jess.  :)

After a late morning run, the three human habitants of the house took an adventure to our most local WinCo armed with a shopping list to fulfill our mealtime needs for the coming week:

4 kinds of leafy greens
dried beans (3 or 4 kinds)
cilantro
onions (yellow, red, green)
tomatoes
leeks
red/yellow bell pepper
hot chiles
celery
carrots
oranges
apples
grapefruit
bananas
cauliflower
broccoli
almond milk
peas
corn
barley
steel cut oatmeal
regualr oatmeal
bay leaves
peanut/almond butter
almonds
lemon juice
asiago cheese
ziploc freezer bags
yogurt
1/2 gallon milk
box of pint size canning jars
ice cube trays
chocolate chips
eggs
cottage cheese


We approached the checkout feeling accomplished, having filled our cart almost entirely box-free.  The checkout clerk even commented that we eat healthy after entering our multiple sacks of bulk grains and veggies.

Upon our return to the house, we whipped up a delicious batch of cowboy killer cookies or granola drops depending on whom you ask.  These delicious gems baked up as we played a game of scrabble and enjoyed some wine and cheese.  Next up: Dinner preparation.

Our collective household cooperatively whipped up Mushroom Polenta Pie and a Southwestern Black Bean Squash puree.  While the process was fun and the dish quite colorful, we've decided the Moosewood Low-Fat Cookbook should be retitled Low-Flavor Entrees and added it to our "do-not-use" list.  It may be finding its way to a recycle bin near you!  We've captured the events on film to be shared soon.

2 comments:

  1. Yes, retire that book... I'll copy the feijoada recipe onto a card!

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  2. After purchasing that cookbook some years ago, I promptly resold it and hunted down an original Moosewood. Though I have to say, even the original is rather low on flavor. Hell, my mom got me a Williams-Sonoma veggie cookbook that is WAY tastier.

    I wonder why it's so famous? Perhaps it was one of the first veggie cookbooks? Hmmm...

    I find my best recipes are originally non-veggie that I then convert, quite honestly. Oh, that and Post-Punk Kitchen...

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