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Mushroom-nut loaf nights

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Made a mushroom but loaf last night (which is one of my favorite roast like meaty dishes) and it was a fail in texture and was crumbly so today I took a piece of it and mushed it up with a little egg and a little grated cheese…   
  And made little mini meatloaves  
And the texture worked!  This ended up being the most meaty textured loaf I’ve made before

And gravy to go with the loaf and some potatoes 

The gravy was Powdered no chicken broth from whole foods bulk bins that I love with some tapioca starch stirred into olive oil.  I added a tad half and half and the rest was water…this worked out well and tasted good

    
My completed meatloaves

 
My pretty lettuce

   
The salad gets the tarragon vinegar and olive oil treatment

   Look close for the tiny cilantro micro greens which is code for coriander sprouts
 

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Leftovers 

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 Leftovers Saturday (heading out for a couple days starting Monday so this fridge needs emptied asap)

Below is a tiny chanterelle and onion tart with a crust of dressing

  

The ever present avocado on my table

Leftover roasted veggies get mixed with cream and topped with leftover mashed potatoes to create the vegetable pie below  

  

My new favorite gluten free gravy mix plus mushrooms
  

And here it is!

  
 

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Shrimp taco 

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 beet slaw!  
My Spanish rice…yikes I was out of regular rice so this is wild rice and Japanese black rice cooked with spices and tomatoes…it’s actually quite yummy

 
Potatoes…sautéed in olive oil and spice…for potatoes tacos

 
Over marinated and cooked shrimps for shrimp tacos  
  I cut the base on the head and realized that it’s perfect for wraps so you can layer I. Your taco or make it into a taco without the tortilla  
Marinated carrots and radish and jalapeño

Background is avocado and o decided that this type doesn’t peel well so I gave us each a spoon to scoop

 

Beans, rice, potato, and shrimp
   

Mission Goethe free tortilla

  

I made him look happy!

  

One of my cooking helpers..
 

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Penzey’s adventure 11/21

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You get to see me spend the most I have ever spent in this store….even though I love this store….I have a project that requires 1/2 cup of 13 spices and spice jars and spices that I just needed or wanted. You will bear witness to my 11/21 Penzeys spice excursion:  

If you have never been to a store, they have jars of each spice for you to sniff and get a feel for the flavor notes  …they also have tissues because sometimes you sniff too much!  
    
 

 This is it:   This is my haul today! (Well the right half)7  
This is the left half of my haul!

 

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A new “meatloaf”, potato medley, green beans, gravy and biscuits – practice for tday

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Lentils cooked with garlic and onions..a hint of tvp, some sunflower seeds and Worcestershire 

  

Add two eggs and a little cheese
    

  

Veggie “chicken broth” green beans and mushrooms
  

  

Gluten free drop biscuit recipe

I had to add extra liquid over what the recipe said…a lot more milk and olive oil (I had used butter in the recipe)
  
  

   
 

My new favorite potato recipe!  Yam, purple yam, white and German butterball

  
  

I tried the brown gravy mix and bought a case…this one is just to try it out
 

  
  

Restaurants

Phobulous Sunday 

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It was sunny and warm today and then big black clouds rolled in and drizzled rain and the temp dropped to 60 (yup)….so it was time for want food for lunch.  Pho 999 to the rescue!   
I don’t have the gluten issue so I am free to have beer:-)

 We have just the shrimp…no pork.

  
Rice noodles and lettuce inside rice paper…no gluten here

 
I get the veggie and tofu pho

   
I told you it was cold…everything is better with some kick

 
Jim of course had beefy traditional pho…but had the veggie broth so it doesn’t taste as “beefy”……

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Cauliflower tater tots

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Today’s inspiration was a recipe featured on the farm fresh to you Website….and I didn’t follow it (maybe I should have)….grate a whole head of cauliflower  
Add some breadcrumbs

 
I used two eggs, parsley, chipotle, paprika, 1 cup of grated cheese, leek

   
  Mix and form it…it felt really loose like it wouldn’t bind.  
  Recipe said bake at 350 for ten minutes then flip and bake ten minutes…mine were bigger and took much longer  
  Watercress salad with creamy peppercorn dressing

Needed a protein   
  So I had these guys in the freezer  
  Tiny sandwiches to go with the cauliflower bites and salad