Serendib Kitchen

Look what arrived! Vegan Serendib is here.

I wanted to cook something celebratory for Diwali, but I’m also trying to eat more oatmeal, so I ended up with delicious oatmeal experiments: • savory coconut milk oatmeal with green-chili chicken • sweet coconut milk oatmeal with tropical fruits and jam The nice thing about this is that you make the same oatmeal for

It’s really satisfying when you finally solve a problem, even a little one. I’ve been making chocolate bars for some years now, and I’ve never been happy with the packaging — the foil wrappers I was using never seemed to be the right size, and the final result often looked sort of crinkly and unprofessional.

Usually I use these as the base for my dragon s’mores, but I’m pondering whether I might do something more Wonderland-ish with them this time. Something inspired by the caterpillar’s smoke? Hmm… Marshmallow recipe here: https://serendibkitchen.com/…/dragon-smore-marshmallows/  

Finishing up the summer peach ice cream with some warm chai-spiced apple bread.

Heh. People ask how I get so much done; my family helps, is part of it. Kevin made two double-batches of my chai-spiced apple bread for me yesterday, but amusingly, he did something differently between the two batches, and is not sure what. One is a little more cake-like, the other a little more bread-like.

Two Wonderland guards, a conversation: Bob: “But Joe, *why* does the Red Queen want us to gild all the animals of the forest?” Joe: “Come on, Bob, you know better than that. You remember when the Red Queen made us paint all the white roses red?” Bob: “Yes, of course. That took us three solid

The autumn leaves are veined with gold in Wonderland…  

Will you believe me if I tell you they taste even better if you make them with apples you picked yourself? Honestly, I have no idea if they do — the apples Jed and I picked will be saved for cheddar-apple pie and chai-spiced apple bread. I use ready-made grocery store cider for mulling, because