Quick note for locals that there are jars of freshly-made Sri Lankan dark-roasted curry powder (lovely as a grill rub, or on popcorn, as well as in curry) at Carnivore Oak Park, along with signed cookbooks. And Roshani noticed that there were some hardcovers of Vegan Serendib at The Book Table, so I stopped in […]
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Okay, so this isn’t EXACTLY a Venezuelan recipe? I was thinking that mostly volunteers have been dropping off dishes with chicken or beef or pork for the refugees (meat was requested on the sign-up sheet), and maybe they’d like some seafood for a change. Not everyone likes seafood, of course, so I also made a
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The first is beef & potato curry with cabbage sambol. The cabbage sambol, I’m pleased to report, came out just fine from the freezer — not QUITE as crisp as when it went in, but still with a good toothsome bite. I’m planning to just make a whole cabbage’s worth next time I cook Sri
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Mostly doing computer work today (teaching stuff, e-mail, SLF, etc.), but took a break at lunch to sew up some of the remaining castle fabric into adorable little cocktail napkins. I hate waste, and this is a fun way to use up the last bits of fabric. I also made myself a tasty mocktail —
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Making some fresh roasted Sri Lankan curry powder this morning — local store Carnivore Oak Park wanted some more cookbooks and curry powder, so I’ll be dropping a few jars off later today.
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Slept very weirdly last night, just waking up over and over. I feel okay right now, but moving slowly, and I suspect I’ll crash at some point today. Oh well! I still managed to assemble the flash sale orders this morning. Next steps are packaging them up, adding ice packs to the ones with confections,
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My New Year’s resolution this year was a little vague, but mostly along the lines of ‘be more sane.’ The previous few years, between pandemic and cancer-sense-of-mortality (spraining my ankle didn’t help), I’d really driven myself into some bad mental patterns, mostly having to do with taking on way too much work, much of it
I followed this recipe (https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/avocado-ice-cream-recipe/) — but added 2 t. lime juice, 1/2 t. flake salt, and 1/4 t. cayenne. I really like the result, but I suspect a lot of people may be suspicious of avocado ice cream in general, and perhaps even more so with my additions! So, y’know, try at your own
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Saturday was mostly running Kavi around to various things, but I did take a little mom-break time in the evening to go hang out with Roshani at Kettlestrings Grove. I find their polenta bites with truffled mushrooms totally addictive, and they pair very nicely with the OP75 cocktail: cranberry gin, lemon juice, rosemary simple syrup
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