Taste- Praises a Plenty

This Christmas Ryan and Britt got me a beautiful veggie cook book called Plenty. Have you heard of it? The author is a meat eating chef in London named Yotam Ottolenghi and I love him! His recipes are easy and so friggin flavorful.

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I couldn't resist trying the cover recipe of eggplant with buttermilk sauce and zatar. It was a hit! I would deffinitely use this one again for entertaining. It was so easy and would really make people think you tried extra hard.

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Next up is this mushroom polenta. Can you just taste it now?! The mushrooms at the grocery store are gorgeous right now and I can't wait to get my hands on them.

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Yotam's first cookbook was also a success simply named Ottolenghi- The Cookbook. And well my birthday is coming up so you know......just sayin'. ;)

What cookbooks or recipes are you loving right now?

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Tuesdays are all about Tasting

I bought some adzuki beans at the store over the weekend cause they were pretty...little russet red cuties with a white seam. (It's wonderful to love to eat and look at my food.)

After reading a little bit about them I discovered they are should taste sweet yet contain no fat, sugar, sodium or cholesterol! They are actually full of protien, fiber, potassium and iron, YAY! Now I really couldn't wait to cook them.

So here we go, soak over night, rinse and boil for 40 mins. Voila! Natures goodness sans human industrialized made crap!

We added some red onion, seaweed,fennel,tomatoes, germinated chick peas, radish, avocado and sesame seeds. I made the dressing with ginger, lemon juice, sesame oil, olive oil and herbs from the garden.
It was so filling and delicious!

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