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Feb. 12th, 2009
Seitan and dumplings
Feb. 12th, 2009 04:43 pmChop an onion or two, most of a pound of seitan, and a few handfuls of mushrooms. Saute in some oil until the onions are soft. Add a couple of carrots and ribs of celery and some water and boullion until it looks sorta stew-y.
Turn up the heat, and as it's coming to a boil, make some dumpling dough. I like this one a lot, but most biscuit dough recipes work too, although you may want to halve them or they won't fit. Either way, same idea: plop pieces of dough on top of simmering stew, put on lid, simmer for the same amount of time it takes to bake biscuits, and voila!!
OMG....so good.
Variations: vary the veggies, obviously. More or less broth. Different kinds of mushrooms (buttons, shiitakes, cremini are all good). I also love putting parsley in the biscuit dough.
If seitan is too expensive (it *is* rather pricey, and every time I try to make it, it turns out spongey and gross), skip that and put a can or two of white/cannelini beans in with the veggies.
Turn up the heat, and as it's coming to a boil, make some dumpling dough. I like this one a lot, but most biscuit dough recipes work too, although you may want to halve them or they won't fit. Either way, same idea: plop pieces of dough on top of simmering stew, put on lid, simmer for the same amount of time it takes to bake biscuits, and voila!!
OMG....so good.
Variations: vary the veggies, obviously. More or less broth. Different kinds of mushrooms (buttons, shiitakes, cremini are all good). I also love putting parsley in the biscuit dough.
If seitan is too expensive (it *is* rather pricey, and every time I try to make it, it turns out spongey and gross), skip that and put a can or two of white/cannelini beans in with the veggies.
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Feb. 12th, 2009 06:59 pmI have lots to do tomorrow. And all weekend. Sheesh.
Tomorrow! Deliver ten Valentines to the downtown/SW area of Portland. Most of them are in office buildings. Donna lent me a beautiful gold-tone pin of a couple of cats on a tandem bike. I'm going to wear my Bodyline dress and do up my hair. It's not a cupid costume, but still pretty cute. Either that or my other Loli-ish non-brand dress. Haven't decided. Unfortunately my truly poofy petti is withseams_unusual for repairs.
Then, at night, Lightbar! And then the Midnight Mystery Ride!
They're asking people to wear blue. I used to have a totally early-90's-tastic blue dress, but alas, no more. I'll have to find some blue clothes. Most of my blue stuff is light blue. Dang. I have that blue dress/skirt/thing in navy, but I wore that to the last MMR! Oh well. I do end up wearing it a lot because it's so dang cute.
Saturday! Ben Hurt! (encapsulate will be there as a Unicycle Bastard, and I also get to meet his Heterosexual Life Partner joeyfalconetti and I'm not nervous about that at all, why do you ask?) I'll be there solely as a spectator, though, kthx.
May or may not attend the party that night. Both events are part of MiniBike Winter. I don't even own a minibike. Nor have I ever zoobombed. I'm a huge wuss.
The reason I'm not sure about attending the party, is because the next day I'm doing my volunteer work for the Worst Day of the Year Ride. And I have to be at the volunteer meet-up site at 8am. Oy freaking vey. And I can tell myself, Oh, I'll just leave the party early-ish, but I have a very hard time dragging myself away from a good time.
Have applied for two jobs today. Yay! I feel like I should apply for two more though, considering I didn't do any yesterday. I did ride my bike to NE 23rd and Alberta though.
Tomorrow! Deliver ten Valentines to the downtown/SW area of Portland. Most of them are in office buildings. Donna lent me a beautiful gold-tone pin of a couple of cats on a tandem bike. I'm going to wear my Bodyline dress and do up my hair. It's not a cupid costume, but still pretty cute. Either that or my other Loli-ish non-brand dress. Haven't decided. Unfortunately my truly poofy petti is with
seams_unusual for repairs. Then, at night, Lightbar! And then the Midnight Mystery Ride!
They're asking people to wear blue. I used to have a totally early-90's-tastic blue dress, but alas, no more. I'll have to find some blue clothes. Most of my blue stuff is light blue. Dang. I have that blue dress/skirt/thing in navy, but I wore that to the last MMR! Oh well. I do end up wearing it a lot because it's so dang cute.
Saturday! Ben Hurt! (
encapsulate will be there as a Unicycle Bastard, and I also get to meet his Heterosexual Life Partner joeyfalconetti and I'm not nervous about that at all, why do you ask?) I'll be there solely as a spectator, though, kthx. May or may not attend the party that night. Both events are part of MiniBike Winter. I don't even own a minibike. Nor have I ever zoobombed. I'm a huge wuss.
The reason I'm not sure about attending the party, is because the next day I'm doing my volunteer work for the Worst Day of the Year Ride. And I have to be at the volunteer meet-up site at 8am. Oy freaking vey. And I can tell myself, Oh, I'll just leave the party early-ish, but I have a very hard time dragging myself away from a good time.
Have applied for two jobs today. Yay! I feel like I should apply for two more though, considering I didn't do any yesterday. I did ride my bike to NE 23rd and Alberta though.
