I decided to try making paneer. It's pretty easy. You boil & curdle the milk, then you strain it and squish it into a cheesy form.



And for lunch I had carrot-ginger-sweet potato soup, which was great.

cold day, spicy food

I have learned how to make some decent black beans to go with the quesadillas I eat all the time. The key seems to be cumin & onions.

special guest star

F. was visiting this weekend, and last night we didn't have much to do so we made a delicious dinner. I made sweet potatoes with creamy sauce, he made spicy fried rice with onions. Here's F's fried rice, mid-fry:


These are the sweet potatoes before I added the cream. I microwaved them first, so they didn't take much cooking in the pan, they just had to pick up the flavors.

Next, here are the sweet potatoes after I added some cream (actually, I put in milk, too) and peas. The spices in there are cumin, cinnamon, coriander, and cloves, so this smells pretty good.


We ate the rice with yogurt on top and had some wine. It was so delicious that I ate way more than I was actually hungry for. After that I wasn't good for much besides sitting on the couch for an hour or so.

perennial dinnertime favorites

An egg taco, fresh from the skillet. The avocado is a little less than pretty, but still delicious.