Now I'm a believer

The first time I made this yogurt rice recipe, I got all evangelical about it and insisted that everyone had to eat it right away. I made it again for lunch today, and it is still delicious.


I have a lot of food to eat before I leave town this weekend; anybody want to come over?

dog tired

On Thursday morning I made myself this crazy leftover rice egg patty thing. It was a delicious way to use up the fried rice I was tired of eating.


It's a slow weekend for me - because of a work-related deadline I'm not making many plans. I have to write an abstract that will indirectly get me a job, if all goes well. It has to describe what I will accomplish over the summer without leaving me screwed if I get stuck on something.

I had a good time at jiujitsu today. Recently I have been feeling profoundly unprepared for the tournament I'm competing at in two weeks, but today practice was pretty good. I didn't win every match (hardly won any, in fact) - but I think I have a competition strategy and I am feeling a little more satisfied with my skills. I don't feel like I need to improve them in order to be ready.... but maybe that's because it's down to the wire and I have to work with what I've got.

I am watching my friend's dog, Little, this weekend, so I took her and Petra for a play date with Riley. Riley is a youngish Irish Setter, shown here at his muddiest and most alluring.


The three of them dogged it up all afternoon. Here, Petra has some kind of chew toy, and Riley and Little have designs on it.


Petra and Little later found a sexy spot to roll in. I looked, there was nothing there. They still thought it was awesome.


Here, the three of them are having a dog conference about some important doggy matters. I was not invited.


While I was over there, I had some trouble baking cookies in the convection oven (but they turned out pretty ok). Then I painted my toenails and called my family. The dogs were exhausted by that point, so I took my girls home. They fell asleep on the living room floor as soon as we got back.

I'd been having some trouble with my dosa batter - the first time I left it out overnight, it was too cold in my house and the yogurt didn't grow at all. So I closed the windows and left the batter out again during the day yesterday, and now they are delicious. It could perhaps even stand to sit out a little longer, to get sourer and more bubbly. This was my dinner:


Brussels sprouts update: I ate them all. Then I bought more of them. Turns out they are also good fried with Indian spices and eaten with bhakhri and mango pickle. I don't have many left.

times have changed

I ate brussels sprouts once when I was little, and I hated them. So did all my brothers. The familial reaction to them was so strong that we never ate them again, even though my mom insisted they were good. Then I saw this recipe on 101 Cookbooks and basically wanted to eat the picture. I tried making them this way today, and they were good. So good that I wanted to have just the brussels sprouts for dinner instead just having them on the side with dal and rice like I'd planned. Check it out:

legumealicious

My camera broke a while ago, so I haven't had the same motivation to post as I did when I always had a delicious dinner picture to put up. A new one is on its way to me right now, though, so I thought I'd get back into the habit of posting.

Last time I went shopping, I bought a couple of cans of black beans, but returned home to discover that I already had more than a couple cans of black beans. Faced with a cabinetry crisis, it was clear that I must make something out of black beans for dinner, and soon. This recipe sounded delicious and the inside-out presentation intrigued me, but I admit that I mostly chose it for the photo. By a lucky coincidence I happened to have bread crumbs (if you are gluten-free like my mom, maybe besan flour or something would work), and the patty "dough" was very easy to put together. Since I can't post a photo of what my own dinner looked like, you will have to go look at that one. Unlike many internet recipes, my version actually looked a lot like the picture. I have enough leftover patties to have some people over for dinner, and I am happy enough with the deliciousness level that I probably will.

Also, one of my out-of-town friends told me the other day, "I hear you're looking good these days." That's right. But what I want to know is, who spilled the beans?