October 16, 2010

Everything Bagels

We've taken liberties with the ABin5 raisin bagel recipe and made our favorite EVERYTHING bagel. These are made with the master dough (flour, salt, yeast, wheat gluten). After forming them and letting them rise, you put them in a pot of boiling water and baking soda for that bagel chewy-ness. Then put everything (dried garlic and onion, sesame and poppy seeds) on top. Then bake them for a bit.
The bagels keep for much less time than other ABin5 recipes because of the water bath. But still, fresh bagels for 3-4 days!

Avocado Sushi, Teriyaki Tofu and Broccoli, Miso Soup

Sushi! We've been spending about 20 dollars a week at our favorite sushi joint, then decided to try our hand at it. Bed, Bath, & Beyond sells a rolling kit with instructions for a few dollars. 
We used jasmine rice without the vinegar mixture. Wet a piece of seaweed, throw some avocado in there...
roll it on up. Then cut it.
Miso soup is easy. Get the right miso paste, throw in some tofu cubes, sliced up seaweed, and green onions. Simple.
This is Tofu Teriyaki with broccoli and mushrooms. Saute them all together with a lid.
This was quite a large meal. Way too much for two.

Almond (Pecan) Rolls

This is another ABin5 recipe, made with the vegan challah dough. The only substitution was butter with margarine for the topping and inside goo. The rest is cinnamon, brown sugar, sugar, black pepper, salt, and almonds.
They're not as good as Grandma Jan's, but still satisfying and dangerous.

October 15, 2010

Baked Yams

We got this recipe from food.com (formerly recipezaar) trying to make something french fry like. The yams were tossed in olive oil, then covered in cinnamon. The results were sweeter and more treat like than we were expecting. So we tried them again later with the Post Punk Kitchen recipe and were very pleased.