Author Archives: randy

My Guacamole Recipe

I generally don’t measure the ingredients but I think this is pretty close.

Ingredients:
3 avocados
1/4 cup cilantro chopped
3 green onions finely chopped
1 Roma tomato (seeds and pulp removed), finely chopped
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 – 1 Tbsp lime juice
Several twists of crushed black pepper corns.

Optional:
Fresh or pickled jalapenos or crushed red pepper flakes to taste.

Directions:
Slice the avocados in half, remove the seed and scoop the meat in to a mixing bowl.
Add all other ingredients and mix well.

A pastry cutter works great for mashing the avocados.

Donnita, Ben And Ethan Visit

Donnita, Ben And Ethan paid us a visit this month.

Curried Rice Noodles

Recipe here. I replaced the peas with edamame.

Kung Pao Cauliflower

Notes: This is a mash up of a couple different recipes. We both liked it. Pictured above with chili peppers and not pepper flakes.

Ingredients:
1 cauliflower cut into bite sized pieces
1 red bell pepper diced
1 yellow or orange bell pepper diced
2 garlic cloves minced
5 green onions chopped
1/3 cup raw peanuts
1 tsp red pepper flakes

Sauce
4 tbsp tamari
2 tbsp ketchup
2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
1 tbsp maple syrup
1/4 cup water
1 tsp ground ginger
3 tsp cornstarch

Directions:
In a wok cook the cauliflower on medium high for 5 minutes.
Remove the cauliflower and set aside.
Add the peppers to the wok and cook for 3 minutes.
Add the cauliflower back in and and cook for another 5 minutes.
Add the garlic, white part of the green onion and the peanuts and cook for a couple more minutes.
Stir in the sauce and red pepper flakes and cook for an additional minute.
Serve over rice.
Garnish with the stalks of the green onion.

Roasted Beer & Lime Cauliflower Tacos with Cilantro Slaw

Supper tonight I made Roasted Beer & Lime Cauliflower Tacos with Cilantro Slaw. We both thought it was pretty good. The recipe is from the Thug Kitchen cook book.

Ally’s 10th Birthday

We celebrated Ally’s 10th birthday at Watson Park. We got her a dress and a pink suitcase.

Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

Roasted sweet potatoes, black beans, red bell pepper, avocado and cilantro, atop spinach (or any greens) drizzled with lime juice and balsamic vinegar.

On this night I served it with a side of oven roasted corn on the cob.

Thug Kitchen Cookbook

New plant-based cookbook we just purchased. I’ve yet to make anything from it yet.

BBQ Chickpea Salad With Avocado Ranch

Considering I’m not big on salads and Nova’s not big on chickpeas, it was ok.

Salad recipe here.

BBQ sauce recipe here.

Bread Slicer And Storage

We recently bought this Kitchencraft bread keeper and slicer to use with bread we make in our bread machine. So far I’m happy with it. We got it at a pretty big discount otherwise we probably wouldn’t have bought it.