Mac-in-Gravy

It's been years since I last made and/or had the Swedish comfort food Mac-in-Gravy and I just HAD TO fix it to fix my fix.

You can make this too! Boil macaroni and drain. Make a thick white gravy and season it with salt, white pepper and a pinch or two of ground nutmeg. Stir the macaroni in and enjoy. Maybe the way I do with ketchup and meatballs.

Campfire Goodies

For your weekend brunch - Kriz's CWWP

Sometimes one has this sudden urge to have pancakes, especially on weekends ... I do, don't you? I found a vegan pancake recipe online that I modified a little. Actually, I rarely use recipes as is, I always modify to my liking. To find the recipe I searched for "healthy pancakes"I didn't believe these pancakes would turn out well, but I had to try and much to my happy surprise they are yummy! I had mine with canned peaches and syrup.

Kriz's Cornmeal/Whole Wheat Pancakes

1/4 cup corn meal
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1/2 cup non dairy milk (I used almond milk)

Combine all dry ingredients and stir in the milk just enough to make a batter.

Use about a 1/4 cup batter for each pancake. Cook in hot pan (in any kind of vegetable oil if you don't have a non-stick pan)  until bubbles form on the top side, then flip and cook the other side till light brown.

Makes enough pancakes for two people. You can double or triple the recipe and so on to suit your party's needs ...

Enjoy!

Day 11 of the Daniel Fast

Yesterday I searched the internet to see if there was any education available to vegetarian chef - just out of curiosity - but I couldn't find any. Instead I stumbled upon a very informative article listing reasons for eating vegan/vegetarian: Health benefits of course. Caring about mother Earth another. The article also had pictures and names of vegan creations served at restaurants and I was inspired to create a dish from that. I boiled asparagus and fingerling potatoes separately and heated a can of butter beans. Then I created a vinaigrette made with 2/3 of virgin olive oil, 1/3 of apple cider vinegar and stirred in salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder and dried chili pepper flakes. After placing the vegetables on plates I spooned over the vinaigrette. Delicious! :-)

Acknowledgement for comfort food

Just gotta share what my husband said when I had cooked Christmas dinner for him this past Christmas ... he took a few bites and exclaimed with a surprised tone in his voice "You've turned into an American!" That is the best compliment I could have been given from him :-) He really loved the dinner. What I cooked? Corn Bread, Corn Bread Dressing, Green Bean Casserole, Sweet Potato Casserole, Mashed Potatoes with Sweet Peas and Fruit Salad. I cheated when it came to the turkey though ... had some frozen already cooked pieces of meat ... but still ... I've turned into an American!