That's So Swa!

This got me off coffee. Or at least gave me the choice. 3/4 cup oat milk 1/4 water 1 tsp matcha 0.5 tsp stevia Blend in magic billet. Heat in pot and serve. Very different energetic experience of caffeine. Calm and focussing, vs the happy and jumpy of coffee.  

  John is in love with this dressing for rice bowls. He's the one that named it crack sauce because he finds it addictive and always asks for it. He one experienced a 3-day depression where he kept lamenting the  use of another other sauce when his expectation was for this sauce. Could not stop repeating the lament, much to my irritation. It's power lies in having all the key elements of satisfaction in balance. Salt, Acid, Fat, Sugar. The flavour comes from the ginger. Cutting in some sesame oil is also nice. Blend equal parts maple syrup, balsamic vinegar, olive oil (optional for the oil part, use 2:1 olive to sesame oil), and tamari/Braggs.  Add a big thumb of rough chopped ginger.

Fantastic B vitamin dressing. If you like nutritional yeast, you’ll like this. Great over rice bowls and salads. Nice for clean eating. https://www.eatingbirdfood.com/nutritional-yeast-dressing/

Don’t forget this as beautiful simple dinner option. Sushi or brown rice bed, any cut veg you have, nuts, seeds, sprouts, seaweed, a dressing (crack sauce or nutritional yeast dressing work very well), hummus, bean curd or tofu...you don’t have to have it all, just use what you have on hand. Use leftover rice to make similar lunch the next day.

This is a really good thing to know how to make when you’re on the vegan train. Agar is the miracle ingredient. The rest of the items just go into the blender. It’s quick and really satisfying (hip kid word of 2020) to know how to do and it’s a decent substitute. It’s not cheese, but it does please. Not all palates will appreciate this. Kids have not gone for it, but I and JC appreciate it for it’s non-dairy virtues.   https://lovingitvegan.com/sliceable-cashew-cheese/

This is the face of someone who has eaten something shockingly good for the first time. This was an amazing recipe to discover. Nutritious, gluten free, and amazingly non-stick! Was lovely to have the moisture come from cucumber as well. You can play with the spices you add. I put in a bit of my chilli oil. Curry leaves and methi added a level of deliciousness. Everyone in the house loved it. Video proof exists. 1 cup quinoa 1 cucumber (Indian variety) 1 green chilli 1/4 inch ginger 5 shallots 3 tbsp grated coconut Pink Himalayan salt as needed 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 1/4 tsp black pepper powder 1/2 tsp jeera/cumin seeds (no way!) Blend to make batter. The trick to dosa is to only spread the batter in concentric circles, other wise you break the bonds that hold the dosa together.  Watch the video below. You need the visual. This is by far the most successful of many many lacklustre dosa attempts. Credit for this goes to Nisa Homey. https://youtu.be/d3JrCv4yDkI