If you're vegan or vegetarian, you've probably stared at a plate like this often: cooked grain, beans, and greens. Videre licet , lentils and rice. Nota bene the rice was cooked with cumin and saffron.
Soup is a tradition for Solstice (OK, so, fine--a tradition of two years). The wife of one of my spiritual mothers makes a delicious vegan bean soup for their Solstice party. It’s fortification for the late-night labyrinth walking and firepit gathering. I brought the soup described below to new friends’ house and one of them suggested I bring it to their Solstice party. It’s a bright, sturdy soup to celebrate the return of the light.
To go with this chilly weather, an end-of-April Fool’s joke, I made black bean brownies. “Hiding” ingredients like zucchini, kale, sweet potatoes, black beans, avocado, tofu, and other such stereotypically healthy food in dessert or snackish food is one, a pastime of mine, and two, fits the genre of April Fool’s food.
It’s not a cute one, the hamster, that is. I graduate in 45 days. Forrrrrrty-fiiiiive days. Well, time is only going to move as quickly as it does, so I’m not wishing my life away or anything.
I understand, it is expected that I should post something about Thanksgiving food, since the American holiday is next week. But I’m not going to. Maybe next week. Defying expectations, that’s what we’re good at.