Food-wise

Now, that sugar is back on my menu I need a new food focus.

Nuts and Seeds.

We are talking about high calorie stuff!
Obviously, moderation is key but it's so good to include them in our meals.

Today, thinking about seeds and having bought a bag of Black Sesame seeds last weekend, I was itching to include some with my lunch.

Lunch was a lovely dish of Roasted Vegetables with Goat Cheese in Phyllo. I did the obvious: once I brushed the top with the egg wash, I sprinkled a mix of White and Black Sesame Seeds on top.

And A New Recipe Is Born

In the  name of colour, I pulled out the hefty bag of Baby carrots we bought at Costco.
I was going to turn it into my usual Carrot Loaf, only to discover that I was missing several ingredients.
Oh well, but I had lovely fresh mushrooms on hand...
What to make?
Well, Carrot and Mushroom Loaf, of course.

I took the end slices of a whole wheat bread - turned them into bread crumbs (w. the help of my trusted food processor.)
Then, processed a small piece of Gruyere that was just hanging out in my fridge.
Next, I tossed in a whole lot of carrots and grated those.
I switched to the cutting blade and chopped up two small sweet onions.

I put the onions, carrots into my cast iron frying pan on med. heat.  In the meanwhile, preheated the oven at 350F.
While the veggies were softening, I chopped four nice large white mushrooms and added them to the mix. Lowered the heat, sprinkled on a bit of salt, covered the pan and let it cook gently for about 10 - 15 minutes. Once all the veggies were tender I let them cool off.
Next, I added 1/2 cup of Tahini, 1 tsp of Tamari Soy Sauce,  a few TBSP of Ajvar *(an eggplant/pepper spread)  the breadcrumbs and 1 beaten egg.
I mixed everything well, then transferred them into a parchment-lined loaf pan and baked it for about 30 minutes. At that point, I added the grated cheese and baked it some more till the cheese melted.

*Ajvar could be easily substituted with some tomato paste, pasta sauce, with some seasoning. It would work just fine.

Delicious.

Moksha and Greens

Just came across this. Sounds like a good idea ...

Speaking of "green".
Look, how beautiful:
(Those were turned into a lovely soup:)  )