Thursday lunch

Last night I was watching a Jamie Oliver show on TV, and he made some awesome sounding Indian food, so for lunch today I made some Indian inspired curry. I used the recipe for Chickpea Spinach Curry from Vegan with a Vengeance as a base but added shredded apple along with the spices, used beluga lentils instead of chickpeas and added some finely cubed carrots. Served with warm newly made chapati and some lettuce, it's makes a perfect winter lunch.

Aloha burgers in the cold midwinter.

 

When temperature is down to -17 C outside and it's only the beginning of February, you have to do what you can to get away from the midwinter if only for a short while. I decided to make the Aloha 

Teriyaki Burgers from the Best Veggie Burgers on the Planet by Joni Marie Newman. This is most definitely one of my favorite cookbooks, for several reasons. First, it's a book all about burgers, so I think the awesomeness is pretty self explanatory. Apart from that though, every burger or bun or condiment I've made has been really good. No fails what so ever. Friday nights burger sounded very promising, with a base of TVP and gluten flour, spiced up with pineapple and teriyaki sauce. I didn't have teriyaki on hand, so I used some bottled  Jamaican jerk BBQ sauce in place of it. The burger turned out amazing. Really meaty without being tough to chew, and with a sweetness from pineapple and brown sugar, this burger is very high on my burger hall of fame right now. We ate in smacked in between two toasted slices of bread with classic condiments such as ketchup, mustard, red onions, pickles and fried onions. Best thing ever. I'm pretty sure I will make these again within a couple of days. 

Pumpkin marmelade

Last Saturday when we visited Miljövårdscentrum we bought amongst other stuff this marmelade made at the store from their own pumpkins. It's pumpkin base and have hints of citrus and cinnamon, tastes that goes really great together. I had some on top of a crepe for breakfast this morning, and the taste is really good. Unfortunately, it was full of sugar crystals that definitely makes the experience of eating it a bit unpleasant. Maybe it will do better in some baked goods.