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June 23, 2008

Don’t Try This At Home

Curried Pilaf with Sweet Potato, Collard Greens, Zucchini + Hemp Milk

Actually….it ended up tasting pretty good so you might want to try it!

I had no plan for dinner and just started cooking things. What I thought would be a flavorless and mismatched combo actually ended up turning into a serendipitous recipe .

I started with the pilaf, another blend from Bob’s Red Mill that contains a bunch of whole grains: wheatberries, long grain brown rice, whole oats, whole rye, whole triticale, whole barley, white buckwheat, and sesame seeds. I cooked it as directed and added some extra water to let it simmer longer and added a sprinkle each of red curry powder, coriander, garam masala and cinnamon. The pilaf mix is GREAT!! Very chewy 🙂

I also steamed a sweet potato , half a zucchini and some collards in the microwave. I pretty much dried out the collards, but the SP was perfectly cooked.

Then what?? I needed a sauce or binder . I wanted to tie the dish together with plain yogurt, but we are out. Then I thought about coconut milk but I didn’t want to heat it and open a whole can, so my mind wandered to hemp milk …. again, not wanting to bother heating it, I just poured it on like cereal.

My first bite was hesitant….but then I was pleasantly surprised . The cold sweetness of the milk went great with the hot vegetables . Think a hot curry + rice dish with a touch of sweetness.

Quite filling too.

Chemistry is getting better. It’s much more "normal" now – 5 weeks in! Only a few to go. My goal for this course was just to get through it. And I’m getting through.

I had a Lemon LaraBar for snack around 8:00. I’d never had lemon and it was quite good, if you’re in the mood for lemon that is. I still prefer the chocolaty ones 🙂 The only bad thing was I attracted fruit flies from all over the earth when I opened it!! I had to keep swatting at them during class 😳

Going to do some school reading then hit the hay.

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  1. Kelly T says

    June 23, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    How come when Kath pours milk onto her vegetables its genius, but if i ever did anything like that it would be disgusting?

    im off to pour orange juice on my pasta.

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  2. working says

    June 23, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    Kelly maybe you will also start a new trend 🙂

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  3. Caitlin P says

    June 23, 2008 at 9:04 pm

    Hey Kath! Your dinner looks great and very courageous might I add to make something off the top of youur head like that! I would be way to intimidated : (

    Also, I did not know if you saw yourself on ivillage.com today, I was so excited when I saw your blog!!

    Check it out:

    http://slideshow.ivillage.com/diet/diet_at_the_village_slices_of_heaven/log_it_to_lose_it.html

    Reply
  4. adria says

    June 23, 2008 at 9:42 pm

    Man, those fruit flies are everywhere!

    Reply
  5. BethT says

    June 23, 2008 at 9:49 pm

    Drinking a lovely sangiovese from Ledson Winery and thinking of you, Kath… 😀

    Reply
  6. magpie says

    June 23, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    Oooo yum. I’m making curry tomorrow night so I’ll have to try out your suggestions 🙂

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  7. Nick says

    June 23, 2008 at 10:36 pm

    What an odd and unique combo. I’ve never tried to make collard greens myself, I just know that they are to die for at a BBQ place in NYC called Blue Smoke. As for the ones above, in the third picture down, it looks like the leaf in the middle is right off a tree from your backyard. It looks uncooked and appears that it fell right from the sky into your dish, you sure thats a collard green too?

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  8. Kiala says

    June 23, 2008 at 11:04 pm

    I just made vegan mac and cheese.

    It’s not as glamorous as it sounds.

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  9. oatmeal says

    June 24, 2008 at 7:06 am

    Ooo~this reminds me of childhood times when we have milk with dinner! 😀

    The cereal pilaf sounds like a real winner! So much fiber packed into one package~awesome!

    Reply
  10. Little Black Dress says

    June 24, 2008 at 8:06 am

    I agree with Katie- when I try “cool” combos, they look/taste horrible, but when Kath does it, it’s a gourmet meal!

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  11. Meghan says

    June 24, 2008 at 8:18 am

    Nick – I believe that might be a basil garnish? Haha (I hope!)

    Food looks delish, as always, Kath. Dairy-eqsue things always go so so so well with savory dishes.

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  12. Heather says

    June 24, 2008 at 12:02 pm

    That pilaf looks delicious!

    So you said that you like the chocolate LaraBars- have you tried either the Cocoa Mole or the Chocolate Coconut? I just bought those this week but haven’t tried them yet (I’m obsessed with the Cherry Pie flavor)

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  13. Kath says

    June 24, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Kelly,
    Sounds good to me! With some orange zest and green veggies.

    Caitlin P,
    I saw that – cool!! Thanks for the heads up 🙂

    BethT ,
    Ledson = drool. So jealous!!

    Nick ,
    Haha, yes I forgot to mention the basil garnish.

    Kiala ,
    Where’ve ya been!?!? Welcome back. Your mac and cheese sounds…..glamorous!!

    Heather ,
    I’ve had both flavors and love them!!

    Kath

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