Dinner with Dilip

I'm looking forward to our next So Many Cooks in the Kitchen show on Saturday April 4th; we'll be demonstrating appliances like a juicer, mandolin, immersion blender, and more. I'll be discus...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2022/03/eggplant-and-tofu-stew-no-added-fat.html

I can't believe I've not posted in so long. I recently experimented with whole teff grain; we love Ethiopian food including the injera teff-based bread with which it is served. Teff provides a...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2021/09/teff-porridege-with-potato-and-sweet.html

I am excited to be discussing nachos in this weekend's So Many Cooks in the Kitchen show So Many Comfort Foods! - and we are now streaming not just to facebook but also YouTube and twitter...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2021/04/seasoned-field-pea-nachos.html

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My daughter had new orthodontic braces put in yesterday and is preferring soft food. She likes soups, so I experimented with making a beet soup. INGREDIENTS 3 cloves garlic, roughly minced i...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2021/03/beet-vegetable-soup-olive-lemon-bread.html

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2021/02/romanesco-cauliflower-with-mixed.html

Kiddo is going to be making vegetable soup with chickpeas for this weekend's So Many Kids in the Kitchen program (12:30p on Saturday the 13th, east coast US time - facebook.com/somanycooks ) ...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2021/02/kiddos-vegetable-and-chickpea-soup.html

My daughter and I were invited again today to be on a PCRM nutrition class streaming for free to hundreds of people. She is one of the Kids in the Kitchen who do bimonthly cooking and nutri...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2021/02/rainbow-chard-and-beet-greens-with.html

It's been a while since I made tasty roasted cauliflower  and I had a head of cauliflower peeking out at me from my refrigerator. I am presenting beets at the somanycooks show this weekend �...

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I wanted to explore another beet recipe today and thought of embedding beets in a thick dhal. I made the dhal and beets separately in my pressure cooker. INGREDIENTS 1 cup red lentils 3 cups...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2021/02/thick-golden-beet-dhal.html

I received a shipment of Plant Pure Meal starter kits and am looking forward to trying these out. This one required cooking a seasoning packet in plant milk (my wife can't digest soy milk so ...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2021/02/pasta-alfredo-primavera-from-plantpure.html

I am excited about our next So Many Cooks in the Kitchen program, this one on Heart Healthy Dishes. I wasn't sure what I'd make as whole food plant-based eating is in general very heart healt...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2021/02/golden-beet-and-chickpea-with-greens-no.html

I had a fun demonstration (check it out on Facebook or Twitter , or outside of social media ) of the PCRM 21-Day Kickstart day 2 menu of 10-Minute Mixed Vegetable Stir-Fry and Ambrosia . A...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2021/01/chili-with-leftover-beans-seitan.html

It's traditional on New Year's Day to make a simple dish with black-eyed peas and collard greens, and I did just that. I soaked black-eyed peas overnight then pressure cooked, mixed with garam m...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2021/01/new-years-day-black-eyed-peas-with.html

Shortly before Thanksgiving we had a nice So Many Thanksgiving Dishes! show and my colleague Carolyn Strickland made a great looking Holiday Crescent Ring. I tried today, using squash, sever...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2020/12/carolyn-stricklands-holiday-crescent.html

I made soup in my Instant Pot  pressure cooker with a variety of ingredients, including kabocha squash, potato, and carrots. I enjoy raw cranberries and put a few in my soup. I made a caulif...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2020/12/kabocha-squash-and-more-soup-no-added.html

This was our #tvsThanskgiving vegan Thanksgiving takeout. There was even more food we didn't have space for today! Here is the menu:

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2020/11/thanksgiving-dinner-from-cafe-parizade.html

I made an Indian lasagna for Diwali  by cooking most of half of head of cabbage, cut into thin strips, in a large saute pan with no oil or water, along with onion and, near the end, 1/4 t eac...

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I wrote about Robin's Kogniut squash yesterday; having Kabocha as a parent serves it well and it results in a nice, creamy texture and flavor. Maybe even more, I love Honeynut squash. It looks...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2020/10/honeynut-and-robins-koginut-squash.html

Our So Many Cooks in the Kitchen show this weekend is on squash , and I wanted to try slightly undercooking squash so that it could have some firmness and be cubed instead of being mushy, and t...

http://dilipdinner.blogspot.com/2020/10/squash-medley-with-razzmatazz-grapes-no.html

I'm excited that this weekend is our next So Many Cooks in the Kitchen show where about a dozen of us Cooks will be presenting So Much Squash! and sharing tasty and nutritious squash recipes....

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