28th Meeting. Ethiopian

Where? D's
Attendants: A, G, Y, E, D

Menu
1) Lentil-tomato stew
2) Baked seitan with lucky peppers
3) Coconut Cupcakes
4) Guilt-free non-dessert grape sorbet


Lentil-Tomato Stew (adapted from the post punk kitchen, theppk.com)
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup brown lentils
1 large yellow onion, diced small
3 carrots, peeled and diced
6 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, grated
1/4 cup canola oil
2 1/2 lb tomatoes, chopped
1 6-oz can tomato paste
1 cup water
1 cup frozen green peas

Spices:
2 TBS cumin
2 TBS chili powder
2 tsp fenugreek
1/2 tsp thyme
1/4 tsp cardamom
1/2 tsp coriander
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

Directions:
Boil brown lentils in 5 cups of water until tender, about 30 minutes. Drain and reserve. Sautee onion and carrots in oil for 10 minutes. Add ginger and crushed garlic and sautee for 5 more minutes. Add the spices and sautee for 5 more minutes. Add chopped tomato and sautee for 5 more minutes. Add water, lentils, and tomato paste and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the green peas and simmer for 5 more minutes.



Lentil-tomato stew


Baked seitan with lucky peppers (adapted from Vegan with a Vengeance)
Ingredients:
2 lbs seita
6 lucky chocolate bell peppers
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 TBS fresh ginger
3 TBS olive oil
1 cup red wine
6 hot lucky peppers
1/4 tsp cardamom

Directions:
Cut seitan and lucky peppers in 2x1/2 inch strips and put them in a 9x13 pyrex tray. Blend the rest of ingredients, and cover the seitan and peppers with it. Bake at 400 F covered (tin foil) for 20 minutes, remove the tin foil and bake for 20 minutes more.


Seitan and lucky peppers

Guilt-free non-dessert grape sorbet

Ingredients:
Grape Red grapes
Truvia
Lime juice
Lime vodka

Directions:
Pulverize grapes thoroughly in blender and strain out skins to yield 3 cups of juice. Add 4 packets of Truvia, 1 shot lime juice and 2 shots of lime vodka. Process in ice cream machine.






Remnant coconut cupcakes. Note: each cupcake is HALF serving.


Coconut cupcake stoichiometry attack: one equivalent of cupcake combined with excess frosting yields ...


... a remorseful member with a sugar high



Someone spent some good time smothering cupcakes, ahem, muffins with coconut frosting