#art#history: it's pigeon appreciation day! here are my clunky-&-weird-but-full-of-love lines of tribute to the much-maligned pij.
did you know: pigeons are self-aware, can do maths, mate for life (often with someone who doesn't resemble themselves), share parental duties, are (chiefly) #vegetarian, were admired (& saved from the chomp) by marilyn monroe & are just generally EXCELLENT? yes, they are. #internationalPigeonAppreciationDay#birdwatching#columbidae#birds#marilynMonroe
Hey Mastadonians Heading to #berlin tonight for one week. What are your recommendations 1) for #vegetarian dining 2) beautiful #garden s (public or just peoples visible gardens) 3) swimming outdoors (best is a lake or river but a nice outdoor pool would also be great). Please boost.
@victor I only jumped onto Mastodon maybe a month or so ago. I was always curious why so much food was marked with a CW. I find it surprising though that someone actually reported it.
Maybe it'd be even easier if folks that are worried about seeing trigger foods would opt to use something like #vegetarian or some other tag that fits their particular tastes (no pun intended). Just using #food is kindof a wide umbrella. Seems silly to have to censor everything under a particular tag.
This week on #TopChef they had a trompe l'oeil challenge, which means food that pretends to be something it's not - so I made Charred Carrot "Hot Dogs" and they were super good! Imagine me as a kid eating a carrot hot dog...would not happen 😆 Recipe from The Chubby Vegetarian by Justin Fox Burks and Amy Lawrence #cooking#vegetarian#vegan#CookBooks
To tempt or inspire... Salty Macadamia and Golden Syrup Biscuits
We don’t eat many sweet things around here, especially sweet baked goods – perhaps a little more in Winter than Summer. It is not that we don’t like them (we LOVE them even tho our preference is for savoury food), but biscuits and cakes are basically sugar and butter held together with flour, right? Also, we don’t cook with eggs, so that limits our range as well.
But in the depths of winter we want a few more sweet things – rice pudding, apple crumble, golden syrup dumplings, and some biscuits for our cuppa.
I made a slight variation, adding coconut and a little bicarb soda (which adds a little more colour and chewiness to the biscuits). I’ve also sprinkled a little salt over the top before cooking for a delicious sweet-salty taste.
The biscuits are not unlike ANZAC biccies, starting from a base of oats, flour, golden syrup and butter. This combination is so Australian. But the technique and other ingredients differs a little. In ANZAC biscuits, when made well, the flour is partially cooked by the hot butter mix and boiling water. This changes the texture considerably. But in this recipe, the mixture is cooled before adding to the oats and flour. It makes a remarkable difference.
Just made a sort of combo stir-fry/stew that will serve for multiple meals. This is another of those recipes that I improvise from what I have on hand.
#art#history: i give you peter wilton cushing (born #otd in 1913), patron of the vegetarian society UK from 1987 until his death (not from vegetarianism) in 1994, therefore making him the coolest of the holy trinity of horror handsomes that included his frequent collaborators, vincent price & christopher lee. did you know that peter was into ornithology & was nyctophobic? what a dude. #peterCushing#horror#cinema#birds#vegetarian#portrait#illustration
Made one of my favorite easy dishes for dinner tonight: poblano, mushroom & black bean tostadas. Baked the tortillas then topped with refried black beans, sautéed poblano mushrooms & onions, guac, micro greens, pico de gallo, pickled red onions, and cilantro. Drizzled with a creamy jalapeño dressing to finish. 😍😍😍 #cooking#vegetarian#comfortfood
I'm so happy with how the Mattar Paneer turned out! My 1st time making Indian food and I think it's actually better than when I order it 😲 The warming spices (cinnamon & clove) are so nice in this. And my husband made naan for the 1st time too! Recipe here: https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/matar-paneer/ #Cooking#IndianFood#Vegetarian
I'm a week behind on my #TopChef challenges cause I didn't want to cook on Mother's Day. 😊 Last week the show featured Indian food so today I'm making the Masala paste for Mattar Paneer tomorrow. #cooking#IndianFood#vegetarian
Start with the tech stuff. I'm a #programmer. Mostly writing web apps using #ReactJS and #NodeJS with some #mongodb. Been dabbling with #mui for a recent project too.
I've been messing computer since a child and have fond memories of being asked to spend £1000 of my dad's friends money to build him a computer. The look on his face when he walked into his dining room to see bits of computer scattered all over the table and me, age 9, ready to put it together. Not going to say my age now, but it was a 486DX2-66 with a whole 8MB of memory.
Outside of tech, I'm outdoorsy. I like a good #hike, or #walk in the woods. I love nature and campaign to protect the #climate and #biodiversity.
I #cycle lots of places but just to save on petrol and parking. My #bike was free and I don't own lycra.
I have an #allotment where I grow a lot of my own food. I eat a mostly #vegetarian diet, so that keeps the food bill lower.
Learning #guitar and #French... Sometimes at the same time!
The thing about a large tray of roasting vegetables is the aroma of garlic and rosemary.
I could do lots of fancier things with the veg - pom molasses, pickled lemons, that sort of thing - but there is nothing like lots of garlic with the veg and branches of rosemary laid over the top.
I'm doing my meal planning for tomorrow's lunch and was trying to decide between plant-based protein or eggs. I'm really focusing on getting enough protein as I ramp up but also keep calories in line so would I be hamstringing myself by choosing lentils or chickpeas over the eggs? Nope! All three have reasonable serving sizes (5 oz for chickpeas and lentils, or 2 eggs) and calories for the same 13 grams of protein. Chickpeas at 232 calories vs. the eggs' 155 is not nothing but not huge. Lentils at 164 calories is a wash to me. Lentils truly are a magical (and tasty) food :). #PlantBased#food#vegan#vegetarian#health#fitness#longevity#30DayHealthReboot