Curried Red Lentil Dhal

Curried Red Lentil Dhal

Made this recipe off a red lentil dhal recipe of Michael Smith's. It is easy, delicious, and healthy. What a great way to make lentils. If you eat it with some basmati rice, it is a full meal with everything that your body needs. Eat it with some cilantro and chopped red onion for some freshness and crunch!

ingredients:

1 cup red lentils
3 cups water
1 tbsp fresh ginger
1 tbsp curry powder
1 tbsp cumin
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 cup butter

1 onion

handful of cilantro
1 tbsp spoon brown sugar (optional)

1/2 tsp of salt
basmati rice

directions:

1. Cook basmati rice in a pot, or rice cooker. Follow the directions on the package of your rice. Mine is usually 1 part rice, 2 parts water, a little salt, and 8-10 minutes simmering.

2. Put butter into a medium sized pot, and melt it down. Toss in one chopped onion and cook the onion down so it starts to caramelize. This will help add sweetness to your dhal. Stir in your spices (cumin, curry powder, cayenne, etc) in with your onions and cook for 2-3 minutes. This will reinvigorate your spices. Add the lentils, water and ginger to the pot. Add brown sugar if you like a touch of sweetness, but don't add it if you want to make it a little healthier.

3. Bring the pot to a full boil, and then reduce heat to medium to maintain a simmer. Continue cooking for about 10 minutes until lentils are soft.

4. Spoon lentils over rice. Garnish with cilantro and red onion if you wish.

Spicy Schezwan Tofu - The Ultimate Stir-fry

Spicy Schezwan Tofu - The Ultimate Stir-fry

Have you ever wanted to make a giant stir-fry? Here's how!

ingredients:

1 pack firm tofu
handful of bok choy
red pepper
snow peas
onions
garlic
soy sauce
honey
rice wine vinegar

bean sprouts
celery
carrots
onions

rice
soy sauce

directions:

1. Cut firm tofu into bit sized cubes. Maybe 1/2 an inch, by 1/2 an inch. Marinate tofu in soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey and garlic over night if possible.

2. Cut bok choy into 1 inch chunks, and red pepper and snow peas into similar sized pieces.

3. In a large frying pan or wok, add in a little bit of oil. Then toss in your tofu. Add in some chopped garlic as well. Cook tofu until it starts to for a bit of a brown crust on the outside. Then toss in your vegetables. And toss the mixture until the vegetables are cooked through.

Vegetable Soup

Vegetable Soup

This soup is most definitely vegetarian and vegan.

ingredients:

2 carrots
2 onions
4 celery stalks
1/2 head broccoli
handful of frozen corn
1 potato
veggie stock of veggie bouillon cube
4 tbsp flour
butter
salt
pepper