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Yellow Lily

Sat, 19 May 2012 18:50:33 -0700

Kale Chips

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:06:57 -0700

Today was purple kale harvesting day. Part of went to these yummy kale chips: kale leaves ripped into pieces, tossed in EVOO & sea salt, then toasted in a 275 degree oven for 20 minutes.

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Palm Trees and Moon

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:39:30 -0700

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Seabird

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:44:56 -0700

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My Take on "My Favorite Chili Recipe"

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:22:00 -0800

One of the things that came over the Twitter recently was this chili recipe and comments about how good it was. The spices looked interesting but its Palio-ness was not. So I took a stab at veganizing it. Here goes:

Ingredients:

(the base)

2 tablespoons of your favorite fat (olive, coconut, etc.)
2 onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic, crushed
16oz package of tempeh, crumbled (Trader Joes brand works well)
8oz red lentils

(spices)

3 tablespoons chili powder (a bit more than the original recipe, likely due to lentils absorbing flavors)
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon salt

(liquids)

14.5oz can chopped tomatoes
6oz tomato paste
26oz vegetable broth (a full carton from Trader Joes)

Directions:

Heat the oil in a large soup pot. Add onions & saute until soft. Add garlic and let head until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Do not burn or brown the garlic.
Add the tomato paste and the tempeh. Let the tomato paste coat the bottom on the pot, but scrape and stir before it burns or browns too much. (You want it to carmelize.)
Blend the spices in a small bowl. Add to the pot and stir for a minute
Add the tomatoes, vegetable broth, and (rinsed) lentils. Stir well.
Bring to a boil then reduce the heat until the pot has a gentil simmer. Simmer for at least 2 hours.
Check the spices each hour. If its not hot enough for your taste, add additional. I found that it needed a bit more chili powder

I'm serving this with avocado and salad, and a glass of the Daniel Gehr Syrah.

This is a pretty damn good chili recipe.

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I hiked on trail, the trail hiked on me

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:17:54 -0800

I spent a hot, floating holiday Monday doing one of my favorite hikes in Ojai. The trail was dry & dusty, though how dusty was not apparent until I got home. A bit of this is tan but most is dirt.

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