It's supposed to be Jamaican Vegetable Patties, and it's supposed to look like this:
I gathered from its name that it was also supposed to be spicy and Jamaican and, well, edible, but HCB summed it up rather succinctly when he asked, "Why are we eating peas and carrots for dinner? And why do they taste so disgusting?"
Poor man. This meal was preceded the night before by "Tempeh Triangles with Piccata Sauce," which he described as "breaded wood chips soaked in lemon juice." He dutifully ate platefuls of both, with only minimal Squishy Face.
I've been dabbling with vegetarianism for a while now, 'cause it's true that eating beef - and virtually all industrially raised animals - is really bad for the planet.
I've amassed a small but useful arsenal of veggie dinner options, including: vegggie tofu green curry, conchigle rigate with tomatoes and chick peas, and my quickest fix, quinoa-stuffed peppers. But seeing as how I can't imagine us eating curries and pasta and rice dishes for the rest of our lives, I was looking for something more meat-like, more versatile, more...square-mealish.
And so I turned to Vegetarian Times. Apparently this was the best they could do. As I masochistically masticated my peas and carrots last night, I actually shed a tear for kids who grow up this way. You know, not knowing that food can be delicious. I also shed a tear for the pain in my wrist and elbow from all the god damn chopping, mincing, slicing and peeling.
Alas, I haven't given up yet. If you have beloved veggie recipes that don't take two hours and 47 ingredients to prepare, please, I beg you, SHARE THEM.
4 comments:
dude, I hate to say it, but I feel that to get full as a vegetarian, you have to amble down the Golden Dripping Path of Fat and subscribe to the Tao of Carb. That is to say, cheese and lots of it, butter and pasta and the like. Meaning, hunks of lasagne, eggplant parmigiana, and your yummy mac n cheese sans snicken. Or veggie calzone.
Take heart, winter is coming, and soups will be all the rage. And, Craig can eat onions, unlike my Dave.
I love the white bean soup stock I learned to make from Lidia. It's all bean and garlic and tastes like animals. Mmmm!
I have a great curry recipe I can totally email to you if you want! It takes maybe 40min, tops.
Trader Joe's soy corn dogs. They are delicious and look just like the picture on the box when you take them out of the oven.
sweet natalie. i must point you in the direction of the tassajara cookbook! new basics also has some great veggie recipes. i have a whole stack of cookbooks for you to try. come and borrow them. your poor hot canadian meat-loving boyfriend.
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