i left you all hanging with the last post, huh? in case you didn’t read it, i professed my utter distaste for broccoli, and let you know that i finally found two recipes that made broccoli actually taste good (at least to me).
i have a shocking confession for you, my dear internet readers. i hate broccoli. detest it, really. ok, maybe that’s not so shocking. but i love vegetables, and broccoli is one of only two vegetables i dislike.
fresh, local asparagus is finally back in the stores near my house, and i’m incredibly excited about it’s return. asparagus always means spring is officially here, and summer, my favorite season, is not too far around the corner. while perusing the internets for new asparagus recipes, thanks to a bunch of links from this post on cheap, healthy, good, and i stumbled across a recipe for lemon asparagus risotto. the description sounded amazing, and i had almost all of the ingredients on hand. what can i say? from there, the dish practically made itself!
you may recall from my last post that i caught an ugly cold. well, friends, the cold is long gone, but i did catch something else: a fever for making soup. and the only cure? lentil curry soup.
there are few things that i miss eating as a vegetarian, mostly because i don’t like the taste of meat. (mini emilie vegetarian history is here.) chicken noodle soup is one of the few foods i still crave. i’ve found some other delicious soups, like kitchari, black bean soup, lentil dal, and of course the tasty minestrone, but none of these has ever replaced the classic chicken noodle soup, especially when i am feeling under the weather. which is exactly how i felt this weekend.