Chana Delight

To be used alone or with other ingredients (as a stew base) atop rice or with injera. Similar to Shiro minus  the heat.

Grind up some roasted Chana. Measure 1c of this (after grinding).

3 c water, boiling.

Stir in: 1.5 t onion, 1.5 t garlic, 1T salt, 2T tomato paste, 4T oil, 2t TJ’s smoked paprika (important!)

Serves 2 to 4 people depending on whether other items are on menu.

Note: 1 cup ground Chana is a bit more than 1 cup before grinding, roughly 100 grams either way, or about 200 Calories’ worth of Chana. Oil adds more Calories to this meal.

Grammy’s Granola

My mom got this out of one of her Weimar cookbooks; here is her variation of that recipe.

Trail-easy potato soup

Note: for more trail-easy see https://www.donnadietz.com/philmont

Some water. Boil 6+ cups. Start with 4 cups of boiling water and add as needed.

Dry: 

Baco bits: 2T (or more)

Dry chives: 1T (or more)

Salt: 1T

Soy milk powder: 1/4 c

Yeast flakes: 1/4 c

Oil: 2T (or more)

Minced onion: 1T

Minced garlic: 1t

Dry mashed potatoes (Idahoan): 2 1/3 c

Serve with sliced boiled egg (if desired)

Black pepper as desired.

Serves about 3, depending on what else is available (crackers? Etc) to accompany it.

Shiro (Selam)

2 regular onions, chopped up, fried in olive oil until carmelized.

2 regular tomatoes, chopped finely (take your time), add to carmelized onions

6 cloves of peeled garlic, chopped finely and in mix also!

5 c water. Bring to a boil.

2T mushroom flavor 

1 c shiro mix

Once absorbed, reduce heat. Don’t let pan burn! Stir constantly.

Be patient while it thickens!

Belgian waffles

 Adjusted slightly from

https://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/belgian-waffle-recipe/

Mix dry:

2 c all purpose flour 

1/4 c cornstarch 

1/4 c white sugar

1 T baking powder 

1/4 t salt (unless using salted butter)

Then add to mixture:

1 1/2 c Costco vanilla soy milk 

1/2 c melted (but room temp) coconut oil

2 egg yolks (save egg whites)

1 teaspoon vanilla 

Fold in 1/2 c Belgian pearl sugar

Whip 2 egg whites until meringue-like fluffy texture and fold in.

Measure out 1/2 c mixture per waffle. Our iron makes 2 at a time.

Serves about 3 - 4 people making about 10-12 waffles.

Taco Salad (Haystacks)

Theodore’s recipe:

1 onion

1 pack frozen “meat”

1 brick tofu

Tomatoes (chopped fresh)

Oil as desired

1-2 T Garlic powder (fresh was not available)

1 T paprika 

1 T ground cumin

2 T salt

Coated Tofu Slices

Cut tofu into slices, coat with flavored (to your preference) gluten flour, fry. Pretty simple! 

Afterwards, experiment with leftover coating, making patties etc.