If
at the beginning of March you had asked me, 'Where do you see yourself
in October?', my answer would not have been 'in a new country.' After
twelve years in the UK, it's a surprise and delight to find myself in
the Netherlands! At the beginning of September, I moved to Utrecht to
start a postdoc on early medieval letter writing. So far so good--my
colleagues and my work are wonderful, and the first two months have
flown by.
Looking
back over what I've cooked this year, what stands out is my purchase of
a slow cooker in the late winter, and the period where I was
interviewing for my new job (March and April) and moving (August and
September). Change is hard on one's desire to cook new things, but I'm
starting to feel settled in to my new kitchen, and looking forward to
seeing what I'll cook here.
March
- Sabath masoor ki dal (brown lentils with onions, tomatoes, and ginger), Indian Slow Cooker
- Rajma (red kidney beans), Indian Slow Cooker
- Whole wheat spaghetti with roasted squash (source unrecorded)
- Avocado Chocolate Pudding from Leite's Culinaria
April
- Hare moong ki khichdi (green mung beans and rice), Indian Slow Cooker
| I'd recommend this cookbook (as you can tell by the number of recipes I tried from it!) |
May
- Parsnip miso soup with sticky parsnip peel, Waitrose
- Lime and miso dressing, Natural
- Rosario Guillermo's Black Bean Charros, World Vegetarian
- Chana masala, Indian Slow Cooker
June
- Tembal Dolma (cabbage with rice and currants), World Vegetarian
- South Indian Carrot and Ginger Relish, World Vegetarian
- Swedish Limpa Bread, Heartland
July
- Breakfast Carrot Cake Biscuits, Natural
- Sweetheart Cabbage with Sweetcorn and Chili, Stir Crazy
- Lemon Scotch Pancakes, 100 Cakes and Bakes
September
- Spiced Cauliflower Soup, Smitten Kitchen
- Simplest Mushroom Pasta, Smitten Kitchen
October
- Winter Squash Soup with Red Onion Crisp, Smitten Kitchen Keepers
- Chickpeas Cooked in a Moghlai Style, World Vegetarian
- Risotto with tomato and aubergine, World Vegetarian
- Pumpkin with Sultanas, World Vegetarian
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| World Vegetarian continues to be one of my favourite cookbooks! |
