#Moosewood2022, part 3 - March and April

Continuing with the Moosewood2022 Challenge...

March:

Recipe #7: Eggplant Curry (new), page 172

This one got rave reviews from Hubba.  He kept saying it's "perfection."  So I guess we will keep this one in rotation too.  :-)

Recipe #8: Gado Gado (new), page 180

I had been wanting to try this recipe for a few weeks.  It's more of a warm-weather dish and we had some very cold weather that caused me to put it off.

Most of the vegetables were sautéed individually and then served over Turmeric Rice.

The peanut-ginger sauce is delicious and has made the idea of crudite interesting to me again.  :-)

I did forget the hard-boiled eggs, which I had prepared ahead of time, but this is still a very easy and delicious dish.

Not recipes from the Moosewood Cookbook, but we've used the leftover Gado Gado Sauce in several other dishes.  Most notably on some oven roasted eggplant and mushrooms over rice.

Oven-roasted vegetables are really something special. Wow!

Recipe #9: Herbed Carrot Soup (new), page 23

Super easy and satisfying.

I think this recipe would benefit by being made ahead, so the flavors have more time to meld with each other.  I think I'll also go on the lighter end for lemon juice, next time.

Hubba LOVED(!) it and the color is amazing!

April:

Recipe #10: Swiss Cheese and Mushroom Quiche (standard), page 157

This recipe has been a favorite of ours for years.... like more than 15 and possibly as many as 20.  It was one of the first recipes I tried when I first got my own copy of The New Moosewood Cookbook.  This is the book that this food challenge is based upon.  It was first published 48 years ago, in 1974.

A 1.5x recipe fills two store-bought pie shells.  Which I tend to use so this is a faster meal.  I should note however, that the pie crust recipe provided is delicious and makes the dish better.

We often put other vegetables in it, depending on what we have on hand.  This version has a huge pile of spinach.

Try it.  You'll see why we love it so much.  :-)

Recipe #11: Spinach-Ricotta Pie (new), page 156

One of the things about this challenge is that I am working to try recipes I have not made before, in a book I've owned for more than 20 years.

This recipe is on the facing page of the Swiss+Mushroom Quiche I wrote about in Recipe #10.  Sometimes you just don't see things that are sitting right there....  and since we were trying to use up some spinach, I decided to give this one a shot...

Perhaps this was too many quiches back-to-back, but it is a very good recipe, and one that I will make again.

Recipe #12: Comprehensively Stuffed Squash (new), page 152

Butternut Squash is absolutely in the top tier of vegetables for me.  So finding different ways to use it is always of interest.

This recipe is great!  I think the stuffing would be nice in chicken cutlets, à la Cordon Bleu.

Recipe #13: Mushroom Curry (new), page 174

I love SE Asian foods... and I love mushrooms.  So, why not try this one next.  :-)

I did leave the coconut out, since I am allergic... otherwise this recipe was quite tasty.

Recipe #14: Marinated Sweet Potatoes with Broccoli (new), page 71

Sweet Potatoes are another one of my favorite vegetables and I'm hoping this will be a good way to use Broccoli.   

I ate far too much broccoli while in college... it was cheap and easy and I ate so much of it, that I can barely put it in my mouth anymore.... but Hubba LOVES(!) broccoli.  So I'm hoping this dish will satisfy both of us.

And of course, broccoli always makes me sing this song....  :-)

This recipe reads like it will be a nice side to grilled/smoked meats and was delicious with a riff on our favorite Meatloaf recipe.

Stats:

• 5 + 7 = 12 (new) = new-to-me recipe...  ie, one I have not made before
• 1 + 1 = 2 (standard) = recipes I have made frequently over the years, because we love it so much
• 0 + 0 = 0 (repeat) = previously made in the #Moosewood2022 challenge

For a total 14 Recipes as of Month #4 and Week #17 of the year.

Food Adventure slowed down as we were wrapping up for the sale of our former home/farm.  But my stated goal for this challenge is 1-2 recipes per month.  So we're still on track.  :-)

What are you making for dinner these days?