beltaine eve

Yup. Tomorrow at sunrise M and I are going to scale Arthur's Seat. Tonight, I thought I'd celebrate the last day of not-spring with this. Tempeh marinated and simmered in lapsang suchong tea, with pepper, salt and sugar added at the end. Spinach, garlic and shiitake mushrooms. Celeriac cutlets (celeriac in rice flour, gomasio, lemon zest, baked) and asparagus, cooked briefly in the tea/maranade. Winter meets spring. I think I will make the tempeh the same way next time, but just sit it on plain rice. It will be simple and perfect.
springtime music: prince by whatever name.

kimchi and more wild garlic

I found vegan kimchi! And when I walked past a veg store, there were little flowering bok choy. And then we found a whole field of wild garlic and onions on our bike ride today. So I give you pure happiness in a bowl: rice and barley. Two kinds of mushrooms and tempeh simmered in soy sauce, sake and mirin and then getting friendly with the wild garlic and onions and some ginger. Carrots, spuds and flowery bok choy in spicy korean bean paste. Kimchi.

Singing along with the soundtrack from Cabaret, and maybe doing the cancan.