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Hollylane · 10-30-2012, 10:07 PM

When I arrived home from work tonight, I took a red kuri squash and cut it in half, removed the guts, brushed the insides with olive oil, and put the two halves face down on a cookie sheet. I placed them in the toaster oven at 350 for 40 minutes. While the squash was cooking, I started digging through my vegetable bins and started throwing things together...
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Tonight's veggie meld...

1 Skinned/cubed/salted/rinsed eggplant
Asparagus spears
Forest Nameko mushrooms
Velvet Pioppini mushrooms
Nebrodini Bianco mushrooms
Minced garlic
Minced shallot
Good quality balsamic vinegar
Salt
Ground black pepper
Red pepper flakes
Cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
Fresh rosemary
Marjoram
Basil
Thyme
Sage
Oregano

In the wok:
Saute shallot and garlic in olive oil. Then add about 3 tablespoons of water, and asparagus. Cover and cook until asparagus is half way done, then add all spices, a generous splash of vinegar, mushrooms, and eggplant.Cover and stir occasionally until vegetables are to desired tenderness. I cooked mine until the combined liquids and starches leached from the cooking vegetables became a slightly thickened sauce.
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I was shocked at how good these all tasted together, and I loved all the different textures of the vegetables...The squash turned out to be quite tasty too!

I got the three different types of mushrooms at New Seasons, they came together in a package from Mycopia, labeled "Specialty Trio"...

I have to say that on day 9 of eating cruelty free, my senses are becoming more and more stimulated by the choices available, and my desire to spend more time in the grocery store and kitchen is getting stronger too. I am certain that when spring arrives again, my arse will be back in the garden too!

10-30-2012, 10:07 PM	#529
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,362 Times in 5,875 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	When I arrived home from work tonight, I took a red kuri squash and cut it in half, removed the guts, brushed the insides with olive oil, and put the two halves face down on a cookie sheet. I placed them in the toaster oven at 350 for 40 minutes. While the squash was cooking, I started digging through my vegetable bins and started throwing things together... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tonight's veggie meld... 1 Skinned/cubed/salted/rinsed eggplant Asparagus spears Forest Nameko mushrooms Velvet Pioppini mushrooms Nebrodini Bianco mushrooms Minced garlic Minced shallot Good quality balsamic vinegar Salt Ground black pepper Red pepper flakes Cold pressed extra virgin olive oil Fresh rosemary Marjoram Basil Thyme Sage Oregano In the wok: Saute shallot and garlic in olive oil. Then add about 3 tablespoons of water, and asparagus. Cover and cook until asparagus is half way done, then add all spices, a generous splash of vinegar, mushrooms, and eggplant.Cover and stir occasionally until vegetables are to desired tenderness. I cooked mine until the combined liquids and starches leached from the cooking vegetables became a slightly thickened sauce. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was shocked at how good these all tasted together, and I loved all the different textures of the vegetables...The squash turned out to be quite tasty too! I got the three different types of mushrooms at New Seasons, they came together in a package from Mycopia, labeled "Specialty Trio"... I have to say that on day 9 of eating cruelty free, my senses are becoming more and more stimulated by the choices available, and my desire to spend more time in the grocery store and kitchen is getting stronger too. I am certain that when spring arrives again, my arse will be back in the garden too!