Vegan lunch

Bryan Simmons

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Jan 2, 2021, 2:45:07 PM1/2/21

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My wife and I had a nice vegan lunch. When the store has fresh water chestnuts, that's what I do. Really as much of a delicious snack as a meal, but if I'd made rice with it, it would have been a meal.

1 carrot, sliced very thinly
4 water chestnuts, peeled and sliced
1 onion, cut into large pieces
1 medium size red bell pepper, cut into large pieces
~ 4 oz of white beech mushrooms *Hypsizygus marmoreus*
8 smallish sugar snap peas, sauteed separately (I don't like them)
sunflower oil for cooking
a little tamari
some roasted cashews added after plating, and in my case, cayenne pepper and extra tamari

https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/50792529502/in/dateposted-public/

--Bryan

Master Bruce

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Jan 2, 2021, 8:18:39 PM1/2/21

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Looks very good. Cashews, mushrooms and hot peppers would make me not
miss fish (or meat).

Sqwertz

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Jan 3, 2021, 12:43:51 AM1/3/21

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Peeling water chestnuts is just wasteful and expensive for me.
They're definitely a step up from canned, but until we get street
vedors that will peel them to order like in China, I'm bowing out.

-sw

songbird

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Jan 3, 2021, 2:01:58 AM1/3/21

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Master Bruce wrote:
...

> Looks very good. Cashews, mushrooms and hot peppers would make me not
> miss fish (or meat).

yep, all that is good food to me too.

songbird

Sheldon Martin

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Jan 3, 2021, 8:05:56 AM1/3/21

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On Sun, 03 Jan 2021 Master Bruce <masterbater.cum> wrote:

Looks good but that small portion is a starvation diet... needs a mess
of bok choy and so that I don't starve needs some kind of noodles and
a sauce (peanut).
With the busy design on that plate at first glance it looks like
there's more than there is... that is definately a portion for a young
toddler (two year old) or an ematiated POW.
I grow sugar snap peas and prefer eating them raw, and never count, I
can easily consume 30-40 while picking. That dish can use some celery
too, 'bout 4-6 lge ribs, diced on the bias. What's not to like about
sugar snap peas... that would be the best part of your medley.

cshenk

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Jan 3, 2021, 9:19:17 AM1/3/21

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Sheldon Martin wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Jan 2021 Master Bruce <masterbater.cum> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >
> > > My wife and I had a nice vegan lunch. When the store has fresh
> > > water chestnuts, that's what I do. Really as much of a delicious
> > > snack as a meal, but if I'd made rice with it, it would have been
> > > a meal.
> > >
> > > 1 carrot, sliced very thinly
> > > 4 water chestnuts, peeled and sliced
> > > 1 onion, cut into large pieces
> > > 1 medium size red bell pepper, cut into large pieces
> > > ~ 4 oz of white beech mushrooms *Hypsizygus marmoreus*
> > > 8 smallish sugar snap peas, sauteed separately (I don't like them)
> > > sunflower oil for cooking
> > > a little tamari
> > > some roasted cashews added after plating, and in my case, cayenne
> > > pepper and extra tamari
> > >
> > >
https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/50792529502/in/dateposted-public/
> >
> > Looks very good. Cashews, mushrooms and hot peppers would make me
> > not miss fish (or meat).
>

> Looks good but that small portion is a starvation diet... <snip>

What part of 'snack' at the top did you miss?

Bryan Simmons

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Jan 3, 2021, 10:27:27 AM1/3/21

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It's really not bad. I do, however, wish they'd package them in smaller trays.
Slicing the carrots into 2mm coins was more trouble. The beech mushrooms
don't smell appealing raw, or when they first start to cook, but they're great
once they're done. I won't even buy canned water chestnuts anymore. Their
texture is fine, but they just don't taste good after having had the fresh ones.

I'm going to make it again today, just to use up the water chestnuts.
Yesterday, I had to toss a couple of them, and cut bad places off a couple of
others.
>
> -sw

--Bryan

Sheldon Martin

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Jan 3, 2021, 11:04:57 AM1/3/21

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Um, says *lunch*, shit stirrer fail!. DUH

GM

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Jan 3, 2021, 11:25:11 AM1/3/21

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Lol...Carol has certainly been in "nagging shrew" mode lately, hasn't she...???

--
Best
Greg

cshenk

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Jan 3, 2021, 12:26:44 PM1/3/21

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> Um, says lunch, shit stirrer fail!. DUH

"Really as much of a delicious snack as a meal, but if I'd made rice
with it, it would have been a meal."

Without the rice, it became a snack.

Bryan Simmons

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Jan 3, 2021, 4:16:41 PM1/3/21

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Sheldon couldn't be bothered to read further.

>
> Um, says *lunch*, shit stirrer fail!. DUH

My wife's serving wasn't much larger today, and she considered it a meal.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/50797176202/in/dateposted-public/

I had the rest, but still without rice, and it was lunch.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/50796309178/in/dateposted-public/

--Bryan

Master Bruce

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Jan 3, 2021, 4:39:54 PM1/3/21

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Either look like enough to me, although I don't know if I'd miss the
carb.

dsi1

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Jan 3, 2021, 5:09:55 PM1/3/21

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That's some tasty stuff alright. I like making stuff like that whenever we have cashews. I could make it meatless by using tofu and it would be just as scrumptious.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1HTSJWFfdmTeDftaA

Master Bruce

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Jan 3, 2021, 5:23:37 PM1/3/21

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On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 14:09:51 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net>

I like adding cashews to Asian style dishes, except I always eat them
before we get around to cooking.

cshenk

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Jan 3, 2021, 6:05:17 PM1/3/21

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Fairly common.

> My wife's serving wasn't much larger today, and she considered it a
> meal.
>
https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/50797176202/in/dateposted-public/

Not bad though if she's trim on lunch. I seem to count about 280-320
calories which may suit her diet needs.

> I had the rest, but still without rice, and it was lunch.
>
https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/50796309178/in/dateposted-public/

Put more Cashews in yours! Protein and calories (grin).

Now just to kibbitz, I'd have added my loved Brocolli (Gai Lan) to it
but that's just me.

cshenk

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Jan 3, 2021, 6:38:44 PM1/3/21

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> > > Um, says lunch, shit stirrer fail!. DUH

> > My wife's serving wasn't much larger today, and she considered it a
> > meal.
> >
https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/50797176202/in/dateposted-public/
> >
> > I had the rest, but still without rice, and it was lunch.
> > https://www.flickr.com/photos/15522299@N08/50796309178/in/dateposted
> > -public/
> >
> > --Bryan
>
> That's some tasty stuff alright. I like making stuff like that
> whenever we have cashews. I could make it meatless by using tofu and
> it would be just as scrumptious.
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/1HTSJWFfdmTeDftaA

WAAH! I want more greens!

(Yes, looks good!)

dsi1

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Jan 3, 2021, 8:03:44 PM1/3/21

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I get a big container of cashews from Costco but my wife likes to munch on them. Next time, I better get 2.

Master Bruce

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Jan 3, 2021, 8:12:38 PM1/3/21

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On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 17:03:40 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net>

Maybe hide 1.

dsi1

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Jan 3, 2021, 8:15:12 PM1/3/21

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I got a whole crapload of kale available. I can't say how that would work with cashew chicken.
My wife said she was hungry so I whipped up some kim chee fried rice using the pork that I cooked yesterday. My wife was astounded that I got it to her so fast. Breakfast this morning was the pork with corn tortillas. It was pretty good. I plan to cook up some kale with coconut cream and pork. That should be tasty. Maybe I'll make some Filipino adobo with the rest of the pork. Hopefully, that'll be the last of the pork.

Master Bruce

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Jan 3, 2021, 8:26:24 PM1/3/21

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On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 17:15:08 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net>

What happened to taro? Are you turning into a cracker?
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