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Last Week in Photos.

PG @ 121st & Manhattan Ave

Bruce Nauman: Days @ The MoMa

Naked Bike Riders in Washington Square Park

Are You Calling Me Yellow?!?!?

I'm sure some of you have noticed I love curry & turmeric powder. I made a quick fish & veg dish last night and I had to restrain myself from adding a dash. It's such a bright, fragrant spice it's hard to resist. Here's an amazing, yes amazing, dish I threw together last week.

I simmered some onions & peas in sauce of turmeric, garlic powder, kosher salt, cumin, cream of coco, & water. I then added some cooked basmati rice & the pan. 

                                      
I added some chopped plum tomatoes after cooking the sauce so they would retain texture & vitamins.

                                      
Lastly I mixed in some soy sausage I sliced and crisped in the oven. You can easily                                                                                 replace the sausage with a crispy tofu, real sausage, chicken, etc. Definitely a new favorite.
{Dude I don't know what's going on with the text. Sorry it's all wonky.}

Shit, Paula Deen Was Right . . .

I'm not so much of a Paula Deen fan since I'm convinced she's trying to kill all of us with tacky greasy food. But, I will agree with the bitch about one thing, butter does make it better. I was vegan for many years and became accustomed to using soy margarine. Then one day my sister was talking about how she prefers butter to margarines since they are highly processed. And alas a light bulb went off. I took me a bit to embrace the creamy, salted ingredient mainly because of price but Whole Foods produces a delicious non RBST butter that's only $2.49 a pack. Here's what I made last Sunday:

I rough chopped some cabbage & a Spanish Onion

Melted about 2/3 of a stick in a pan on a low simmer & boiled some basmati rice. 

Spices used: garlic powder, turmeric, cinnamon, kosher salt, & cayenne pepper

I added the onion then cabbage to the butter and lightly sauteed. I really had to keep stirring to make sure the butter was equally dispersed. You may need to add more butter and I suggest covering the pan so the cabbage will sweat a bit and add to the sauce. Then I added the spices, let them simmer and become friendly. Next in the pan was the shrimp, followed by some corn, and finally the rice. 

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A Bunch of Wackadoos!

First let me say, I do not watch SNL. I watch digital shorts on Hulu but damnit if the skits aren't dry with slightly awkward endings. That being said, I was intrigued but also a tad, eh about the Betty White episode. It's old news now but it was brilliant of course. Here is the skit which has become my new obsession. Dude seriously, how amazing are Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph?

Chinese 5 Spice Tilapia w Veggies.

I made this ages ago and damn it was so succulent and luscious. The fish just fell off the bone and the veggies were so crisp. It's not to tricky to make but command of spices is a must.