Canadian Thanksgiving Preparation Timelapse
Sunday, October 30, 2011 
Soon!! It’s coming, I promise. :)
This is just a really simple dish. I mean, it’s simple as in the ingredients are simple. Preparing the potatoes and roasting take a while. But it’s really worth it. They’re extremely tasty and take on a nice crispy-on-the-outside-soft-on-the-inside texture.
I don’t really have a recipe. They’re that simple. Basically you just slice the potatoes really thinly (a mandolin would be great for this, but I don’t have one and did it by hand). Coat the slices in a bit of oil or butter and arrange the slices in a cast iron pan (the cast iron gives a really nice crisp… in fact most metal pans do, so I would recommend a metal pan for sure, but cast iron is the best in my opinion). Slot in some thinly sliced onions (or shallots) and garlic between the potato slices, sprinkle on some salt and pepper and other desired spices (like rosemary or sage) and pop them in a 425°F oven. Roast until the potato slices are soft (mine take about 45 minutes) and the desired crispiness is achieved.
Vegetable fried QUINOA. I was like, this is a freaking’ innovation. I like eating quinoa as much as possible, because it’s really healthy for… well, everyone, but especially for vegetarians. It’s a complete protein, unlike rice (which is what’s normally vegetable fried), so it’s a great part of every vegetarian’s and every person’s diet. And this vegetable fried quinoa is a really delicious way to eat it. Continue reading…
I have a few things I need and want to post, but I suddenly got a job, and then I was away for a few days and now my parents are here! I’ve been busy, is what I should say.
But I DO have some things coming, I promise! And they are delicious. Om nom.
I really love muffins. You can see that by looking through my older posts. They’re easy, they’re tasty, they’re portable… you can’t lose! And these muffins, while looking and sounding pretty decadent are really not too terrible, as far as delicious muffins go! Well… except for the buttery, sugary topping. Continue reading…
I realize that I have a bunch of new followers who have no idea what the deal is. So here we go:
I’m Cathlin. 24. East to West transplant. BAH. Photography student. Life-long vegetarian. Food/eating enthusiast.
I love cooking and I love baking even more. I make it a goal to find recipes that are on the healthier side or to modify them so they are. But every now and then, you just have to eat a cake made with lots of butter, and frosted with some good old butter and sugar whipped together.
I photograph my cooking/baking adventures in steps and usually post photos of each step so that if you attempt the same recipes, you can see what everything should look like. Being that I’m a photography student, I try to take relatively nice photos, but some days I’m just off. Some times the light sucks. Some times I just don’t care.
Most of my recipes and posts will be vegetarian. Some will be vegan. Even fewer will feature meat of any kind, but I do make meat dishes every once in a while for my man.
I love answering questions, reading comments and receiving suggestions, so please feel free to be in touch and let me know what’s on your mind!
Phew - I haven’t done this in such a long time! But I’m here to share a recipe that I really love. It’s healthy, it’s vegetarian and it’s verrrry tasty! It can be a side dish or a main dish. It can stand alone or be used to stuff. It’s pasta, rice and lentils. Continue reading…
Ok. So, I moved all my posts here but of course Tumblr doesn’t seem to have way to truncate long posts. Most of my posts from my old blog are pretty old, so hopefully they’re not just clogging up your Dashboards right now - if they are, I’m REALLY sorry!
I’m going to work on finding a way to truncate these beasts and we’ll be back in business.
I’m so jazzed!
Ok, so this project obviously failed - whatevs, I’m over it.
I miss my cooking/baking blog (http://cathlincooks.blogspot.com/), so I’m going to be deleting posts, importing my blogger posts and changing this over to my cooking blog so I can get back to it.
I neeeed to do this!