Originally Published: February 2nd, 2025

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2026

I enjoy cooking a variety of meals.

Yesterday, I baked a non-meat meat pie following a few successful tweaks my mother tried when she baked one using the same plant-based seared steak tips.

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Following my mama’s tweaks – I chopped an onion, sautéed it then added a gravy packet. Next, I pureed the onion and gravy mix. I chopped the “meat” pieces into smaller bits then added to the gravy and cooked to reduce.

Once the gravy reduced to a suitable amount, I poured the mixture onto a pre-cooked pie crust. I topped with second pie crust, brushed with beaten egg, and baked to perfection!

S, 🌻

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2025

Instant Pot Fun!

Recently, I purchased an Instant Pot.

I am enjoying becoming proficient in making basmati rice, quinoa and oatmeal with coconut milk.

Steaming veggies is easy.

So is cooking sweet and regular potatoes.

I tried a one pot spaghetti dump that was so-so. A large portion of the noodles stuck to the pot.

Instant Pot Mac-n-Cheese was a bit of a disaster. I used too much evaporated milk.

Yet, the joy is in the journey!

Our favourite dishes so far have been Quinoa Mediterranean Salad and Butter Tofu over Basmati Rice mixed with Spinach Leaves. We use Butter Chicken Sauce with Tofu.

S, 🌻

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