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Quarantine Cooking: Plant-Based and Non-Plant Based Pantry Staples from Beans to Quinoa to Sustainable Tuna

March 15, 2020 MissWattson Leave a Comment

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Even in self-isolation or for anyone practicing social distancing not feeling like heading to the grocery store, you’re never exactly totally isolated or stuck with nothing but that bag of rice you bought ages ago. But if you don’t feel like going out, don’t have time for a brick-and-mortar grocery store or online store to deliver ingredients or food you want, it’s great to be able to throw together a meal from what you have on hand.

I’ve got ideas for you. Ten years of recipe ideas, in fact. That’s how long I’ve been writing recipes on my blog, which I learned when I went back and searched the archives for my top pantry recipes.

I’m planning a pay-what-you-want (free if that’s what you want!) e-book of Quarantine Cooking recipes. And here’s a teaser: It’s the top-searched recipe on my blog and is nothing but lentils and spices. And it’s delicious. I can’t take credit for this recipe, though. It’s adapted from Madhur Jaffrey. The ones in the e-book will be from me.

So enjoy this recipe (it’s at the bottom!) and if you have a second, leave a comment on which of the following recipes you’d like to see in the e-book, or feel free to make any other suggestions!
Chana Dal from Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cooking
https://www.multiculturiosity.com/chana-dal-yellow-split-p…/

Thanks!

Harira Soup (originally written for a snowstorm, so works perfectly for COVID-19

The Ultimate Vegetarian Chili

Chickpea chili

Healthy Whole Grain Buckwheat and Corn and TRaditional Rice and Lentil Idli

Gluten Free Scones, Nutella Pancakes and Mexican Rice

Whole Roasted Pumpkin with Cranberries, Brown Rice, Barberries and Sorrel

Cheater’s Paella (or quick and cheap rice and mussels)

Vietnamese Chau: Rice Porridge and a Scared Stomach

Healthy Brown Rice Pilaf with Fava Beans, Sauerkraut and Seaweed

The Ultimate Guide to Making Sushi: Jiro Dreams of Sushi, and So Do I

Braised Chicken with White Wine and Fennel

Wild Arctic Char Chirashizushi: Scattered fish on sushi rice with homemade pickled ginger

Vegan sweet potato tempura sushi

Old-Fashioned Creamy Rice Pudding

Sourdough Indian Dosa
Not-so-spicy potato filling for dosa

Peruvian Arroz con mariscos: Rice with seafood and chilli pepper sauce

Sweet Sesame Eggplant and Chicken Salad Bowl

Frozen Blueberry Poke Bowl with Nordic Shrimp and Roast Chicken

Vegetarian Lentil Stew in a Baked Squash Bread Bowl

Sorrel Rice with Egg and Sheep’s Milk Cheese

Mixed Bean Chili with Parsnips, Carrots and Eggplant

Thai Pumpkin Curry with Mackerel and Fish Sauce

Zucchini Noodle Pasta with Cilantro Pesto, Carrots and Sprouts

Raw Sprouted Chickpea Hummus

Local Organic Yellow Pea Curry (Almost Chana Masala)

DIY Vegetarian Buddha Bowl

Berbere-Spiced Sweet Potato Fries

Lamb Sausage and chicken Jambalaya

Braised Lamb Shoulder with Cumin and Apricots

Kimchi Jigae and fried rice

Slow-Cooker Lamb Neck Tagine with Chickpeas and Cinnamon

Sweet and spicy Slow-Cooker turkey with pinto beans

Stuffed Acorn Squash with apple pico de gallo

Tequila Chicken Tacos

The ultimate tomato sauce

Caribbean Chicken with squash, curry and lime

Slowcooker risotto

Rosé-Braised Mediterranean Turkey legs with olives, sundried tomatoes and rosemary

Braised Alsatian Bacheoffe meat and vegetable stew

Vegetarian stuffed peppers

Raw Bowl with Lemon-Miso Dressing

Lamb Shanks with Sweet Shallots, Sherry Vinegar and Dijon

Sweet and Sour Chipotle Slowcooker chili

Canned tuna niçoise

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