I have to make a meal for some vegitarians.
The back up plan is to make a potato bake and salad.
Preference is to make a mushroom sauce and pasta
RESEARCH
https://biancazapatka.com/en/vegan-mushroom-pasta-with-spinach/
Ingredients 14 oz (gluten-free) pasta of choice (400 g)
3 tbsp olive oil
1 onion chopped
3 cloves of garlic minced 1
4 oz mushrooms (400 g) sliced 10,
5 oz baby spinach (300 g) fresh approx.
1/2 cup vegetable broth (or plant-based cream*)
1-2 tbsp soy sauce (optional) salt & pepper to taste
2 tsp lime juice (optional) parsley chopped (optional)
Topping:
pinch of smoked paprika
5 tbsp pine nuts vegan parmesan (optional)
Instructions Cook the pasta in salted water according to the package instructions.
Toast the pine nuts in a small pan without additional oil.
Then remove from the pan and set aside.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet/ pan.
Add the mushrooms along with the onions and sauté for about 3 minutes until lightly browned.
Add the chopped garlic and cook for about 30 seconds longer.
Then deglaze with soy sauce and a bit of vegetable broth (or plant-based cream).
Reduce the heat and cook for about 1-2 minutes longer.
Add the spinach and cook for further 2-3 minutes until it has wilted.
Season with salt and pepper.
Optionally, add a splash of fresh lime juice, if you like.
Once the noodles are "al dente",
pour off the cooking water.
Put drained pasta to the mushrooms in the pan and toss to combine.
Add yeast flakes or vegan parmesan as desired and season with spices to taste again.
Serve the mushroom pasta with toasted pine nuts.
Bon appetit!
Notes
Instead of vegetable broth you can add plant-based cream or coconut milk,
if you want to make a creamy mushroom pasta.
You can also make your own pasta with this recipe for Homemade Pasta.
You can find this recipe here: https://biancazapatka.com/en/vegan-mushroom-pasta-with-spinach/ .
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https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/creamy-mushroom-spinach-pasta
Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over a medium heat and fry the onion and mushrooms for 10 mins, or until softened and browned slightly. Meanwhile, cook the pasta following pack instructions.
Add
the garlic to the pan with the mushrooms and cook for 2 mins more.
Tip
in the crème fraîche and parmesan,
stir to combine,
then add the baby
spinach. Set aside.
Remove
the pasta from the heat and drain,
reserving 25ml of the water.
Toss
the pasta in the creamy mushroom sauce,
put back on the heat and cook
over a low heat until the spinach wilts, about 5 mins.
Pour in enough of
the reserved water to loosen slightly.
Season with black pepper and
finish with a sprinkle of chilli flakes, if you like.
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this recipe without the bacon (because she thought there was some in the fridge and there wasn’t).
Ingredients:
Super-Easy Spaghetti
https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/recipes/super-easy-spaghetti
1 cup cooking cream
400g spaghetti
200g small mushrooms, sliced
1 small onion, thinly sliced
200g cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes
2 tsp thyme leaves
3 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup parmesan, freshly grated (to serve)
3 rasher streaky bacon, sliced
1 tbs olive oil
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
I am actually planning to cook it again on Wednesday- easy & so tasty.
SATURDAY 2-9-2023
Lined up for park run in my new shoes. Cognisant that I'd done a training plod on Thursday morning that was not quite as dynamic as one would have liked. The main focus for me was to try to repeat last week's effort of not taking a walking break along the way. Looked around for Nephew Peter but alas I think he'd slept in.
We were off and I noted that dogs seem to decide that after a good start they need to celebrate with a poo. About the 1k mark, I was greeted with cheery "Hi" and young Peter whizzed by. No PB for him I reckon.
Plodded on. Past the Christians who I hoped were praying for me. Runner's coming the other way. I try to put some spring in my step to make the running more efficient and focus on controlling my breathing. I know from rowing that if I don't control breathing then one ends up panting and I don't think that's efficient. I can hear the turn around and an effervescent young lady has music going and is clapping and smiling. It's interesting how that can spur one on even though this person does not know me.
Up ahead in the distance I see a shimmering sign. This could be heaven but it feels like hell. Calves are aching and lungs are gasping. Peter joins me for the final straight. An interesting observation: I think, psychologically, the pacer should be beside you and just a couple of cm behind. If they get infront then it feels, for me anyway, like I'm defeated. Weird hay.
Not quite a PB at 37:45 compared to:
26 Aug 37:16 gold coast
19 Aug 39:07 rocks
29 JULY: Rocks riverside 00:38:20
Mid July: Coombs parkrun 00:40:44.
Then took a young friend of mine (Anthony) for a bit of learner driver practice and stopped on the corso for a coffee at the Somerville boat shed. There was a display highlighting the plight of the Palestinians. For me kind of topical atm as we lead up to the vote on the voice. A reminder that there are displaced and disempowered people all over the place and, in my view, we need to find ways to work together.
Took Magnus to Pet Barn at Jindalee for a nail trim $15 seemed good value to me.
Then over to visit Paul and Cybele. Did some desensitisation with their dogs but Kept magnus on a short leash.
It's river fire tonight and fathers day tomorrow. Need to be on guard emotionally as fathers day is FU day and saturday night has nothing planned.
I set up to host a meeting and when I started the meeting it would not let anyone use their device audio. Wanted everyone to dial in.
Closed the meeting and tried again. Same problem.
Then closed the meeting and another person started a new meeting with their ID and that meeting had normal audio. This means that the devices audio is working fine.
Later I deleted the android app and reinstalled it - same problem. I have also tried on my PC and same problem.
There must be some weird default associated with my account.
How to fix this?
Screen shots in the community forum
https://community.zoom.com/t5/Meetings/Audio/td-p/137255
Solved with help from Zoom support. SOLUTION below
Under windows privacy & security > Microphone, Permission is granted and Zoom has actually accessed it.
SOLUTION