Hot Bean Stew for the Grammy Awards!

We try to eat a few vegetarian meals a week at Casa W and I thought I would try out a three bean stew to spice up the Grammy Awards party tonight (party of 3).It’s very simple and fast. After a long day of Girl Scout activities there was not a lot of time to cook a big spread and, anyway, we we’re in the mood for a lighter meal that was low in calories but still filling (still trying to shed the holiday 10lbs! anyone else on the weight loss train?). This bean stew is packed with vitamin C, protein, and spinach for your greens, oh and a dash of chilies to make you sweat like a sinner in church! Now the Grammy Awards aren’t necessarily my thing. I love music but I feel like there is a lot of crap music these days (what’s your opinion?). I really enjoy the Oscars, Critics Choice, more film oriented awards ceremonies. Granted the fashion strutting down the red carpet (Hello Beyonce, Amazing!) both men and women has been an eyeful.

Fully Raw Burrito Review

We are always looking for new raw and veggie recipes, so while perusing the web I found FullyRaw.com. This weekend’s fully raw meal was a variation on the Raw Burrito video.

DIY Guy Fawkes Day Celebration

 This day is celebrated in England as the day Gay Fawkes attempted to replace the Protestant monarch with a Catholic one, he failed. Now England has a Thanksgiving and 4^th of July style fireworks, celebrating this plot gone wrong. Casa W decided to participate this year in the strange event. We were motivated by food, fire and spirits.

photo Shaun Killy W

I guess the poor man had it coming but I can’t help but wonder what a Catholic monarch would look like in this day and age.

SW

Rustic Apple Oat Cake- Parkin for Guy Fawkes Day

Parkin for Guy Fawkes Day

November 5^th

Another likely consequence of James being assassinated is that Shakespeare would never have produced Macbeth, which was written to curry favour with James and probably first performed in 1606, in the wake of the Gunpowder Plot.

by Max Davidson Nov 2011

photo Beauty by SW

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup organic oats
• 3 teaspoons ground ginger powder
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 stick unsalted butter
• 4 tablespoons of brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons molasses
• 4 tablespoons of honey
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt mortared
• 3 oz organic milk
• 2 in piece of fresh ginger, grated
• 1 medium apple, peeled and diced

How To

1. Oven should be set to 350f. Use an 8x8 cake pan and line with parchment
2. Mix together the oats, flour, baking powder, ground ginger and salt. I used a large wooden spoon to cover the oats well.
3. Add in the fresh ginger and the diced apple
4. In a small sauce pan add the stick of butter, molasses, and brown sugar. Cook at low heat until the mixture is blended together. Do not boil.
5. Stir the mixture into the dry mix and blend thoroughly with your spoon and then add the 3 oz of milk stir till you see a batter quality
6. Pour the cake batter into the cake pan and bake for 60 minutes.
7. I cool mine on a wire rack up where the dog can’t get to it! He eats sweets.
8. Once it’s cooled to a warm temp we use either custard (if I’m ambitious enough to make it) or whipped cream for the easy of it.

We like ours on the ginger side feel free to use less if you’re not partial to ginger.

Enjoy

SW