A Farewell to Teeth

In honor of my soon to be missing wisdom teeth (and the awesome amounts of mushy food I get to eat) (and the fact that the crazy mouthwash they give you has messed up my taste buds and kind of ruined food for the past couple days) I wanted to post about a dish I made a while ago but that never made it up here.

Mmmmmmm...doesn't it look delicious?

This dish doesn't have a name because it is what comes out of "what happens when I throw all those things in my cupboard together" night.  This, in particular, is a mix of chickpeas, tomatoes, onion, garlic, spinach, and vegetable broth seasoned with yellow and red curry mixes.  All in all, cooked together over medium-low heat for about 40 minutes and served over jasmine rice.

And there you have it.  A nice, simple post and a nice, simple tribute to my wisdom teeth which will chomp no more after tomorrow.  I'm sorry that you have to go, teeth, but my stomach would like to know if you could please hurry up because, seriously, we don't know how long we can wait to eat real food and really taste it again.

Until a tasteful recovery!
The Veggie Monster

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I left my heart stomach in Vancouver, BC

There is a magical land in the north.  They have flowers, sunshine, amazing public transit, and some really great food!  Vancouver reminds me of Disneyland.  In Disneyland there's Aventureland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, Main Street, and it's the happiest place on earth.  Vancouver has Gastown, Yaletown, Chinatown, and the food far supersedes Mickey Mouse pancakes which might just make it my happiest place on earth.  If you need further proof: Disneyland & Vancouver.  I mean, really.

We did our absolute best to eat our way through the city.  Really, we didn't have a choice.  Our many stops for food were totally necessary to keep our energy up what with all the walking and the tandem bicycle riding and the maniacal laughter due to sudden sun exposure.  I'll try to keep it short.  And sane.

First up was a stop in Chinatown at the Boss Bakery.  Derek and I really love red bean cake so naturally we got two kinds.  The first was a red bean pastry that was totally buttery and flaked all over us as we sat on the park bench to eat it.  While watching girls' field hockey.  Oh Canada.  The second was a red bean rice cake.  This one was my absolute favorite.  There was a light dusting of superfine coconut on the rice cake; they're just little pillows of ooey gooey goodness with just a little bit of understated sweetness from the red bean paste.