Monkey Rose's Profile

From: Seattle, WA USA

Joined: April 7th, 2010

About me: I love to cook (duh). I'm mostly vegetarian, but do have some fish from time to time. I'm also a huge fan of pies.

Favorite cookbook: Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone

Favorite recipe: Quinoa Mango Salad with Curried Vinaigrette Dressing


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May 11th, 2010

Mango Salsa from Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home: Fast and Easy Recipes for Any Day

YUM! I don't even know if you should listen to what I have to say about this recipe because I love mangoes so freakin' much that if it's one of the ingredients, I'm bound to love the dish. But I really... read more >


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Moosewood Cookbook

By Mollie Katzen
Ten Speed Press - 1992

12th April 2010

Calzone : page 160

This comes out very well. I find that there's usually a little too much filling (or too little dough) to make 6. And although she calls for lots of black pepper (and I love black pepper) I find that I like this better without much pepper at all.

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12th April 2010

Samosas : page 170

I love this recipe. Don't expect them to turn out like the ones you get in a restaurant, but they're tasty in their own right.

I've made this MANY times and I've found that I like to add almost twice as much spice as is in the recipe. I also add a healthy helping of cumin. I don't have exact measurements because I usually just keep adding spice until it tastes "right."

Also, there are two versions of the dough recipe. In one edition of this cookbook, there's a recipe with no butter in the dough. That dough comes out a bit tough and rubbery. The really good dough recipe is as follows:
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
4 tbsp melted butter
1/2 cup yogurt
water as needed

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