been cookin

Tonight I made vegan ice-cream. It was quite a production because I have a (new) small food processor which I had to learn how to use. I should've used a smaller portion at first of the frozen bananas and chopped them up a bit more before attempting to blend. In the end, it turned out delicious. I used WonderSlim Wonder Cocoa, that a friend from the McDougall forums recommends. However because of my mistakes with the blending I had to add more rice milk so it would blend at all, and my concoction was smoother and more like a frozen yogurt than the crumb-like texture she makes. It was pretty good. When I have time I want to experiment with my food processor and try other things. Or maybe I'll invest in a great blender. That would make life easier. For now it's cool though. I'm watching the moola.

Also tonight I attempted the Whole Foods Kale and Avocado salad at home. Minus the avocado and flax seed oil. I blanched (?) the kale by running it under hot water in the sink. I was just tired and trying to save time. It turned a brighter green. By the way, the kale I bought was from Whole Foods and NOT Delanos, which has dried-out, old kale, unworthy of me. I squeezed 2 lemons into a bowl and added some salt and pepper and half a chopped onion. Then I mixed in the kale. I think it should be good but it was pretty wet so it will probably be too lemony. Also the kale was not dried out but was just slightly on the wilted side. The key must be to get really fresh, vibrant kale. I'll know tomorrow how it turned out. It's hard to find great kale apparently. Small selection.

I'm pretty tired. I also wanted to cook curry lentils but no time.

nigh nigh