Weirdest dinner EVER!

Can you tell that I'm totally obsessed with food...

This weekend, we saw two infomercials on juicing...so, we were really in the mood to juice stuff...

We are so weird with food...will find something that we love, and eat it a bunch for a few weeks, then not eat it for years...well, that's how its been with juicing...we were really into it a few years ago, then since then, we just got out of the mood...

So, today, we wanted to try again...**please note: unless you are brave, I wouldn't necessarily recommend trying these...it was - ummm, different...
Got:
2 sweet potatoes
3 squash
2 bags spinach
5 lbs. carrots
2 apples

Juiced the sweet potatoes - tasted really good (but this weird fiber pink stuff settled on the bottom - really strange)...then took the left over pulp, added an egg and a bit of cinnamon...and grilled them up with butter as sweet potato pancakes...not too bad at all...

Then juiced the spinach (that didn't taste good by itself)...mixed the pulp with the rest of the sweet potato mix stuff, added some flour...and made spinach/sweet potato pancakes...

Juiced apples (2)...took the pulp, added a bit of the apple juice back, and made applesauce with it...

And, there you go...spinach/sweet potato pancakes with apple sauce...

Then juiced some carrots...and mixed together:
spinach, sweet potato, carrot, apple juice - GREAT!!

Took the left over carrot pulp, and tried to make a carrot cake by adding:
2 eggs
some flour
walnuts
raisins
agave
cinammon
baking powder
vanilla
(I have no idea how much of each, I had no clue what I was doing)...

Baked it for 2 HOURS!! Took forever...still could have been baked longer...

Frosting was:
yogurt
cinammon
agave
vanilla

Interesting...not great, but I can do better...if I can figure something out, I'll write it up...if I had almond flour, I would have used that...will see for next time...

But, wow, what a strange dinner!!

Curried Lentils for dinner

Ok, this is DH favorite meal of all the ones that I make for him...
It actually takes longer than 5 minutes - you can do a shortcut if you use canned lentils instead of dried ones...

Ingredients:
White/Brown Quinoa
Fage Yogurt
Green lentils
Raisins
**I meant to put some spinach in there, but forgot, so you can add that also



Start the lentils first...
For 2 people, I measure out exactly 1/2 cup of lentils...put them in the pot with about 1 1/4 cups water (I don't measure the water, just eyeball it...), and boil it...it has to boil for a total of 20 minutes, so if I need to add more water, I'll do it later...I lost the op to my pot, so I boil it without a top on it...let it go for about 10 minutes by itself...then come back, add curry and everglades seasoning (I add a pretty decent amount)...then mix...and let it go for the last 10 minutes...






During the last 10 minutes, I start the quinoa. Quinoa is a really weird grain, not well known, but super super nutritious! Here is some more about it from Wikipedia:

In contemporary times, this crop has become highly appreciated for its nutritional value, as its protein content is very high (12%–18%), making it a healthful choice for vegetarians and vegans. Unlike wheat or rice (which are low in lysine), quinoa contains a balanced set of essential amino acids for humans, making it an unusually complete protein source.[5] It is a good source of dietary fiber and phosphorus and is high in magnesium and iron. Quinoa is gluten-free and considered easy to digest. Because of all these characteristics, quinoa is being considered a possible crop in NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support System for long-duration manned spaceflights.

You can boil it in a pot, but I'm impatient, so I just stick it in the microwave...

Anyway...for 2 people, I measure out 3/4 cup of quinoa - I use both the brown and white quinoa mixed together (at the store, it is about $3.99/pound, so not too expensive)


then I add about 1 1/2 cup water (again, I just eyeball it)...


I stick it in the microwave for 8 minutes...when done, I stir it around a bit...

if it is a bit watery, I'll put it in for another 2 minutes, if not, I'll use it as is...

Since I usually start the quinoa when there is about 10 minutes left with the lentils, they finish up at the same time...so, I plate it by putting the quinoa on the plate, then the lentils on top - then the most important parts...Fage yogurt and raisins on top...this MAKES the dish...it really is SO yummy!!



Nutritional Information: