Not My Lucky Week....

I tried 3 new recipes this week that I found on other blogs. I won't make any of them again. Sometimes I wonder if it is just me!

Black Bean Burger
I followed the recipe except I left out the "spicy"spices for my kids. My 4 year old really loved them but I could not get over the texture. I guess I expected the texture to magically be like a hamburger when really it was more like mashed beans. I'll have to keep looking at recipes as I would love to find a vegetarian burger I like.

Ethiopian Lentil Stew
The spice combination turned out really weird - smelled great but tasted strange. I added some more red pepper and tomato sauce to overpower that and was able to salvage it. Not sure why this one didn't turn out great either.

Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins
Hmm! I don't think I like yogurt muffins. Or maybe it was the brand lemon yogurt I picked - just something unnatural about it. At the risk of sounding like the picky one in my family - my kids ate them up in a hurry.

Spring Asparagus!

Living in the NW, we haven't seen any local asparagus yet, but we have started seeing some asparagus from other places at good prices in our grocery stores. We love asparagus and I am excited to start making my asparagus recipes again that have been collecting dust over the winter.

I saw an Asparagus Soup recipe on another blog and thought I would give it a try. One of my boys won't eat asparagus but I knew he would in a pureed soup. Both my boys seemed to like the soup OK, but I wasn't crazy about it. Of course, I made it on the spot when I saw it, so I had to leave out some ingredients, probably key to making it an interesting soup - the vermouth and the lemon juice.

Next up - an asparagus pasta dish...

To Blog or Not to Blog...

I like to read blogs. I love to read food blogs. I really love to read vegan food blogs.

But do I want to write my own blog. Hard to say. I have tried to write a few different blogs in the last few years but it is a hard thing to keep up unless you are really passionate about it.

Something to think about....