Veganniversary

If memory serves, today is my three year veganniversary. To celebrate I made a fairly substantial dinner.

That's a veggie burger, steamed kale, and split pea soup.

Burger:

1/2 cup rice (that's the dry measurement)

1 can pinto beans

1 can black beans

1/2 green pepper

1/4 spanish onion

mushrooms

oregano, chili powder, cayenne pepper, salt, black pepper, garlic

matzo meal

rolled oats

Cook the rice and set aside. Drain the beans and cook them til they're soft. Dice the green pepper, mushrooms, and onion. Mix it all in a large bowl, add the spices and a handful each of the matzo and oats. Smush together into a patty and fry in oil (olive or peanut are what I've used).

Soup:

yellow split peas

green split peas

whole pepper corns

1/2 spanish onion

3-4 stalks celery

bay leaves

garlic

salt

Bring 8 or so cups of water to a boil and add the onion (chopped), the celery (also chopped), pepper corns, bay leaves, salt, and garlic. Let simmer for an hour, strain out the solids, and you have broth. Add the split peas and let simmer for about an hour and a half until it magically becomes split pea soup.

Both recipes are approximations as I tend to eyeball most measurements and can be adjusted to suit one's tastes. I tend to like stronger flavours so I go a little overboard with the amounts. There's also a lot in the way of leftovers. It was a delicious celebratory dinner.