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My “Skinier” Meat Ravioli

Once upon a time, I brought my Dad somewhere to have dinner, and he chose meat-filled ravioli.

He loved them and remembered them fondly.

In recent years, it seemed difficult to find meat-filled ravioli at restaurants; ravioli seemed to have become the default vegetarian choice: commonly cheese-filled, and other times, mushroom or squash-filled.

With my Dad’s recent visit, I have decided to make sausage-filled ravioli; yet for health reasons, I wanted to make sure he reduced his meat intake: came the idea of filling the ravioli partially with tofu.

I made lasagna normally with tofu anyway to be dairy-free, and to reduce calories and greasiness — figured that ravioli with tofu mixed in would not be far-fetched.

Well, the ravioli turned out creamy and delicious.

Here is what I did:

 

For Pasta Dough — recipe courtesy of William Sonoma’s, makes 1.5 lb. pasta

INGREDIENTS

2 cups semolina flour

1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 tsp. salt

3 eggs @ room temperature

3 tbsp. water

 

DIRECTIONS

Combine all ingredient in a food processor and pulse

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Baingan Bharta Sausage Spaghetti

This is my double fusion dish!

Baingan Bharta is the Indian vegetarian roasted eggplant curry.

First attempt in making Baingan Bharta, I wanted to be able to freeze them and have them for quick lunch at home.

I like Chinese or Japanese eggplants and their soft skin, and decided to use them in the Indian recipe — fusion #1.

I followed this recipe online with spices shortcut — I bought a Baingan Bharta spice mix from my neighborhood Indian store so I didn’t have to buy garam masala, cumin, cumin seeds, chili and coriander powder (which later found out I had them at home anyway).

Instead of garlic paste, I used finely chopped garlic; and canned tomatoes place of fresh.

I used only olive oil in the recipe for health reasons, and keeping the recipe vegan-friendly.

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Pike Place Market Good Eats Part I

A whirlwind shopping and eating trip at Pike Place Market for about an hour and fifteen minutes before the crowd swarmed in on a quiet Friday morning.

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It was always plenty of fun to go but parking could really be a hassle; Friday morning proved to be not so bad.

We started off with breakfast at The Crumpet Shop.

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The store was filled with people and they were certainly speedy as the line moved quickly.

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