stew

on a cold day, eat your colors

I love soup, stew and everything in between. I made up this recipe on a cold day in San Francisco, when the frigid wind crept through my bay windows and my space heater did nothing. When I was still scared of using my fake-log gas-powered fireplace. When I was thankful for Philz always being so warm inside and annoyed that I couldn't walk to Dolores in the same thing that I would actually wear in Dolores. When it wasn't really cold at all. Now in DC, wind chill is a whole different ballgame. So I added an ingredient: sriracha. All of these things were bought at the super amazing Giant store in Shaw. It is not only huge, but clean, friendly, has a red box and a coin start--so it basically both overwhelms my sister and I AND gives us some nice little suburban escape time. We could not find the Kale, but found a bag so huge (for $4) it will take us weeks to finish--even with making kale shakes, kale chips and kale salads.

The prettiest soup you'll ever eat Ingredients:

Onions for soup

Kale for soup

Cabbage for soup

Carrot for Soup

a can of black beans and a can of kidney beans

sriracha

I also added some potatoes. Now peel and slice everything. Bring some water to a boil and add some chicken bouillon, olive oil, salt and pepper. Now add the onions, potatoes and carrots. Once those are mid-way cooking, add the cabbage and kale. Once those are nearly done, add the beans and season--I used salt, pepper and sriracha. I usually let it simmer for a bit until it's a nice consistency and the water is totally purple.

It's the most beautiful arrangement of orange, white, green and purple. I would post a picture, but I want you to be surprised.

Enjoy!

aztec-approved pozole the easy way

red pozole Menudo's less scary sister -- pozole. Eat it on special occasions. Here's the easy way to make it:

1. roast a pork loin 

Roast pork red pozole

2. add red enchilada sauce, hominy, and your favorite spices in a big pot. Go ahead, google spices for pozole

Las Palmas Enchilada Sauce and Hominy  red pozole

3. stir

sauce photo red pozole

4. Serve with the fixin's--try cilantro, lemon and cabbage to start

red pozole

Ta-da. You have pozole - the Aztec-approved stew that anyone will eat (and love).