Here’s where I screwed up. When I substituted one white onion for the red onion that it called for. Bad. Bad. Never again. So when I made it again, cause Vin was bitching, I had to use meat. It looks pretty, anyway. Unfortunately, I’m almost out of my garam masala and I don’t remember where I got that version from. Anyone recommend a favorite garam masala blend? Not too cinnamony, please.

Bell Pepper n' Chicken/Seitan Pilaf RECIPE HERE If you don’t have red onion, like I didn’t, use HALF of the white onion.

"Look at what momma has, boys!" I told the big group of cavemen that gathered for the big game at my house the other night.
 I’m really super proud about this one, and I’ll tell you why. Loaded nachos with NO CHEESE, and no one missed it. See, there was this awkward thing going on because one of Vin’s biggest beer drinking buds, can no longer eat wheat. That’s totally weird, since this guy used to be a garbage gut. Now he just brings rice chips and mineral water. I felt bad for the guy even though he is kind of a prick, so I used my new spice knowledge to come up with this frickin awesome wheat-free nachos. [Well actually they are honey-dijon rice chips.]
 What makes it is this sensational tangy hot Screaming Green hot sauce [RECIPE HERE] that is like this crazy jolt of flavor. Also in the pile is spicy rice, soy sour cream, and salsa. Best part is, I only told him it was wheat free. Everyone demolished it. The end.

Spicy Loaded Rice Crisp Fixins A funky pile of spicy rice, honey-dijon rice crisps, soy sour cream, salsa, and the main mojo ingredient, Screaming Green hot sauce [RECIPE HERE]. We were wolves while we ate this, serious.

Major mental overload. (Old lovers, evil cell phones, Vin's annoying friends, and more.) 
So I just want rice. Rice. Just rice. This is the third kind of rice I have cooked up in the last two days. I'm posting on this one because it did me good. I guess the recipe [click here] is authentic, from an Indian woman known for her cooking. Anyways, it did me good. It has golden raisins and a light sweetness from the spices. The rice is boiled kind of like pasta... I didn't know it could be made this way! Love it.

Bengali Pilau Rice This pic DOES NOT do this gorgeous-flavored rice justice! I was hungry, I was in a hurry, OK? RECIPE HERE