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Saviolo's JournalApricot Thumbprint Cookies Recipe (video)
Sorry for missing last week! Time just got away from us and there was too much happening all at once, so we didn't get a chance to film and get a video made. But we're back! This time with some delicious thumbprint cookies. We used some of our homemade apricot jam for these, but there are lots of options. You could use strawberry or raspberry jam, whatever you like, really. Rolling them in the almond flour and sugar gives them a delightful texture, as well.
You do want to keep these to about the size indicated. Too much bigger, and they will be undercooked in the middle. We also recommend that you make the hole in the cookie immediately after rolling in the almond flour, because if they sit around with the almond flour/sugar mixture on the outside, they dry out pretty quickly, and are more likely to crack. They are very easy to freeze, but again, we recommend freezing them after you've made the hole, so they're ready to go when you want them! Just fill them up and bake them. A little longer baking time if you're baking from frozen, of course.
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Homemade Mujadara Recipe - Levantine Rice and Lentils (video)
This week is a delicious and filling Levantine rice and lentils dish called Mujadar (or Mujaddara). This is one of those dishes where there are so many regional variations that the sky is more or less the limit on what you can do, but this is the basic stripped-down version. So long as you use olive oil and no butter, this dish remains vegan, and it makes a huge amount. It's also quite versatile. One of my favourite things to do is to put this along with some cheese into a flour tortilla and heating it up in a pan until the tortilla is a little crispy.
We used brown lentils for this, but green are also fine. More traditional would be black "Beluga" lentils, which are actually a different plant from the green and brown varieties! The black lentils have a significantly different flavour, but are also delicious in this recipe, and you can treat them in exactly the same way as the green or brown. A little tomato product also goes nicely in this recipe, in the form of either chopped sundried tomatoes or even just a little bit of tomato paste added in to the rice and onions before you cover them with the lentils for the long cook.
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Nutritious Oat Pancakes Recipe (video)
This is our adaptation of a Bon Appetit recipe from Carla. We've made a couple of changes (mostly to bump up the flavour of these), and we absolutely love the results. Now, these are not the light and fluffy pancakes you get at iHop or Denny's. They are very hearty and filling, but are still fluffy and very creamy inside. Part of this is because the chia seeds release a lot of mucilage, which is why you need to let them bloom in the buttermilk a little before you get started mixing everything together. This mucilage helps with the creamy texture in the middle of these delicious pancakes.
We add a whisper of cinnamon and some vanilla paste to this recipe which really bumps up the flavour and makes it more like a classic brunch food. With all of the fibre in these, they are incredibly satisfying and will keep you sated for a long time. We usually limit ourselves to two for a meal. They also keep very well in an airtight container. To bring them back, we just pop them in the toaster oven for a little while, and they get delightfully crispy.
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Daily Wire pundit at CPAC wants to "eradicate transgenderism" (CW: violent transphobia)
Michael Knowles, political commentator at Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire, says in front of (kind of sparse, honestly) crowds at CPAC that "there can be no middle way in dealing with transgenderism. ...Transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely."
https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1632057198577606657
Obviously violently eliminationist rhetoric. But of course when news outlets reported the things that he said out loud in front of people for them to hear, he calls it libel:
https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1632122942380277763
And, of course, he is being roundly beaten up on Twitter for being a genocidal fascist about it:
https://twitter.com/BrynnTannehill/status/1632237428181221376
He thinks he gave himself wiggle room by saying "transgenderism" instead of "trans people" must be eradicated from public life, but no one's buying it. So, we get more violent rhetoric against trans people, more stochastic terrorism, more threats of actual violence against the trans community.
Sorry, Michael: Trans rights are human rights, and your genocidal tendencies are incompatible with existence in a just and fair society.
Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing Recipe from Scratch (video)
Making caesar salad dressing is very similar to making mayonnaise. Basically, you are emulsifying oil into egg yolk with the help of some mustard to help bind everything together. There are, obviously, a few other ingredients involved, as well! Anchovy paste is a frequent addition to the recipe, but it's not always easy to find it in stores, and not everyone likes it, so it's okay to leave out. We like it because it adds this delightful umami richness to the recipe that we quite enjoy.
We added a lot of lemon juice to ours, because we enjoy the dressing to be a little tart to combat the bitterness of whatever greens we're using. The croutons are very versatile, and you can make a lot of changes to that part of the recipe. Herbs are a delightful addition to the croutons, and a little bit of dried oregano, basil, or rosemary can be added before they are baked. Also, we let the croutons soak up all of the garlic bits, but the remaining garlic oil in the bowl was enough to infuse the dressing with a pronounced (but not overpowering) garlic aroma.
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