Red beans, collards, roasted plantains and sweet potatoes w/spicy peanut sauce

Red beans, collards, roasted plantains and sweet potatoes w/spicy peanut sauce (peanut butter, sea salt, white vinegar, white miso, lemon juice, evoo, liquid smoke).

Kotthu roti with carrots, collards and black beans

Kotthu roti (finely chopped whole wheat pita) with carrots, collards and black beans (turmeric, garlic, ginger, coriander, cumin, braggs liquid aminos, liquid smoke, sea salt, evoo, chili flakes, garam masala, cloves, all spice).

Sweet potato and corn fufu with collard greens and congo peas in a spicy peanut sauce

Sweet potato and corn fufu (masa harina, sweet potato, white vinegar, nutritional yeast, sea salt, with collard greens and congo peas in a spicy peanut sauce (sea salt, braggs liquid aminos, peanuts, lemon juice, red chili flakes, liquid smoke).

Kotthu roti with collards, corn and black beans

Kotthu roti with collards, corn and black beans (ginger, garlic, onions, coriander, cumin, fenugreek, mustard, sea salt, chili flakes, evoo/flax oil, vegetable stock).

Vegan cheese grits with red lentils, roasted cherries and collard greens

Grits with red lentils, roasted cherries and collard greens (yellow corn meal, vegetable stock, white vinegar, garlic, ginger, turmeric, nutritional yeast, sea salt).

Some old-fashioned comfort food, with a weird gourmet twist (roasted cherries). The cherries definitely added some sour flavour. A ribbon of pomegranate molasses might have been just as good.

Roasted tofu over collard and romano beans with a beer, dulse and tamari reduction

Roasted tofu over collard and romano beans with a beer (Heineken), dulse and tamari reduction (horseradish, garlic, white vinegar, mustard, rosemary, evoo/flax oil, sea salt, black pepper).

Roasted acorn squash stuffed with wild rice, pinto beans, cranberries and collards with a sundried tomato rosé

Roasted acorn squash stuffed with wild rice, pinto beans, cranberries and collards (sea salt, vegan worchestershire sauce, nutritional yeast, evoo/flax oil) with a sundried tomato rosé (garlic, nutritional yeast, sea salt, evoo/flax oil).

Vegan cheese and pinto bean strata with collards

Vegan cheese and pinto bean strata (yellow corn tortillas, vegan cheese, refried pinto beans, onions, garlic, sea salt, black pepper, coriander, cumin, tomatoes, red peppers) with collard greens (sea salt, lemon juice, evoo, liquid smoke).

Spelt bureka with beluga lentils, sundried tomatoes and green chard.

Spelt bureka with beluga lentils, sundried tomatoes, green chard, caramelized onions and cremini mushrooms (vegetable stock, nutritional yeast, garlic, nama shoyu, sugar).

Tofu cutlets with oyster mushroom gravy, fingerling potatoes and collard greens

Tofu cutlets (sea salt, black pepper, agave nectar, nama shoyu, canola oil) with oyster mushroom gravy (vegetable stock, oyster mushrooms, spelt flour, black pepper), fingerling potatoes and collard greens (lemon juice, chili paste, liquid smoke, evoo, sea salt).

Rapini, sundried tomatoes, red onions, mushrooms and golden raisins in a light broth over wild rice spaghetti

Rapini, sundried tomatoes, mushrooms, red oinions and golden raisins in a light broth (vegan worcestershire sauce, garlic, ginger, sea salt, chili paste, basil, oregano, nutritional yeast) over wild rice spaghetti.

White bean, coconut and oyster mushroom burger on a beer kaiser with roasted brussels sprouts

White bean, coconut and oyster mushroom burger (nama shoyu, nutritional yeast, white kidney beans, dessicated coconut, vegetable stock, sea salt, black pepper, rosemary, liquid smoke) on a beer kaiser (beer, in this case, tuborg, baking powder, evoo, sea salt) with roasted brussels sprouts (white vinegar, garlic, sea salt, liquid smoke).

Because of the coconut, the outside of the burger gets nice and crunchy. In some respects, this is more like a breaded faux chicken sandwich than a burger per se. Garnished with sundried tomatoes and arugula.

No-meat loaf with mashed potatoes, collards and raisins and porcini mushroom gravy

No-meat loaf (red lentils, green lentils, black lentils, yellow split peas, tarragon, sage, savory, all spice, oregano, basil, rosemary, marjoram, thyme, liquid smoke, evoo/flax oil, garlic, vidalia onion, sundried tomatoes, cremini mushrooms, whole wheat flour, baking powder) with mashed potatoes (macadamia butter, garlic, rice wine vinegar, sea salt), collards and raisins (liquid smoke, sea salt, rice wine vinegar) and mushroom gravy (porcini mushrooms, vegan red wine, garlic, herbs de Provence).

Rhubarbecue tofu with porcini/vidalia duxelles, butternust squash and coconut mash and chipotle peanut collards in a saffron broth

Rhubarbecue tofu (rhubarb, chili, cumin, black pepper, sea salt, orange juice, agave nectar, vegan white wine, cider vinegar, garlic) with porcini/vidalia duxelles (thyme, vegan red wine, vegetable stock, evoo/flax oil).

Butternust squash and coconut mash (allspice, cardamom, nutmeg, sea salt, palm oil).

Chipotle peanut collards (garlic, vegetable stock, lemon juice, palm oil) in a light saffron broth (vegetable stock and saffron).

With a little baguette at the end, the broth didn't go to waste. Next time, I'll replace the cider vinegar and agave with molasses and white vinegar just to give the whole rhubarb a little more flavour depth.

Grits with ribboned collards and red potatoes in a red pepper and yellow tomato sauce.

Grits (cornmeal, sea salt, green chili) with ribboned collards and red potatoes in a red pepper and yellow tomato sauce (vegetable stock, vegan white wine, sea salt, chipotle, liquid smoke, apple cider vinegar). I steamed the potatoes and collards while the sauce itself.

The sauce was:

1 yellow tomato diced.
3 red peppers diced.
1 cup vegetable stock
1/4 white wine
1/4 wine vinegar
Dash of liquid smoke
Chipotle, sea salt and herbs de Provence to taste.
Cook till reduced by roughly half and then blend with an immersion blender.

Vegan kielbasa in rye blankets; sweet potatoe, turtle bean and collard salad with lime/chipotle vinaigrette

Vegan kielbasa (Tofurkey brand) in rye wrap blankets.
Sweet potato, turtle bean and collard salad with lime/chipotle vinaigrette (lime zest, lime juice, chipotle, evoo, flax oil, garlic, mustard, black pepper, sea salt).

Collard green, sweet potatoes and vegan chicken in a spicy peanut butter sauce with black rice

Collard greens, sweet potatoes and vegan chicken in a spicy peanut sauce (scallions, chili, black pepper, white pepper, lemon juice, palm oil, peanuts, turmeric, garlic, cardamom, cumin and ginger) with black rice.

The aperitif was a screwdriver.
The wine was D'Arenberg's Darry's Original.

Polenta with collards, mushrooms and tomatoes; baked beans

Brunch 7 April 2007. Polenta (corn meal, sea salt, sunflower oil, garlic) with collards, cremini mushrooms and tomatoes (white whine, garlic, chil, cumin, sea salt, black pepper, basil, thyme, oregano); baked beans (Eden brand).

Sweet potato and collard green curry with forbidden black rice

Dinner 11 March 2007. Sweet potato and collard curry (sweet potatoes, collard greens, tomatoes, cumin, turmeric, red chili flakes, curry leaves, garlic, black pepper, sea salt, vegetable stock, white wine) over forbidden black rice.

Wine: Sonop Organic Terroir Shiraz