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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Can She DO That?

Well, I don't know if you're allowed to mix cous cous and tofu, but I did. And is it ever YUMMY!

I wanted to share it with you in case you love tofu like I do and wanted a made up recipe to try.

Here's what I did:

Marinated 2/3 of a pound of firm tofu, cubed, in

  • 1/3 cup veg. oil
  • enough red wine vinegar to make a total of 1/2 cup with oil
  • one clove fresh garlic, minced
  • 3/4 tsp sea salt
  • generous tsp. dark molasses
  • 1/2 tsp. powdered ginger

for one hour in the fridge.

For the cous cous:

  • 1 grated carrot
  • 1 stalk celery, chopped fine
  • 1-2 green onions, sliced

Boil 1 & 1/2 cups water (or veggie stock) with 1 tbs. butter (optional) and the veggies, and about a half tsp. curry for funsies. As soon as it's boiling, add 1 cup cous cous (I used whole wheat), cover, and remove from heat. Let sit for 5 min. No peeking! :) Oh I think I added some sea salt to the cous cous water too. Cous cous can be so bland!

Once the cous cous was ready, I added my marinated tofu. I just dumped the whole thing in, leftover marinade and all. It's up to you if you want to do that. It solved the problem of the cous cous choking me, like it usually does. I stirred it up and covered it with tin foil for a few minutes to heat the tofu.

Anyway, I found the whole thing delightful. And it worked out well, although I would have loved to have some soy sauce for the marinade, but had none on hand.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Alright! You Got Me!

I admit, I did take time to do some yoga with my pal Shania today and bake these:



I thought I'd attempt to bake with natural sugar. I still used partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening (shame shame shame) but you can't go 100% healthy cold turkey! These are Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies. No special recipe, just different ingredients. I noticed they did not flatten out in the oven but stayed round and puffy. They are also quite delicious. I had 4. Oops.

OK, now back to work, Trish! K-shaw! (sound of whip cracking)

I'm BIZ-AY!

For real, people! I am super busy! Have any of you ever tried to stock a whole entire store of only handmade items by yourself????? If you have, please commiserate with me. It's a thrilling prospect. And I know I'm gaining lots of valuable experience for the store front I'd like to open one day. But DANG if it isn't a DAWG's life! I just can't seem to keep up. The designing, the production, the photography, the techno, the marketing, the admin stuff (hate hate hate), and oh yeah, eating and sleeping.


This is not a complaining session. It's all very exciting to me! I just thought I'd let you know what's been going on at Domestick Kingdom. Or Dom Sticking Dom as my friend Laura says.

Sorry for no entries lately. I'll try to be better about it. I don't really have any housy projects going on right now on account of the new biz.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

FINALLY!

OK, I finally got up the courage to open my Etsy store. It's meager but hopefully will grow in time. It'll be awesome when I get my logo and banner, etc. Plus, I need to create more inventory. :)