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= Dinner History =

* 2015-04-14 [http://www.vegkitchen.com/recipes/glorious-grains/lemony-couscous-with-broccoli/ Lemony Couscous with Broccoli] (doubled) and [http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/soup/vegetable-soup/broccoli-gazpacho.html Broccoli Gazpacho] (tripled) with unfrozen bread from last week. The couscous was great initially, but it didn't have staying power - we didn't serve it for about 45 minutes, and during that time the couscous and the broccoli both went soft and the dish wasn't nearly as good. So this is a great dish if you eat it quickly, but perhaps not such a great dish for hacklab, where things often stay out for 2+h. The Gazpacho was a bit bland, the broccoli totally overpowered the tomato. So we added some tomato paste, which fixed it up a bit, but it was still only good.

* 2015-04-11 [http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1397/spiced-vegetable-biryani Spiced Vegetable Biryani] for the Saturday open house. It was delicious, and surprisingly easy to make - everything in one dish in the oven, no frying at all! Doubled actually, so two dishes really. Open house was super super popular with readers from Metro coming by (apparently 70 or so, according to Alex), but most didn't partake, so we had leftovers. I also forgot to cover the dishes with foil, so I think it ended up a little drier than it would have otherwise been.

* 2015-04-07 [http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/824633/sweet-potato-and-red-pepper-soup Sweet potato and red pepper soup] and [http://www.theppk.com/2013/03/smoky-tomato-lentil-soup-with-spinach-olives/ Smoky Tomato Lentil Soup With Spinach & Olives] with [http://naturalchow.com/2014/09/whole-wheat-crusty-bread/ crusty bread]. Both soups ended up good, not great. The sweet potato one we had to extensively adulterate to get it to good (basically added salt, herbs and olive oil, plus some spice). The Spinach one was pretty good straight up. The bread was *awesome*, thank you Sacha! (Bread note: Doubled the recipe and split the dough into our two largest bowls, and that still nearly overflowed in the two hours I left it to rise. Also, used all-purpose flour instead of whole wheat since I didn't have any on hand. There was enough bread to freeze, so maybe next time a single recipe is enough. For easiest steaming, pre-heat with the boiler pan, then put the bread in the oven and use a short drinking glass or mug to dump water into the broiler pan before closing the oven door.)

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 = Dinner History =
+* 2015-04-14 [http://www.vegkitchen.com/recipes/glorious-grains/lemony-couscous-with-broccoli/ Lemony Couscous with Broccoli] (doubled) and [http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/soup/vegetable-soup/broccoli-gazpacho.html Broccoli Gazpacho] (tripled) with unfrozen bread from last week.  The couscous was great initially, but it didn't have staying power - we didn't serve it for about 45 minutes, and during that time the couscous and the broccoli both went soft and the dish wasn't nearly as good.  So this is a great dish if you eat it quickly, but perhaps not such a great dish for hacklab, where things often stay out for 2+h.  The Gazpacho was a bit bland, the broccoli totally overpowered the tomato.  So we added some tomato paste, which fixed it up a bit, but it was still only good.
 * 2015-04-11 [http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1397/spiced-vegetable-biryani Spiced Vegetable Biryani] for the Saturday open house.  It was delicious, and surprisingly easy to make - everything in one dish in the oven, no frying at all!  Doubled actually, so two dishes really.  Open house was super super popular with readers from Metro coming by (apparently 70 or so, according to Alex), but most didn't partake, so we had leftovers.  I also forgot to cover the dishes with foil, so I think it ended up a little drier than it would have otherwise been.
 * 2015-04-07 [http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/824633/sweet-potato-and-red-pepper-soup Sweet potato and red pepper soup] and [http://www.theppk.com/2013/03/smoky-tomato-lentil-soup-with-spinach-olives/ Smoky Tomato Lentil Soup With Spinach & Olives] with [http://naturalchow.com/2014/09/whole-wheat-crusty-bread/ crusty bread].  Both soups ended up good, not great.  The sweet potato one we had to extensively adulterate to get it to good (basically added salt, herbs and olive oil, plus some spice).  The Spinach one was pretty good straight up.  The bread was *awesome*, thank you Sacha! (Bread note: Doubled the recipe and split the dough into our two largest bowls, and that still nearly overflowed in the two hours I left it to rise. Also, used all-purpose flour instead of whole wheat since I didn't have any on hand. There was enough bread to freeze, so maybe next time a single recipe is enough. For easiest steaming, pre-heat with the boiler pan, then put the bread in the oven and use a short drinking glass or mug to dump water into the broiler pan before closing the oven door.)

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