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Lentil mushroom tomato risotto

  • 1 big onion
  • 2 cups green lentils
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 cups broth
  • ~1 cup of cream
  • 2 big garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 can diced tomatoes (or actual tomatoes…)
  • 4 portobello mushrooms

Heat up some olive oil and sweat the onions until transparent (~5 min on medium heat)

Add lentils and stir for 1 minute

Add milk and bring to a gentle boil

Add salt and pepper

Add enough broth to keep everything wet, keep adding broth as needed

Add mushrooms and tomatoes

After about 25min of having added the milk, add garlic

About 35min after having added the milk, add the cream and simmer for another 5-10min until thicker. Total cook time of the lentils is about 45min.

 

 

 

Enable serial port on raspbian jessie

This works for RPI 1 and 2. See links for RPI 3, where there are 2 serial ports and they have different names.

Edit /boot/config.txt to have:

enable_uart=1

Note: This option does not seem to always be in the default config.txt (maybe it depends on whether you use the version from NOOBS?)

Run:

sudo raspi-config

Under Advanced -> Serial, choose No (that is, you do not want a login shell available through serial), save and reboot. This performs the steps that are usually given online (edit /boot/cmdline.txt and inittab).

Test with minicom (sudo apt-get install minicom):

minicom -b 9600 -o -D /dev/ttyAMA0

More help:
here
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Dutch oven bread

  • 3 1/2 cups of flour (or 4 cups whole wheat flour)
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt (or 2 tsp salt for WW flour)
  • 1/2 tsp instant dry yeast (or 3/4 tsp for WW flour)

Mix together then add:

  • 1 3/4 cups of luke warm water (or 2 cups for WW flour)

Gently stir altogether with a fork, until all the flour is wet. No need to stir until it’s smooth.

Let it rise for 8-12 (12-16 for WW) hours in covered bowl at room temperature

Sprinkle with some whole wheat flour and punch the dough down, fold it a few times on itself and make a ball that is well sprinkled with flour to not stick.

Heat oven at 450F with dutch oven inside, for ~45min while the dough rises again to double its size

Place dough in heated dutch oven and cook 30min with lid on, and then 30 more minutes with lid off

Let cool and enjoy!

 

Carrot salad

  • 1 lb carrots cut into 1cm disks
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • ~1 tsp salt, pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

Mix all ingredients, bring water to a boil, keep on high for ~25min until all the water has evaporated and the carrots are tender.

Mix in:

  • 1 tbsp cider vinegar or other
  • 3/4 tsp ground cumin

Let it cool to room or fridge temperature before serving

Papet au porreaux

  • 3 poireaux (~1kg)
  • 2 gross patates (~500g)
  • 2 oignons
  • 2dl vin blanc
  • 2dl bouillon
  • 1.5dl creme
  • 1 cc vinaigre

Faire suer les porreaux et les oignons pendant 10 minutes dans du beurre à feu moyen et couvert

Ajouter le vin blanc et réduire (presque complètement) ~5 minutes à ébullition

Ajouter les patates et le bouillon, et cuire 30-45 minutes à feu doux et couvert

Ajouter le vinaigre juste avant d’ajouter la crème

Ajouter la crème et cuire encore 5 minutes à feu moyen

Broyer le tout grossièrement (pas besoin d’écraser toutes les patates)

Éventuellement, servir avec des saucisses bouillies (~40 minutes dans l’eau à la limite de l’ébullition)

 

Cabbage Curry

Spice mix:

  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp tumeric
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp ground ginger

Cooking:

  • Heat up 2-3 tbsp of oil (e.g coconut oil) on medium heat
  • Fry 2 crushed garlic cloves in oil
  • Add spice mix and stir around for 2 minutes
  • Add 1 diced tomato, stir for 3 minutes
  • Add 1 can of rinsed beans stir for 2 minutes
  • Add vegetables (e.g. brocoli, red pepper, onion, zuchine), stir for 5 minutes
  • Add 1/2 cabbage head (stock removed, sliced)
  • Add 1/4 cup of water or less
  • Add salt to taste, ~3 tsp
  • Cover and simmer for 15minutes
  • Add ~1 cup of yoghurt, stir well and let cook another 5 minutes