Venturing into veggie sausage-land
So tonight I will be cooking veggie sausage for the first time. I was never a fan of the meat version, but I have a recipe for white bean cassoulet that calls for veggie sausage, so I decided to dive in. D and I are both excited and repulsed by the idea. Whole Foods offers 3 types of phallic veggie links - chorizo, Italian and apple-sage. I went with the sage because it seemed most compatible with the French-inspired dish I will be making.
I'm also thinking about getting a slow cooker. I was always sour on them, and not sure why. I think there was an unflattering description of a crock-pot in one of the Ramona books, so they always make me think of limp pieces of stewed meat. But I have a vegetarian cookbook with some appealing slow-cooker recipes in the back, and there's a whole other book devoted to slow-cooker recipes by the same author. Also, they're good in the summer because they don't heat up the kitchen. Summer is the season when I tend to forget about cooking, only to slink back in the fall like a fickle lover. So I'm planning to order a slow cooker from Amazon by then.
I'm also thinking about getting a slow cooker. I was always sour on them, and not sure why. I think there was an unflattering description of a crock-pot in one of the Ramona books, so they always make me think of limp pieces of stewed meat. But I have a vegetarian cookbook with some appealing slow-cooker recipes in the back, and there's a whole other book devoted to slow-cooker recipes by the same author. Also, they're good in the summer because they don't heat up the kitchen. Summer is the season when I tend to forget about cooking, only to slink back in the fall like a fickle lover. So I'm planning to order a slow cooker from Amazon by then.
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Sorry I missed you while you were up in MA...I would have gone to Vinny T's with you ;)
PS - Did you hear MO got engaged?
Slow-cookers are year-round things; useful to cook a chili up overnight so you can take it to work, to having a pasta dish ready for the second you come home. They can cook up an appetizer while you are busy with the entree or vice versa. Very flexible things.
And since you don't eat meat, why worry if it's limp? Of course, there are ways around that too.
And the veggie sausage is good! I just sliced and browned it, and sneaked a piece.