One bowl at a time explanation, + Mushroom Storganoff

After two years without posting anything, I meant for this to be my coming-back post, but seem to have forgotten to post it. Better late than never...

I decided to re-open an old cookbook I bought for my sister (then stole from her) called 'The Single Vegan'. I love the insinuation.

The book gives you a weekly shopping list, and a menu of six dinners and 2 weekend lunches. Each of the 8 recipes is for one single serving of food, mostly from scratch, mostly coming together in less than 20 minutes. To someone like me, who enjoys cooking every night, wants something different at every meal, and likes doing math, the principle is perfect.

I love the variety, that there's no waste, and to be honest, I kind of love rewriting everything, although it can get tiresome - I'm constantly rewriting recipe. Scrapping whole pages and coming up with other things that use similar ingredients. Adjusting the shopping list before I go. Not being vegan. So I'm going to start publishing that work here so that I have a reference for later.

The first recipe to share is Mushroom Stroganoff:

3 oz spaghetti

1 T butter

1/2 T olive oil

2 oz onion

1 oz garlic

2-3 t Paprika

4 oz mushrooms

1 T flour

1/2 c water (to start, probably needs more)

½ c whole milk plain greek yogurt

1/2 t Worcestershire sauce

1/4 c parsley

Soy sauce / salt too taste

Cook drain and rinse pasta. You can reserve the pasta water to use when you make the sauce.

Melt butter with oil, cook onion and garlic until soft, add mushrooms and cook for a few minutes until they release juices and start to cook down. Turn up the heat a bit, stir in flour and cook for a minute, and then add a little bit of water at a time while stirring it in until it is the consistency you want for your pasta sauce - not too thick or thin for your liking. Stir in your yogurt and Worcestershire, season with salt or soy sauce and stir in half the parsley. Add the drained pasta to your pan and incorporate, then throw on a plate and sprinkle with remaining parsley.

Thoughts on future versions: Maybe add some actual vegetables - frozen broccoli would've been delicious. Parmesan wouldn't kill you.