Bea's Chickpea-Banana-Squash Curry

Today I run out of veggies when it came to supper time.
Peter asked: " Why don't you take the car and go get some carrots?" 
But I decided to take what we have and do the shopping tomorrow morning.
I opened up the laptop (what did I ever do without the internet?), and filled these words into the browser's search field: "chickpeas , tomatoes,  bananas."
That's what I basically had. 
Within seconds there were several recipes that featured a dish called "Chickpea -Banana-Curry". 
Sounded interesting to me.
One recipe added squash to the whole. No problem for me since I had some jars with canned squash in the cupboard.

Bea's Chickpea-Banana-Squash Curry

And this is the dish we ate made after a combination of several recipes.
Ingredients:
1/2 can chickpeas (rest from yesterday)
1/2 can diced tomatoes (rest from yesterday)
4 tbs. canned squash (Acorn Squash I canned in the fall)
1 half ripe banana
1/2 cup rice
onion
garlic
beef broth
Half and Half coffee creamer
Pina Colada (Coconut/ Pineapple Juice) leftover from the Happy Hours :))
ground Cumin, Cinnamon, Ginger, Turmeric (1/2 tsp each)
Frozen Cilantro leaves
Fry onion, rice, chickpeas and garlic in a tbs. oil for 5 minutes. Add squash, tomatoes, broth, 1/2 cup of either juice and creamer. Season with spices to taste and simmer until rice is done, about 15 minutes. Add sliced banana, chopped cilantro and simmer about 5 more minutes. Serve. 


Peter's comment, who is not a fan of chickpeas: " Yum, that's very good, honey!"
Win-win situation and we got a vegan dish on the table.

Als ich das Abendessen zubereiten wollte fiel mir auf das wir ja gar keine Gemüse mehr im Kühlschrank hatten. Was tun? 

Bacalao - The Easy Way

  

 This dish we learned to love in Norway. 

There we used dried, salted cod that had to be watered out for about 1 night before preparing the dish. But here in Canada I just take fresh or frozen fish. It is easier to make and tastes good too.

(This is for 4 persons)
Peel 4 potatoes and slice or cut into cubes. Boil them for about 15 min., then drain the water.
Cut 1 pound fish (or 2 filets) into small pieces. (Haddock or Pollock) 
Open 1 big can of diced tomatoes and 1 small can of tomato sauce. Slice 1 onion into rings, and mince 1 wedge of garlic. Fry onion and garlic in 3 tbsp olive oil, add tomato sauce and fry a bit more before adding 1/2 of the diced tomatoes. Season with salt, pepper, paprika, sugar and Tabasco. 

10 minutes before serving add the fish and the potatoes in layers. Pour over the other half of the tomatoes and let it simmer on low heat for about 10 more minutes or until the fish is done. Don't stir!
Serve with fresh french bread. (If you like it add some sour creme too).

Bacalao - The Easy Way

Bacalao - Fisch in Tomatensoße
Dieses Gericht lernten wir in Norwegen zu schätzen. Dort wird es allerdings mit Stockfisch gekocht, der zuerst eine Nacht über ausgewässert werden muß. Hier in Kanada nehme ich frischen oder gefrorenen Fisch. Das geht viel schneller und schmeckt auch.
Für 4 Personen
4 Karotffeln schälen und in Würfel oder Scheiben schneiden. Ca 15 Minuten kochen, abgießen.
Den Fisch (500 g Köhlerfisch oder Schellfisch), oder 2 Filets, in kleine Stücke schneiden oder würfeln.
1 Zwiebel in Scheiben schneiden, 1 Knoblauchzehe fein würfeln. Beides in 3 Eßl Öl anbraten.  1 kl Dose Tomatenmark dazu geben. 1 große Dose Tomatenwürfel öffnen und die Hälfte mit in den Topf geben. Mit Salz, Pfeffer, Paprika, Zucker, Tabasko würzen. 10 Minuten vor dem Servieren die Kartoffelwürfel und den Fisch lagenweise in die Tomatensoße legen und den Rest der Tomaten auffüllen. Bei niedriger Hitze köcheln lassen bis der Fisch gar ist.  Dabei nicht mehr umrühren! Dazu frisches Baguette servieren. (Man kann auch etwas Creme Fraiche hinzufügen).

Bacalao - en enkel måte å lage den på.
Vi spiste denne retten for første gang mens vi bodde i Norge og vi brukte tørrfisk. Jeg likte det veldig godt men har senere brukt fersk eller frossen fisk istedenfor. Det går mye raskere på denne måten og smaker godt også.
Oppskrift for 4 personer:
Skrell 4 poteter og skjær dem i terninger eller skiver. Kokes så i 15 minutter før vannet slåes ut. Sjær 500 g fisk, eller 2 filets, i små biter eller terninger. Her i Kanada bruker jeg hyse eller torsk. 
Skjær en løk i skiver og 1 båt hvitløk i små biter. Begge freses i 3 ss matolje. Tilføy 1 boks tomatsaus. Åpen en boks med hermetiske tomatbiter og hell halvparten in i gryten. Tilsmak med salt, pepper, paprika, sukker og Tabasco. 10 minutter før serveringen tilsett fiskebitenen og potetene i lagvis. Fyll opp med resten av tomater. Kok på lav varme inntil fisken er ferdig. Serveres med fransk brød. (Om man liker tilføy litt surkrem). 

Pizza variation

 Today was shopping day, the fridge was nearly empty, and we were not back before late. Therefore I decided to buy a prepared pizza ( tomato and cheese - type) and top it up with white mushroom, pepperoni salami, onion rings, and 1 can of tomatoes, Italian style. Preheat oven to 400 F ( ca 200 C) and bake about 30 minutes. Nearly "fast food"!

Heute sind wir erst einmal einkaufen gegangen, der Kühlschrank war ziemlich leer.  Wir waren auch relativ spät wieder zuhause und deshalb habe ich eine vorgefertigte Pizza gekauft (die Tomaten und Käse Variante) und sie zuhause mit 1/2 Zwiebel, Pepperoni Salami, Champignon Scheiben und einer Dose Tomaten Italienischer Art belegt. Den Backofen auf ca 200 C vorwärmen und die Pizza 20 Minuten lang backen. Das war nahezu "fast food".

I dag var vi på handletur. Kjøleskapet var så å si tomt. Siden vi ikke var tilbake før sent på ettermiddagen kjøpte jeg en enkelt pizza (Tomater og Ost type). Hjemme toppet jeg pizzaen med 1/2 løk, sjampignong, pepperoni salami og en boks hermetiserte tomater italiensk type. Varm ovnen opp på 200 grader og bake pizzaen i ca  20 minutter. Gjort i en fei!