by Cristina S.
Member since:
March 21, 2007

A POEM (OR TWO) FOR DINNER

October 22, 2009 04:22 PM EDT (Updated: October 23, 2009 01:36 AM EDT)
views: 185 | comments: 38

Cooking is poetry.

Blend, stir, shade - perhaps add fire with spices - sometimes sweet - sometimes robust.

Feel colors -  hear shapes - see aroma.


This - vegan - recipe is a poem.

Cook it and discover - poetry!


onions
in olive oil...
peeled, cubed beets, crisply steamed...
 lemon pepper and salt add spice
to coconut milk, toss with beets and spoon
over spaghetti, al dente...
top with the fried
onions...

 

onions
in olive oil...


http://media-files.gather.com/images/d520/d20/d746/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg

peeled, cubed beets, crisply steamed...


 

lemon pepper and salt add spice
to coconut milk, toss with beets and spoon
over spaghetti, al dente...


http://media-files.gather.com/images/d522/d20/d746/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg

top with the fried
onions...

 


CARE FOR DESSERT?

Apple,
cored and hollowed
to make room for rolled oats,
cinnamon, some favorite jam.
Ginger heats it all up delicately.
A hot oven blends everything
to a scrumptious dessert:
a healthy baked
apple!

 

ENJOY
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Comments: 38

Cristina S. Oct 22, 2009, 4:27pm EDT
A hint for all you cooks - this has as much or as little fat content as you wish. The baked apple was made by putting a bit of water in the pan, standing the apples in the water and popping it into the oven. Makes some nice juice to pour over the apples. Onions fried in a minimum of oil... coconut milk adjusted to how you like your "gravy": lots of it and a bit thinner, or less and spaghetti a bit "dry." (Which is what I prefer...)
Shira C. Oct 22, 2009, 4:31pm EDT
Now THAT is a poem! Beautiful.
Cristina S. Oct 22, 2009, 5:02pm EDT
Thanks Shira!
libramoon C. Oct 22, 2009, 5:29pm EDT
What joyous merry meet
the art of food we eat
sensuality made real
in this poetic meal
Cristina S. Oct 23, 2009, 1:38am EDT
Thanks for the poem libramoon!
Madame Donna C. Oct 22, 2009, 5:36pm EDT
Quite a fun article, Cristina!
Cristina S. Oct 23, 2009, 1:39am EDT
Thank you Donna - it was fun to write (and eat) this...
Alison H. Oct 22, 2009, 5:53pm EDT
A poetic feast for the senses in words and images! A recipe can indeed be poetry...
Cristina S. Oct 23, 2009, 1:40am EDT
Yes Alison, and eating strong colors always pleases me somehow!
Marianne M. Oct 22, 2009, 6:01pm EDT
Well done, Cristina ... a truly beautiful experience ... and a feast for the senses!
Marianne M. Oct 22, 2009, 6:01pm EDT
Featured in Blue Ribbon Recipes!
Cristina S. Oct 23, 2009, 1:41am EDT
Thank you Marianne - I am honored!
Michelle S. Oct 22, 2009, 7:09pm EDT
that was great!!!!! :)
Cristina S. Oct 23, 2009, 1:41am EDT
Thanks Michelle - tasted good too...
marie Pinschmidt Oct 22, 2009, 8:12pm EDT
Yum, yum!
Cristina S. Oct 23, 2009, 1:42am EDT
Thanks Marie - tasted good, and healthy too!
Truly a feast for the heart as well as the tongue... and oh, my, those beets sound heavenly.
Cristina S. Oct 23, 2009, 1:43am EDT
They were Julie - never tried them with coconut milk before, but it was delicious!
Katrina Hall Oct 22, 2009, 9:01pm EDT
Beautiful! It's all about the food - vegan or not!
Cristina S. Oct 23, 2009, 1:44am EDT
You are so right Katrina! For me it is also about cooking food that vegans and non-vegans can enjoy together with pleasure - and no sense of deprivation!
☃ Aunt Shanny Oct 22, 2009, 10:22pm EDT
I especially enjoyed those lovely beets!
Cristina S. Oct 23, 2009, 1:48am EDT
Thanks Shannon - I love them for their color, and the coconut milk tinted them just a shade pink... with the lemon pepper (my favorite spice at the moment) adding enough heat to overlay the residual sweetness.
ashley y. Oct 24, 2009, 11:57am EDT
wow this is nice. thanks for sharing.
Curt L. Oct 24, 2009, 1:47pm EDT
Beautiful poetry and photos!
I really appreciated your references to synesthesia;
"Feel colors - hear shapes - see aroma".
Cristina S. Dec 16, 2009, 5:28pm EST
Curt, you would catch that!
Thank you!
Sunaura *. Oct 26, 2009, 1:59pm EDT
Very nice! So many of us lose the poetry and art of cooking these days
Digital Diva S. Oct 27, 2009, 7:16am EDT
Looks delicious. there was an article in my local paper talking about Bible Recipes or Scripture recipes - it was a way to get young women to memorize bible verses. the whole recipe was made of bible verses - for example in a cake recipe it would say

# 3/4 cup Genesis 18:8
# 1 1/2 cup Jeremiah 6:20
# 5 Isaiah 10:14 (separated)
# 3 cups sifted Leviticus 24:5
# 3 teaspoons 2 Kings 2:20
# 3 teaspoons Amos 4:5
# 1 teaspoon Exodus 3:23
# 1/4 teaspoon each 2 Chronicles 9:9
# 1/2 cup Judges 4:19
# 3/4 chopped Genesis 43:11
# 3/4 cup finely cut Jeremiah 24:5
# 3/4 cup 2 Samuel 16:1
# Whole Genesis 43:11

Interesting - eh?
Cristina S. Oct 27, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
now that would be a chore to bake...
but yes, it is interesting!
William Dotani Oct 27, 2009, 12:57pm EDT
Delightful words and photos for a hungry man.
William Dotani Oct 27, 2009, 12:59pm EDT
I look foward to a roadkill poem. For example:

Poor Bambi who never heard a shot
Yet dented a fender to be put in a pot
Cristina S. Oct 28, 2009, 3:53am EDT
LOL Bill!
William Dotani Nov 4, 2009, 1:36am EST
This has beets. I do not like beets, but I like bees. I like Beat poetry because I never heard of anyone mentioning beets.
Jim Ross Nov 8, 2009, 12:45pm EST
Loved the rictameter, Cristina. And the dish has got my stomach growling. Good job!
Cristina S. Nov 9, 2009, 1:18pm EST
Thanks Jim!
Sheila Deeth Nov 9, 2009, 11:36pm EST
How cool!
Granny Janny H. Nov 11, 2009, 4:55pm EST
So sorry it took me so long to notice this Cristina. It's a plum of an article and perfect for the Cooking Without Recipes group. Now featured there as well. More more!
Cristina S. Nov 12, 2009, 11:59am EST
Thanks for the feature Janny!
Beautiful~sensate~ visual ~ feeding mind and heart and belly~ cruelty free~
thank you for this gem~

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