ONE PAN SPAGHETTI (vegan)
Spaghetti you make without a pot??? Yep, and it was even adapted from a real ass Italian recipe so your proverbial Italian Nonna can’t be too disapproving, right? This was one of my go-to pseudo-fancy recipes when I first started cooking for myself. As long as you stand there and stir it consistently it’s foolproof. Also it’s vegan without even trying, but you can put a stop to that with Parmesan (vegans, I encourage you to put nutritional yeast on top instead!)
FURTHER REFERENCE:
https://www.marthastewart.com/978784/one-pan-pasta
try searching: one pan pasta, one pot pasta
TOOLS:
-your largest, most high-sided frying pan or saucepan
-knife
-cutting board
-tongs
COMPONENTS:
-Pasta, either spaghetti or linguine, 12 oz (half a typical large pack)
-Cherry Tomatoes, also 12 ounces, cut into halves, make sure your knife is sharp or you’ll crush them!
-Onion, a big one, thinly sliced
-Garlic, at least a few, thinly sliced
-Olive oil, couple tablespoons
-Basil, fresh preferably, but that’s unlikely, you can use dried if you’ve got it.
-Seasonings, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, be generous with the salt, add the peppers to your taste.
METHOD AND REASONING:
PREPARE the ingredients as listed above.
COMBINE all ingredients in the pan, bring to a boil on high while pushing and poking everything in the pan, you want it moving fairly constantly to keep anything from sticking due to the high heat.
KEEP STIRRING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, it’ll probably look it’s not working but this is normal, just keep prodding things around with your tongs until the water is nearly gone and your pasta is cooked, around ten minutes depending on how done you like your past. Four servings with sides, two if it’s your entire dinner…. sometimes just one if you’re real hungry.
 
CURRIED CAULIFLOWER SOUP (vegan)
The easiest way to eat vegetables is in a soup. This recipe comes together in like half an hour and only has like three main ingredients. Goes well with with rye bread and beer. It’s also very customizable depending on what jar of curry sauce you use. This is probably the easiest recipe on the list. Start here if you have to tools!
FURTHER REFERENCE:
Try searching: Cauliflower Potato Soup, Curried Cauliflower Soup
Ask me, because I basically just cobbled this together myself from several recipes and shortcuts.
TOOLS:
-Knife
-Cutting board
-Masher, immersion blender (preferred), typical blender
-A large pot or Instant Pot (at least 3qt)
-A stirring implement
COMPONENTS:
-One head of cauliflower, broken down into small florets, you can do this with your hands and chop up the stems
-Potato, two large ones or equivalent, cubed into one or two inch pieces
-Onion, a large one, finely chopped if you’re using a masher, sliced if you have a blender
-Garlic, at least a few, roughly chopped, so small pieces but don’t kill yourself making them tiny or super uniform
-Broth, at least two cups, it has to be enough to cover the veg when it’s in your pot.
-Ready-made curry sauce or paste, an entire jar of sauce or a few spoonfuls of paste, depending on how much you like curry!
-Oil, a splash for sauteing, any kind will do, keep flavour in mind when selecting.
-Seasonings, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, to taste. The ready-made sauce is doing the heavy lifting here.
-Optional coconut manna/butter or coconut milk, to taste. I like it but I know not everyone likes coconut.