Miso Black Cod

In the marinade: miso, lemon juice, mirin, soy sauce, sugar, ground ginger. About 5 hours of marination.

It was tasty.

Scallops & Lentils

We made scallops w/brown butter and lemon juice in the cast iron pan.  Zucchini was used to test out the pan prior to the scallops.  Black caviar lentils were cooked in homemade chicken broth (2.5 to 1 ratio).

Chickpea Sweet Potato Stew w/Chicken

We made this and added 1lb of boneless dark meat chicken to it.  Also added and extra cup of water.

https://www.skinnytaste.com/chickpea-sweet-potato-stew/

It was tasty.

Chicken Lentil Bacon Stew

We made this because it had three good things in the title. It was tasty.

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2015/01/quick-and-easy-pressure-cooker-chicken-lentil-bacon-stew-recipe.html

Chocolate Avocado Mousse

We were making dessert for some vegan friends as part of their post-birth Mealtrain, and decided to make a chocolate avocado mousse or pudding.

At first we found this recipe: https://minimalistbaker.com/chocolate-peanut-butter-avocado-pudding/

But, after checking more carefully, we noticed that our friends requested 'no peanuts'.

So, we pivoted to this one: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/chocolate-avocado-mousse-recipe-2110024

We used 5 avocados, b/c their we small, light maple syrup instead of agave, and added a bit of ripe banana that we already had for the first recipe.  We used 3/4 cup chocolate chips, and J still felt like it could have used more chocolate flavor.  N observed that it could benefit from a hint of cinnamon.

"Healing" Spiced Lentil Soup

We made this. It was good.

Instapot Spinach Dal

We made this recipe from A.:

https://www.cookwithmanali.com/instant-pot-spinach-dal/

It was super delish, and better than our previous dal.

We used frozen spinach & added chopped ginger. It may be good to double the recipe next time.