its a fish free day

So I just ran into a vegetarian friend of mine...and obviously he's been reading my posts...so of course the first thing out of his mouth is "stop eating fish..there's no need for it"
Well he's absolutely right. I checked my cholesterol this month and it was a bit high. the thing that I've been doing different is eating a lot of shrimp (its surprisingly low in points on weight watchers) and salmon. So I made the decision to go as vegan-ish as I possibly can. I'm cutting out the fish and the dairy products. Today I used soy milk in my coffee and I did my own riff on a chickpea masala. Very vegan. The first thing I did was put all of my spices in a bowl. About a teaspoon of each. Cumin, turmeric, yellow curry powder and a pinch of cayanne. I also had an indian spice mixture that had whole cardomom, peppercorns and corriander in it..I put a tsp of that in the bowl as well. I heated up a few tablespoons of olive oil in a shallow pan and when it was really hot I threw the spices in and watched them bloom...after about a minute I threw in a whole chopped onion and sauteed them for about 5 minutes. Then, I threw in a can of drained rinsed chic peas and a tbs of tomato paste and cooked it down for another 5 minutes. I added a dash of louisiana hot sauce at the end and served it with rice. It came out really good. The first picture is of the onions cooking and the second is of the finished product. So I hope your inspired to maybe make your next meal a meat free experience. Off for now my friends!!

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