{"id":330,"date":"2015-05-17T18:55:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T22:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/?p=330"},"modified":"2015-05-17T18:55:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T22:55:44","slug":"29-food-stamp-challenge-the-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"$29 Food Stamp Challenge &#8211; the recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ohai.\u00a0 I present three recipes with my #FoodBankNYCChallenge haul.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baked Lentils<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 1\/2 cup lentils<br \/>\n4-5 garlic cloves, minced<br \/>\ndiced fresh tomatoes<br \/>\n1 teaspoon dal spice mix (more or less according to personal taste)<\/p>\n<p>Wash and drain lentils first. Then mix everything in a casserole dish and cover with water by one inch.\u00a0 Bake in a 350F oven for 40-55 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.\u00a0 Stir half-way during the baking process.<\/p>\n<p>Serve with rice, which you can prepare according to package directions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t buy olive oil because its cost doesn&#8217;t fit into the $29 budget.\u00a0 I wondered if it&#8217;s possible to roast vegetables without oil.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/feedyourskull.com\/2012\/10\/21\/15-minute-no-oil-roasted-veggies\/\" target=\"_blank\">internet<\/a> says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegancoach.com\/how-to-roast-vegetables.html\" target=\"_blank\">yes<\/a>, it <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dHafUBv5DN8\" target=\"_blank\">is so<\/a>.\u00a0 So here we go&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dry Oven Roasted Bitter Gourd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Slice gourds in thick rounds, roughly 1 inch thick.<br \/>\nSeason with a bit of salt.*<br \/>\nArrange in pie plate.<br \/>\nBake in 350F oven for 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>*The Food Bank NYC Challenge Took Kit states that common spices (like salt) already in your pantry is okay to use.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>No-cook oatmeal<\/strong><br \/>\nThis one is easy to put together.<br \/>\nMix together equal parts raw rolled oats and almond milk in a bowl or mason jar.\u00a0 Add in as much raisins as you like.\u00a0 Let it sit in the refrigerator overnight.\u00a0 In the morning, add in some sliced fruit (banana or apple) and eat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohai.\u00a0 I present three recipes with my #FoodBankNYCChallenge haul. Baked Lentils 1 1\/2 cup lentils 4-5 garlic cloves, minced diced fresh tomatoes 1 teaspoon dal spice mix (more or less according to personal taste) Wash and drain lentils first. Then mix everything in a casserole dish and cover with water by one inch.\u00a0 Bake in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[8,50],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-cooking","tag-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}