off-trail

lil brown bear in the woods on the cold, cold coast, with arrow-shaped holes in his lil bear sides and a hunger in his lil bear belly.

no-chicken salad

it is quite delicious, i assure you.

steam a double-handful of broccoli and two quorn cutlets for approx. 10-15 minutes (if you like your broccoli barely cooked, start the quorn five to 10 minutes early). meanwhile, combine mayo or vegenaise with dijon mustard, sweet chili sauce, worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes, fresh ground black pepper, garlic salt, and onion powder* in a bowl. next, chop up two pickles and several stalks of celery, add to the bowl of spiced mayo. once the broccoli and quorn are cooked to your liking, dice them up and add 'em to the bowl. stir everything together and boom! no-chicken salad. serve on toasted bread (might i suggest poppy seed challah) with mazuna greens.

*i rarely measure, but i have arranged these ingredients in the order of largest amount added to smallest amount added, i.e. i added more dijon mustard than i did sweet chili sauce, i added more sweet chili sauce than i did worcestershire sauce, etc.

on another, much more break-your-heart-it's-so-cute note, nelson made himself quite comfy on the back of the couch today.