Meat Lovers Go Vegan. "Vegucated" Movie. Fiery Indian Eggplant from "The Indian Slow Cooker". Why do we ignore a plant based diet for disease prevention? Miles Davis's Childhood Home in East St. Louis.

Fiery Eggplant from "The Indian Slow Cooker Book" by Anupy Singla.

 The Indian Slow Cooker: 50 Healthy, Easy, Authentic Recipes

I adore eggplant in all forms but hate that often recipes require oil to bake it.  It is harder to get the whole effect with just water when you are cooking on the stovetop, but the Slow Cooker (crockpot) changes all of this!  Since the food is cooked over such a long period of time, the veggies break down to create their own moisture.  Anupy's recipe did call for oil, but I just used a little bit of water instead and the end result was fabulous and guilt free.  I am a lazy vegan like that.  I don't want to have to work any harder than I need to in order to rid myself of my emotional eating calories!

What is also cool with all of her recipes is that they are all "healing".  And the black one on the plate above is called "Nigella".  

Of course hot peppers are touted to boost metabolism and may be heart helpful.

Turmeric has been said to help inflammation and may even be helpful in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's.

You can buy these spices cheap at any International Store or you can order online if you want organic/fair trade from Mountain Rose Herbs.

I always keep my ginger in the freezer so it doesn't get soft.  Keeps forever in there and easy to grate.

For the Indian Slow Cooker, you can really use any tomatoes.  I use Roma probably because an affordable organic version usually exists.  Not the most flavorful, but seems that it is more for brothy effect.  If I don't have the tomatoes, then I just put some tomato paste in and make do.  For an eggplant dish though, I would try to use real tomatoes!

Blend all that stuff up!

Dump and Push.  My kind of cooking.  Lazy Vegan Wife.

Like Magic and never burned! 

'Tis the season to drag that slow cooker out!  Stock your pantry full of dried beans, spices, and veggies. Make sure you keep cilantro around.  And you can cook for months!  The Nigella gave this the coolest flavor and it seriously tasted like pizza to me!  LOVED it!!  

A great new movie, "Get Vegucated", is making the rounds.  What happens when you put Die Hard Meat Lovers on a Vegan Diet?  Looks like a great film!

Could "The Tomato Effect" be preventing us from talking about cures for heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and the like??  Check out Dr. G's Video (NutritionFacts.Org).

And a clip of Gateway Pet Guardian's East St. Louis Feedings.  This day was crazy!!  Pj pointed out Miles Davis's Childhood home to me, and can you tell I was surprised?  It may be that the family cannot keep up with the vandalism there, but it is incredible to me that his home is in this state of ill repair.  We also run into another beautiful woman who feeds Malcolm and his friends on her way to work.

*Get Juiced with The Gerson Girls Carrot Chemo Video. Killing Cancer with Carrots, Kale, and Coffee. Got Cancer? Free Healing Cancer Summit

*Everybody's just a Little Bit Gay. Allen Ginsberg. My Big Gay Ginger Lime Balls from Palmcrantz's "Raw Food" Book. And Hehe, Dates DON'T raise your blood sugar, EVEN the Wet Ones!

*Weiner Woes. Smaller Shorter Schlongs Caused By Eating Cock.

* Weiner Warts.  STD's from Meat? HPV in the Kitchen.  "No Honey, it wasn't another man.  Just a slab of bacon".  "Cock Cancer".  It's not Just For the Chickens.


*Tempeh, Tofu, Teats, & Tamoxifen. Soy and Cancer. You need to know. Anupy's Masala Tofu Scramble Recipe. Get Skinny on Soy? Eggs & Celery.

*Bladder Blues. Did chicken cause your bladder infection? Anupy's Arsenic & UTI Free, Tradtional Vegan Zero Chicken Curry. Bill Maher & Jane Lynch for "Weinerlogues" and Belly Laughs.* Toxic Cock Syndrome. 92% are Poopy Cocks.

*Meat eating Tea Partiers and Republicans accepting Welfare? Why Meat Eaters have to PAY for sex.

*Jay Nixon has been Neutered. Bend over & ditch the KY, this is a Rough One. (Just in case you thought it was just Republicans & Tea Partiers that I vented about!)

Watch Full CNN Show. The Last Heart Attack. Esseltyn, Sanjay Gupta, Bill Clinton.

Vegan South Indian Lentils with Curry Leaves from "The Indian Slow Cooker"

Masoor Dal (Red Lentils)

South Indian Lentils with Curry Leaves from Anupy Singla's  "The Indian Slow Cooker"  book

Another AMAZING Vegan Slow Cooker dish from Anupy Singla's "The Indian Slow Cooker".  Red Lentils (also called Masoor Dal) are a cinch to find organic at your co-op or Whole Foods.  Of course you can buy them at the Indian/International stores also.  They are marked "Masoor Dal" there.  Bulk, Organic ones at Whole Foods will usually run around 2.00-2.50 a pound.

You can buy large bags at the Indian store for much less.

Tomatoes, Onions, Spices, and your choice of Peppers.
Of course I used Thai as apparently I have some issue with flaunting my "bravado".
SO EASY!  Just cut some tomatoes and grab your masala dabba.

Masoor Dal with tomatoes, onions, and spices in the slow cooker.
I halve the salt for all of the recipes.


Once again you put your Red Lentils (Masoor Dal) in your slow cooker (crock-pot) with the rest of the "Indian Staples" with the water.  Press a button.  Really, easier than trying not to melt the BPA plastics in your microwave from a TV dinner.  Have this style of food be your NEW TV dinner!  The Daily Show & Colbert pair well with this selection.

Black Mustard Seeds patiently waiting to be "popped".

Cumin Seeds.

Stirring the Cumin and Black Mustard Seeds.
I like using a cast iron pot for popping the seeds and toasting the spices.
The thick bottom helps prevent the spices from burning.

Curry Leaves with Onion.
Try any Indian Grocery for these.

The Curry leaves take the stage.

Sugar Free Coconut Milk to add in near end.

Parippu Curry.  The finished product which after one mouthful my husband told me
I could make that dish every single day.  Of course he has said that about several of the dishes so far!

Beautiful South Indian Lentils with Curry Leaves.
This is actually the dish my dad made!  It is the same recipe.
He is AWESOME in the kitchen.  Every man looks better in an apron.