I'm very sorry
about the misleading title that possibly got me some curious clicks,
but no, the cherry blossoms weren't in the potatoes. However it turns
out that at least some cherry blossoms are edible. I didn't know that
before! The reason for the title is rather that we are having a
wonderful sakura, cherry blossom, season in Copenhagen and have been
able to admire those beautiful blooming trees for a couple of weeks
now. I just wanted to share a couple of photos of them.
This vegan dish on
the contrary might not look too nice, but I can assure you that it
was quite tasty. I only very recently made my first stuffed sweet
potatoes, and thought that they were quite nice. And this second
attempt was made with the lovely purple sweet potatoes that I can now
get from my local market.
I stuffed these
purple sweet potatoes with green lentils, green heirloom tomatoes,
carrot, onion and garlic, but only the sky is limit what could be put
into these.
The benefit is
that sweet potato roasts much quicker than a normal one, so this is
also more convenient dish to make regarding the waiting time. It's
also nice change to have the sweetness as contrast with a savoury
filling. But I still have to say that nothing can beat a “real”
spud. Anyway, it's nice to have some change every now and again. What
do you think of sakuras and spuds?
Your VegHog
I disagree with you, I think the dish looks immense and one I would dive into with my fork. And yes, cherry blossoms so stunning this time of the year, until the winds takes them. Sakuras and spuds - make me smile
ReplyDeleteAww that's too kind, thank you! And indeed the blossoms are already falling, so the season is very short.
DeleteThe beauty of stuffing vegies is that often one stuffing can work with a few different vegetables - so I imagine this stuffing which looks really good in the sweet potatoes would also work in the humble spud! And those cherry blossoms are splendid - does that mean there are lots of cherries about in summer or are they not those types of cherry trees
ReplyDeleteI haven't experimented too much with lentil stuffing for potatoes yet, but it seems to work, so I'm sure to make it more often. I didn't see any cherries last summer, so these trees might not have the fruit.
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