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Like nikkimay, I always end up with a lot of liquid at the bottom of my (stand mixer) bowl. I was hoping to see what the bowl looked like in each of these steps. I will try the suggestion of folding the liquid in, but I suspect that I just don't whip them long enough.

I recently became a full-fledged vegetarian. It was something that I had been leaning towards for a long time. What finally pushed me over the edge was Bittman's book How to Eat Everything Vegetarian. It is similar to Joy of Cooking or his non-veg book, How to Eat Everything, in that it is a sort of food encyclopedia. It's wonderful to have on hand. My favorite recipe from the book is braised lentils. I make this once or twice a week. Echoing sentiments from above, beans and legumes are very filling and healthy. We tend to have them in some form almost every meal.

Reduce one part of each jam and vinegar. Season to taste. Spread sauce over your favorite protein and broil.

For example, I do this with apricot jam and balsamic vinegar. I also add ginger to this. Then I spread it over a whole salmon and broil. (I usually baste a second time a few minutes before it is finished.)

Another one to try would be blackberry jam and apple cider vinegar over chicken...

Joy is the single cookbook that I could not live without. It's a newer, updated edition that I picked up at a used bookstore about five years ago. I use it so often that it is almost always sitting on the counter, as opposed to the cookbook shelf across the room. And I definitely turn there before heading to the internet, because it means not writing any directions/ingredients down or schlepping my laptop into the kitchen. Also, I trust JoC before I trust most internet resources.

Have I made recipes from start to finish? Probably not, because I never do that with any recipe.

These are popular in the south? I thought they were of Russian origins. I had them for the first time at a Russian family's home and subsequently made them according to a recipe from a Russian cookbook.

They are certainly delicious.

I have a scale, but most of my cookbooks and recipes don't give weights, so I haven't made much use of it.