And another WFPB supper at Packsun

At the end of February, we had a great meal at Packsun, and the bottom line is our friend Khokon, the owner, has a secret. How do you cook a great meal? You put your heart into it! That is his answer forever.

As it was, I am guessing a bit about the details of our meal, but it consisted of:

• a simple tomato dish - fresh tomatoes cooked with onions, garlic and some spices.
• a dish of yellow lentils with Malabar spinach (Poi leaves) with turmeric, onions and garlic and bay leaves.
• a dish of cauliflower also with a sauce of onions, garlic, turmeric and other spices
• GABA brown basmati rice

For starters we had a nice and very spicy salad of cucumbers, purple onions, with some chilis, hot, but not too hot - cucumber also cools you down.

Khokon showing off brown basmati rice

Yet Another #WFPB Supper at Packsun

This week we had another lovely #WFPB Supper at Packsun...

Simple and sumptuous.

Three veggie dishes and GABA Brown Basmati rice

The dishes were simple:

A lentil stew with poi leaf (Malabar Spinach) with onions, garlic, turmeric, cardamom, bay leaf and chilis, be sure to add some black pepper because it potentiates turmeric, and you can use some Braggs Liquid Aminos in lieu of salt to finish it to taste.

A side of cauliflower with onions, garlic and turmeric.

Khokon and father David before digging in, I was taking the picture

And another side dish with broccoli, onions, garlic, turmeric and cardamom.

Khokon is also starting to eat more plant-based food and has lost weight that way. Father David estimated his weight loss in the first 6 months was about 80 lbs and 8" on his belt size, and the whole parish is noticing that he looks so much better. I keep joking with him that he will run the marathon yet.

The most important ingredient in any successful meal according to Khokon: put your heart into it.

On Friday of this same week my cardiologist (Dr. Robert Ostfeld of the Montefiore Cardiac Wellness Program) fired me: "I wish all my patients did so well!"