I can't resist getting the strips of salmon belly when they show up at my grocer's. They also had fresh lion's mane mushrooms, so I included some of those as well.

https://leisureguy.ca/2025/09/03/salmon-bellies-again/

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I was eager to try the new batch of tempeh (desi chickpea and organic sprouted rye), and so I made a stew with what I had on hand, and it turned out well. Post includes a compare-and-contrast between mirin and what is sold as mirin.

https://leisureguy.ca/2025/08/31/ad-hoc-stew/

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The desi chickpea and sprouted rye tempeh is done and has been harvested and stored. Full story in this post:

https://leisureguy.ca/2025/08/27/desi-rye/

Photo shows the slab being harvested, with the (rounded) edges trimmed off the get square sides.

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Just started a new batch of tempeh: a 50-50 mix of desi chickpeas and organic sprouted whole-grain rye. Details here:

https://leisureguy.ca/2025/08/27/desi-rye/

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I just made a new dressing: spicy dill pickles, a jalapeño, an avocado, 2 garlic cloves, juice of a lime, and a couple of other things. Pretty good. Details here:

https://leisureguy.ca/2025/08/04/spicy-dill/

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Spicy dill pickle sauce

I’m still on the sauce kick, and here’s the one I just made. The recipe just describes what I did; its purpose is to provide ideas. For this one, I used the pitcher/beaker that came wit…

Later On

After making the dressing last night, I decided to create a shareable document to collect a variety of recipe ideas for dressings. You can easily make a copy of the document for your own use and revise it as you wish.

https://leisureguy.ca/2025/08/03/some-dressings/

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Some ideas for dressings

When I make a stew (veggies and fungi — e.g., tempeh), I make a big pot of it: cook once, multiple meals. To avoid monotony while eating a few days from a single pot of stew, I’ve been using a dres…

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Homemade salad dressing and food topping.

I found that storebought dressings have two drawbacks: a) expensive and b) elevate my fasting blood glucose. So I decided to get serious about making my own dressings, and here's the start:

https://leisureguy.ca/2025/08/02/homemade-dressing/

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Homemade dressing

I have lately been topping a serving of my veggie-tempeh stews (the most recent one) with a little bottled dressing or sauce. I have noticed, though, that these dressings, for reasons I don’t…

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I made another great stew of the sort I enjoy. It struck me that I had not had chard for a long time, so for greens I used one bunch of rainbow chard. However, the black chard was so fresh and appealing that I also used a bunch of that. The new tempeh also worked well.

Here's the recipe: https://leisureguy.ca/2025/07/30/chard-kale/

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