Cats Quick Dinner

Once again a Daniel creation. My arm is in a sling so it's good with easy meals.
Cats Quick Dinner
Boil some noodles. Daniel chose Chinese egg noodles.
Cut 2 onions in thin rings and sauté. Add one diced red pepper and four hot dogs cut in slivers and sauté. add some frozen peas. Add 1 T soy sauce and then the noodles. Mix well and serve. Tasty, quick and easy.

Catnips Curry Pie

This is a dinner pie and really Daniels idea.
Catnips Curry Pie
Crust: put one cup of water in a bowl. add 1 t. dry yeast and some whole wheat flour. cover and let stand one hour. then add 2 T. olive oil, 1 t. salt and more flour. Knead until a good consistency.
Boil 2½ c.water
Add 1 t. salt
2 t. curry powder
1½ c. basmanti rice
simmer 15 minutes.
meanwhile:
chop 1 onion, garlic, red pepper. Sauté in olive oil. Add some frozen peas, green beans and corn and 2 t. curry. Brown 1 lb. lean ground beef and add to vegetables. add 1 t. salt. add the cooked curry rice and mix well. Put all of this into a very large greased pie pan. (mine is white porcelain). Roll the dough and cover. cut slits in the top in a decorative pattern and bake at 350 about 30 minutes.

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Quick Minestrone Soup

I used to make real Minestrone Soup and begin by soaking the dried beans. But this is a quick and delicious soup without dried beans so maybe it doesn't really qualify as a Minestrone, but it is for me. Perfect right now in November when it is getting gray and cold and dark and wintry outside. It is also good with a November cactus (above) which started blooming again November first.

Quick Minestrone Soup

Onion, garlic, carrots, celery, tomato paste or canned tomatoes, salt , pepper, oregano, thyme, water

Chop vegetables very fine. Add fresh grean beans, parsley root or other seasonal vegetables if you want. I grate my garlic. Sauté in olive oil. Add tomato paste or canned tomatoes. If using canned tomatoes, blend them so they are finely pureed. Add water and spices. Bring to a boil and simmer until the vegetables are cooked. Add dry pasta of your choice and boil until cooked.