Serene wrote:

> I don't feel like going to the store today, so we're gonna eat out of
> the pantry (I typoed that as panty, but that's a whole other
> newsgroup).
>
> I have salmon in the freezer, but we had fish last night, so I'm
> thinking beans. I have lots of different types available: adzuki,
> soy, garbanzo, white, red lentils, green lentils, etc.
>
> For veggies, I have two carrots and a bag of Indian eggplant in the
> fridge.
>
> Let's see, what else is available? I have no canned tomatoes right
> now, but there's canned corn, an onion, rice (brown and white), wheat
> berries, rye berries, spaghetti, canned clams (probably save those for
> a big batch of clam chowder later in the week -- been making a lot of
> soup lately), and all the standard herbs/spices.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Serene

I'd go Moroccan. Use the carrots for a salad (assuming they're big
carrots) and then do some sort of lentil stew with cumin/ground
coriander seeds/nutmeg/cinnamon/saffron/turmeric/garlic. With sauteed
onion Garbanzos would work. too. I suspect the eggplant go into that
towards the end, cubed and possibly sauteed, too.

Combos for the carrot salad: OJ, honey, toasted sesame seeds, coriander,
parsley, orange flower water (or rose), lemon juice, whatever suits you.