SNDC is Not a Dinner Club

Sunday, October 24
12 noon (if people want to arrive later, cool, but I’d like to start cooking around 12:00)
3520 SE Taylor St (Dan’s house)

Healthy Mexican Tortilla Pizza (sans onions)

I’ll provide all of the ingredients for the pizza. If others want to bring side dishes or beverages, great!

924 NE 65th Avenue

1pm

This is a vegetarian version of Brazil’s famous national dish, feijoada.  The recipe is from Nava Atlas’s book Vegetarian Soups for All Seasons.

Ingredients:

• rice
• olive oil
• onion
• garlic
• sweet potatoes
• black beans
• red and yellow pepper
• diced tomatoes
• corn
• hot green chili
• cumin
• thyme

If people would like mango and cilantro for garnish, it will be available…I usually don’t put them in, cuz certain people here don’t like them.

We’ll have bread, as well as fixin’s for Oregon Chai (courtesy of Costco!).  You’re welcome to bring any other drinks or side dishes as desired.

Sunday, October 10
The Sills House, 1 p.m.
4922 N. Yale St
Portland 97203

Two pre-reqs:
1. Recipe should sound delicious.
2. Bethany will be gone, so it should be super-easy.

This seemed to fit the bill nicely. (I will *definitely* be cutting down on the vinegar though, to either half the amount or 1/4 cup). Have we done this before? So much the better.

Feel free to add suggestions to spruce this recipe up if you have an idea. Think I’ll add some vegan cookies to the mix to make sure we’re full (store-bought–I’ve nowhere near the skill to make them…)

As is customary, bring your chopping skills and a favorite side dish / beverage.

It’s my turn, and I think we should make my favorite having-company dish: pasta primavera. I usually do an alfredo thing, but this recipe is slightly modified and dairy-free, assuming a little fake parmesan.

The date will be Oct. 3. The place will be 924 NE 65th. The time will be 1 p.m., per Roy’s request last week to accomodate for the farmer’s market. The time will also be awesome.

As Michael mentioned in his post, we may either meet at my place or go to Northwest for Sunday parkways, depending on the weather. Current forecast for tomorrow is rain, so there’s a good chance it will be at my place.

Either way, I will prepare Marmie’s Ever Changing Multi Bean Salad. You all are welcome to bring beverages or complimentary dishes. I also have paper plates, plastic utensils, plastic cups, paper towels, and a jug of water I can bring if we do end up having the picnic in the park.

I’ll plan to post an update on Sunday to confirm whether we will meet at my place or in the park.

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Update: It is raining today, so we will definitely have the event at my place (3520 SE Taylor St). How about people show up when they can, between noon and 1 pm?

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Next weekend, 9/26,  is the final Sunday Parkways, in Northwest. I think it’d ordinarily be my turn to host, but I’d rather not worry about picnic arrangements, my table and intersection all at once, so Dan and I agreed to swap. He’ll coordinate the picnic, or maybe host if the weather’s bad, and either way I’ll plan to host Oct. 3.

Exact location pending until the day of the event, as usual. I’ll update this on Sunday morning, as soon as I find out where I’ll be. (Probably around 10 a.m.)

-Mike

Sunday, Sept. 12. 1:30 p.m.
4922 N Yale St.

How about a vegan shepherd’s pie? This recipe is in honor of my having found it in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Vol. 2; you can find the original Scott Pilgrim recipe, if you so desire, here.

Here are the ingredients required:

* 4 large russet potatoes, diced
* 1/2 – 1 cup soymilk
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup water or vegetable stock
* 2 onions, chopped
* 1 large bell pepper, diced
* 2 carrots, sliced
* 2 celery stalks, sliced
* 1/2 pound (about 2 cups) mushrooms, sliced
* 1 15-ounce can chopped tomatoes
* 1 15-ounce can kidney beans, drained
* 1/2 teaspoon paprika
* 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
* 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce

We’ll be making this without the mushrooms. I currently don’t have any of this stuff (except the spices), but I can get it. If you have anything, let me know.

Roy asked if we could move the time up a bit, so I’m hoping we can all meet at 1:30. Let me know if this will work…

At least that’s my assumption. I hope I didn’t volunteer to host and then forget about it, but I suspect we forgot to nail down a location last week. That’ll teach us.

If anybody still wants to host this in a snap, I’m up for it. Could someone volunteer for next week? I’ll be absent, tabling at the <a href=”http://www.pdxzines.com/“>Portland Zine Symposium</a>.

11 am, Sunday, August 15, 2010
3520 SE Taylor St / Sunnyside Park

This Sunday, let’s plan to meet at my house and then head over half a block to Sunnyside Park for a picnic. I have a bunch of veggie burgers we can cook at my house before heading over to the park.

I am providing:

• Plates, cups, paper towels, and cutlery
• Boca burgers
• Ketchup, mustard, pickles, non-dairy cheese substitute, buns

Could everyone else provide:

• Beverages
• Side dishes
• Other condiments you may want

Also, would you all be willing to start an hour earlier this weekend?

Let’s go pick some berries, friends!

We could go to Sauvie Island…but I propose we go to Gresham/Damascus instead.  Sauvie Island is always so crowded and filled with yuppies…I can’t make promises, but I suspect that Gresham will be less crowded and less yuppified…plus, we don’t get out that way very often.  A friend I know has been to Thompson U-Pick before, located here.  We could arrange carpools if people would like, bring a picnic lunch…

So, uh, my schedule’s a little crazy the next few weekends…I propose the following dates, in preferential order:

1. Sunday, August 8th, 1pm (I have a morning engagement)
2. Sunday, August 29th, at our normal time, or earlier!
3. (Saturday, August 14th), anytime*

*The 14th is contingent upon whether our out of town guests, Kate and Erik (Grinnell ’00) will want to go that day…if they do, that would be my first choice!  We’ll have to call and see what’s ripe that weekend, but I like being open to adventure.  Besides, whatever it is will be damn good, that’s for sure!

Thoughts?  What days sound best for everyone? Cast your vote and I’ll tally up.  Also, if you have a strong reason for going to Sauvie Island instead, let me know!