I did some drawing, scratchboard, and prints on Friday, and froggy here is my favorite of the series. Still working with the speedycut blocks, brayer, and cut-paper prints for simple shapes.

I’ve been working hard on my New Year’s mission to make a new recipe a week from the Rebar book. Since I posted about the ginger-squash udon, I’ve made Curried Chickpea Soup, Lotusland Linguine, and, tonight, the Bhangra Burritos. The first two I would definitely make again. The chickpea soup and chickpea curry filling for the Burritos have a lot of flavor in common, and as a soup it was hot, flavorful, and tangy. The burrito filling is a lot like a dish we cook which we refer to (erroneously on purpose) as Aloo Gobhi. We got the recipe from the DVD extras from “Bend it like Beckham,” in which the director, Gurinder Chadha, makes Aloo Gobhi, with her mom and her auntie kibbitzing behind her in the kitchen. Gary’s not big on cauliflower, so we use the chickpeas instead, but we fondly refer to it as Aloo Gobhi just the same.

So, the burritos were not much of a departure from our “Aloo Gobhi,” and unless I want to go the whole nine yards and make homemade wheat tortillas, I’d just as soon serve it over rice and save some time. The Lotusland Linguine involves a ginormous mound of vegetables with a very tasty peanut sauce. The peanut sauce was easy and really flavorful. The veggies were good, but there were so many different kinds that the prep took for-EVER. Even someone as pro-vegetable as myself was next to tears and ready for a hamburger. Next time, its just broccoli, onion, and red pepper for me.

And that’s it for this week’s Rebar Hacker report. Hope you’re having a perfect weekend (just like our New England Patriots).