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When Munira lived nearby, she'd make a yummy vegetable dal soup. I've wanted to give it a try for awhile now, and after buying pounds of red and mung dal at Costco, decided it was time. I looked at a recipe and then winged it a bit. I got the curry leaves from a plant Munira gave us, but didn't have peanuts -- next time! Ingredients 3 C cooked red or yellow lentil 1 red (or white) onion, chopped 2 C cabbage, chopped 1 C carrots, chopped 1 C potato, chopped 1/2 C raw peanuts (optional) 2 C tomato, chopped (or 1 can diced) 2 T canola oil hot pepper, diced 1 knob ginger, diced 4 cloves garlic, diced 1/2 C cilantro 1 tsp salt 1 T cumin seed 1 tsp mustard seed 1 tsp black cumin seed 2 tsp turmeric 2 tsp coriander A few curry leaves (if available) 8 C veggie broth Juice of 1 lemon Instructions Cook lentils (2 minutes in instant pot, if using). Saute onions with salt, ginger, mustard seed, black cumin, and hot pepper for about 5 minutes. Add remaining veggies, peanuts, and garlic,...

Larry plays tennis most weekends, and looked into making electrolyte powder to mix into his water bottle. He adapted this electrolyte powder recipe to make a small jar, which lasts him about 10 months when used once a week. It's a gazillion times cheaper than pre-made powders, and has all the essential contents.  Makes about 40 large bottles (24-oz) of electrolyte water. Ingredients (We used a scale to weigh the powders. The tsp conversions below are estimates; you may want to double check if you're not using a scale.) 83 grams sea salt (about 10 tsp any sea salt ) 11 grams potassium chloride (about 2.25 tsp  Nu-Salt ) 36 grams magnesium citrate powder (about 12 tsp NOW Mg ) 1/3 C sugar (or more to taste) Flavoring (optional): lemon, lime, cranberry or other fruit powder, etc. Instructions Combine sugar, salt, potassium, and magnesium powders in a pint mason jar and shake well. To make an electrolyte drink, place 1 teaspoon electrolyte powder in 24 oz (4 cups) water and ...