As Risa G and a few others are aware, Marie and I have been doing a vegetarian kick for the past month or so. A nameless someone:-) nagged me, because I have been silent for some time, so I thought that I had better post what we had for dinner last night! Doug's meatless curry! 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro 1 baseball sized onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped 2 - 3 chile peppers chopped, I used super chiles 2 good sized roma tomatoes, peeled & chopped 2 sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into chunks and steamed 1 cup cooked spinach, chopped 1 19oz can chickpeas, drained & rinsed, to get out the salt 1 - 2 tsps good madras curry powder salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste In a fairly heavy pan, dump in a couple of tbls of olive oil, add the onion, garlic, peppers, and simmer until onion transparent.Sprinkle the curry powder and salt & pepper. Add the tomatoes, and when the liquid has come out of the tomatoes, add the chick peas and the steamed sweet potato, and a little water or chicken stock. Simmer this until all the flavors have melded. Add the spinach. If you have garam masala, sprinkle in about one tsp and some chopped scallions. Serve with thai rice, and a tossed salad, for a filling and satisfying meal, fit for a chile-head! As a lot of you are aware, I have posted a lot of hot and spicy meat recipes which I have devised, over the years, so now I guess I have to try and equal that with my hot veggie meals. In truth, we have not missed meat at all, still have fish a couple of times a week, but every other meal is veggie. NOT vegan, however! Cheers, Doug in BC