Soulful Creations

I love Mark Bittman, you know the minimalist and his simplistic attitude towards cooking- I mean even his monstrosity of "How to" series lack the usual colorful photographs that make their way through most cook books (I love his books). I do not know about you but as much as I love thumbing through the pages of such books, I rarely have tried anything from me- may be partly because I feel like my dishes would never look as radiant as the ones in the book. I recently borrowed Bittman's " How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food " from the library and going it through it like it was my way to salvation!  Here is my version of the two recipes from this book- Rice Cakes with cheese I ngredients (My changes in red ) 2 eggs 1/2 cup milk 1 1/2 cups cooked rice 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup grated aged sharp white cheddar 2 tsp cumin powder 2 tsp red chilli powder 1 tbsp dried oregano salt and pepper to tast...