Spicy Red Lentil and Tomato Soup

This recipe is designed for a slow cooker/crockpot, but can also be made in a large pot on the stove on a low heat.

Ingredients

• 250g red lentils
• 2 medium onions, peeled and chopped 
• 2 medium carrots, finely diced
• 1 medium leek, finely sliced
• 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced or crushed
• 2 (400g) tins chopped tomatoes
• 1.2l boiling water
• 2 vegetable stock cubes
• 1/2 to 1 teaspoon chilli powder
• a pinch sea salt
• a pinch freshly ground black pepper

Preparation Method

1. Rinse the the lentils under running water until the water runs clear and place in the slow cooker
2. Sautée the chopped onion, carrot, leek, and garlic in a little vegetable oil until softened and add to the slow cooker.
3. Dissolve the stock cubes in the boiling water and add to the slow cooker along with the chopped tomatoes.
4. Finally, add the salt, pepper, and chilli powder to suit your taste.
5. Place lid on cooker and turn on to High; cook for an hour.  Reduce the heat to Low and cook for another 4-6 hours.
6. If preferred smooth, the soup can be blended.
7. Ladle into bowls and serve with crusty bread.

Here's my pizza dough recipe, mind you - I never measure these and just play it by ear so these are just approximates.
You'll need:

• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon yeast (One packet)
• ~5 cups flour (Primarily white so it sticks, but you can add different types of flour)
• ~1L of warm water (NOT boiled - If it's too warm for you to touch, it's too hot for the yeast)

In a large bowl, mix the warm water with sugar, salt and yeast. Stir them in, then cover with a washcloth and leave the bowl in a warm place for ~30 minutes.
Once the yeast multiplied somewhat, add the flour gradually into dough. You will probably need to add more flour, then put the bowl away to rise until you're ready to make dinner.

The trick is to start your dough earlier in the day, say around lunch or in the morning so that it's mostly ready when it's dinner time.
You can also prepare dough ahead of time and then freeze the dough balls.
I usually end up with 3 large pizzas worth of dough after I do this.

When it's go time, spread the dough on a greased pan using a rolling pin or a cup, then put on sauce, cheese and toppings of choice.

For the sauce, you can just use a premade one, but if you want to do it from scratch, mix:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 can tomato paste
• spices to taste

I personally like to add a little olive oil and spices to a premade sauce regardless because that's how I roll.
It is a little work, but if you plan ahead it's easier to manage.

"No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers."
-Laurie Colwin

Last year, the Morale Department asked you to share your favorite fall recipes. This year, we're asking you to do it again. The idea is simple; share a recipe, and try a recipe. The food we make tells a story, tell us yours.
Happy Eitreih'hveinn,
Pazma

Haven't read mangas in a couple of years, so been wanting some recommendations from people or see who likes what and why. Feel free to share here, even if you want to talk about manga you didn't like!

these are the current ones i see on the gw2 reddit discord, they're found on the official gw2 wiki (ctrl f > discord)

Raids: https://snowcrows.com/
Fractals: https://discretize.eu/builds
PvP: https://www.godsofpvp.net/
WvW: https://gw2mists.de/builds
Other Builds: https://metabattle.com/
making G: https://fast.farming-community.eu/
leveling crafting: https://gw2crafts.net/f2p/index.html
multi use; https://gw2efficiency.com/ (dark mode available too)

Qapla' !
This is my main Klingon El'qor the Blade in her swimsuit. Isn't she awesome?

I like being Jem'hadar and being able to look skin-like!


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you could always read something by a published writer! there are plenty out there! i'd love to share one by sam sax if we get enough interest, it's always made me cry

Sounds like one of those talent nights on the Enterprise!  I’d attend, but I’m not much of a poet, so I’d be enjoying the night from the audience.   

I've been toying for a while with an idea of doing a small event that's like a poetry/lit reading event, but through the discord. I wannaa know if anyone else would be interested and what you'd like to focus on / how youd like it structured. 

Before SGN i worked with a group called Devils Dykes organising poetry and arts events focusing on queer people and women, and it'd be really nice to bring some of that work to SGN. For full events we'd arrange 4 poets to read a small selection of their own work on a small stage, with little discussion beyond an introduction of themself and the work. For more informal events, we each pick a few poems or book exceprts, by ourselves or poets that inpsire us we like and read them, talk about it how it impacts us an stuff. 

I thought it might be nice to do a little event like this, specifically for work by LGBTQ people. No pressure to read anything yourself of course.

Let me know if you'd be at all interested :) 

Here's my favourite poem by Mary Oliver, a wonderful lesbian poet

AND THE VOTES ARE IN

The people have spoken, and the Rainbow Kikitinga has won.

I shall begin with the gayifiication! thank you all!!!

I forgot you also need a name, but if it's not called the IKS Loveboat, I'll be livid.

I've been searching for Scroseph on Fleet Command and found nothing? 

I've joined LGBT Gaymers for the moment so as not to be on me own. 

Captain Vo'leron of the IKS Warscream enjoying some spelunking on Risa.  Of course, no warrior goes on vacation without their trusted bat'leth with which to hunt the local, cave dwelling wildlife ...or without that amazing Sons of None rock band tee

Warriors of Nagh'reD!

Starting with May'Qep August 8th we will do a Screenshot Contest! Get to Risa, grab some swimgear and dress up! Show the universe that Klingons have a sense of fashion too! Take a screenshot of your KDF-alligned toon in swimwear and submit it in this post! The post with the most likes will win 3 Stonewall Credits which can be redeemed in our famous Stonewall Credit Store! Runner-up and third placed posts will also earn 2 and 1 SWC! Check this thread often and like the outfits that stun you most! The contest will be closed with the beginning of the May'Qep September 5th, in which the winners will be announced! Qapla'!

Ted's Guide on 'How to make a screenshot in Star Trek Online'

Volerons Guide on 'How to upload your screenshot to the forum'

Rainbow Kikitinga

I personally like this colour scheme...

Maybe a pastel pink with blue highlights, or would that be too gaudy? 

And then rainbow color swaths (I'm not sure what that shape is called) for fleet markings.
Just a quick idea.

Stonewall I need your help!

So as many of you might have seen from the #Creations channel, recently have been getting into model making and currently have two blank Ktinga Class Ships that I need your help with!

After the successful launch of Stonewall Galactic 1, Created by Cal and flown by our inhouse Captain Ras.


I need your help to decide on how to paint one of the models to represent stonewall, Whether it be Stonewall Fleet or Nagh'red or just SGN Pride as a whole.

Just like the Natural Environment Research Council asking the public for an appropriate Shipname, and the STO Dev's asking the fanbase to help design their summer ships, I need your help to come up with a Name and Colour design.

Submissions can be simple text description or visual annotations, this is just a bit of fun that we can all see come to life.

The most liked submission by Friday 14th August 11:59pm will be the one created. :)

For reference here are some pictures and reference material of the Class











Source: https://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/sd-ktinga.php

That's great! I'll seek these out.