Normally, when making turkey soup, I don’t like to stray from the familiar – carrots, celery, onions, spices, egg noodles. But my husband suggested black bean and quinoa, two foods we’ve been cooking with relatively recently. I was skeptical, but we just went for it – and am I glad we did! This soup was … Continue reading Black Bean, Quinoa, Turkey soup
I had spinach and chickpea and did a quick allrecipes.com search to see what can be made with these ingredients (other than salad). I found this fabulous-sounding soup recipe, and it is actually fabulous-tasting too. I ended up modifying it a bit because of different ingredients available. TO START, the soup base involved: 1 medium … Continue reading Spinach Chickpea Cream Soup
I had masses of spinach and cilantro in the fridge that was ready to make a turn for the worse. I searched for a good recipe that would use up masses of both at the same time. I ended up making a Spinach and Cilantro Dal (Indian lentil curry) – modified from the original recipes … Continue reading spinach and cilantro dal
I had a craving for a chickpea salad kind of thing, but I hadn’t really made one before. So I looked in my cupboard and had a can of mixed beans, and I also had some onion and celery around. The result was actually really tasty. I rinsed a can of mixed beans (actually, i’ve … Continue reading mixed bean salad
This has been one of my staple foods this year. The base is always a bag of dried lentils, a big pot of water, and whatever vegetables I have in the refrigerator (it just occurred to me that “refrigerator” is such a bizarre word! it’s so… functional. i can just imagine a group of engineers … Continue reading Lentil Soup
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