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Archives for December 2018

Oatmeal Lace Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange

December 18, 2018 By Laura 5 Comments

Oatmeal Lace Cookies

Oatmeal Lace Cookies are an easy cookie to stuff your holiday tins with: they are delicate, crisp, and indulgent with caramel flavors that will last through the holidays. Keep reading to check out what other cookies that were shared by the Creative Cookie Exchange hosts will last in a holiday tin.  Sammy informed me yesterday… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, oats, whole grains Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, Christmas cookies, cookies, Creative Cookie Exchange, cultured butter, Holiday cookies, oatmeal, oats, rolled oats

Middle Eastern Chickpea and Broken Noodle Soup: Using the Pressure Cooker

December 12, 2018 By Laura 4 Comments

Middle Eastern Chickpea and Noodle Soup: Using the Pressure Cooker

Middle Eastern Chickpea and Broken Noodle Soup is an easy weeknight meal that tastes like it spent all day simmering on your cooktop thanks to using a pressure cooker. Affiliate links were used to link to items I am discussing. Have you guys heard the one about the girl who yakked nonstop but then lost… 

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Filed Under: chickpeas, easily made vegetarian, Instant Pot, Middle Eastern dishes, pasta, soup Tagged With: central asian herb paste, chickpeas, easily made vegetarian, garbanzo beans, Instant Pot, Middle Eastern, pressure cooker, soup, vegetarian

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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