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Black Bean Croquettes with Mango Salsa and Lime-Cilantro Cream

June 13, 2008 By Laura 4 Comments

My veggie cake/patty/whatever kick has continued—probably because of the heat. If you must cook inside (as opposed to grilling meat outside) and if it is too hot to work up an appetite for said grilled meat anyway, vegetarian seems like a good way to go. I gotta be honest—I am not sold on the bean… 

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Filed Under: beans, mango, salsas, vegetarian

Black Beans With Mango Sauce & Savory Corn Cakes with Chipotle Cream

June 10, 2008 By Laura 3 Comments

I was reading The Days Are Just Packed and experienced the strongest feeling of wishing desperately I had been present for a meal Vicci made: Black Beans With Mango Sauce & Savory Corn Cakes with Chipotle Cream. YUM. Since it looked so easy, the ingredients all immediately went onto my grocery list—I have trouble with… 

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Filed Under: beans, corn, flatbreads, mango, vegetarian

What To Do When You Love Your Too-Spicy-For-Children-Soup: Chipotle Turkey Chili Verde & Consequent Chilaquiles

May 3, 2008 By Laura 2 Comments

Do you have small children? Can they take heat? I take pride in my children’s diets—they eat, almost without exception, what we eat. The exception is when I make something too hot. I figure it is my fault—after all if they don’t enjoy their tongues burning, who am I to say that’s picky? It IS… 

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Filed Under: beans, eggs, ground turkey, soup, tomatillos

A Variation on Hot, Sour Soups for Sick People: Laura’s Kitchen Sink Sopa de Lima

April 25, 2008 By Laura 4 Comments

I am sick again. I am sure it sounds like I have some incurable disease, but actually I think it has just been a bad winter/spring for viruses, I have 2 toddlers, and I catch EVERYTHING. So once again my blogging has slowed down and my pictures have gotten lazy. *sigh* But I do have… 

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Filed Under: beans, chicken, Mexican dishes, soup

Ice Bound and Virus-Ridden: Granola, Double Chocolate Shortbread and Smoky Blacky Bean Soup

February 13, 2008 By Laura Leave a Comment

Ice Bound Part I: The Care Package We are ice bound here, ice bound and sick. It does not make for a good combination, especially because my husband is one of those adults who sees snow/ice days as a nuisance. I am the opposite, which means we are at odds—I always think we should make… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, beans, breakfast, chocolate, easily made vegetarian, oats, soup

Home Cooking with Indian Flavors: Suvir Saran’s Smoky Bean Soup

February 5, 2008 By Laura 1 Comment

Smoky Bean Soup with Indian Spices

After reading a lot of online reviews for Suvir Saran’s cookbooks, I got intrigued and stuck them on my wish list. For Christmas, my in-laws got me American Masala, which is a fusion cookbook of American dishes with Indian flavors and a little bit of vice versa. The Smoky Bean Soup is the first dish… 

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Filed Under: bacon, beans, Indian recipes, soup

The Flexitarian Quest Continues (A Middle Eastern Riff on Bittman’s Bean Burgers)

January 15, 2008 By Laura 2 Comments

Remember that New Year’s resolution I told you all about? The one where we would become more flexitarian in our approach to food, eating more vegetarian meals, and to that end I was going to explore more “American” vegetarian meals? Well I don’t mind telling you all that things are proceeding a little creakily. Not… 

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Filed Under: beans, Middle Eastern dishes, vegetarian

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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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