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Shelled Wheat with Mushrooms and Feta: Cooking from the Pantry

May 14, 2020 By Laura 2 Comments

Shelled Wheat with Mushrooms and Feta

Shelled Wheat with Mushrooms and Feta is a great vegetarian pantry dish, flexible to what you have around.  Guys I had these pictures ready to go over a month ago. It’s weird the way this pandemic has made some people more productive and some of us it seems to have frozen. This isn’t entirely true… 

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Filed Under: Arugula, bulgur, grain bowl, Middle Eastern dishes, mushrooms, onions, pantry cooking, vegetarian, wheat berries Tagged With: caramelized onions, dill, feta, grain bowl, grains, Mediterranean, mushrooms, pantry cooking, shelled wheat

Indian Black Rice Salad with Peaches and Cucumbers

June 18, 2018 By Laura 1 Comment

Indian Black Rice Salad with Peaches and Cucumbers is a fun and different twist on grain salads, perfect for summer when peaches are at their prime.  Uh… maybe you were expecting a cookie. Somehow we dropped the ball for June 2018 and no Creative Cookie Exchange ended up happening. But hey it is the first… 

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Filed Under: cucumbers, dal, dried fruit, fruit, grain bowl, Indian, lime, peaches, rice, Salad Dressing, salads, vegetarian, whole grains, yogurt Tagged With: black rice, chaat masala, cucumbers, grain bowl, grain salad, Indian, peaches, salads, split peas, sticky black rice, vegetarian, yellow split peas

Lemony Toasted Farro and Asparagus Salad

June 4, 2018 By Laura 1 Comment

Lemony Toasted Farro and Asparagus Salad

Lemony Toasted Farro and Asparagus Salad is a delicious summer side dish or vegetarian entree salad, perfect for potlucks and cookouts. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing.  I don’t know what’s going on with me and grain salads right now, but people I am loving them. I think maybe… 

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Filed Under: asparagus, Farro, grain bowl, Pistachios, salads, vegetarian Tagged With: asparagus, Farro, farro salad, feta cheese, grain bowl, grain salad, lemon, pistachios, salad, toasted farro

Farro and Chickpea Salad

May 28, 2018 By Laura 6 Comments

Farro and Chickpea Salad

Farro and Chickpea Salad is a delicious and healthy grain bowl that is perfect for warmer days when you don’t want to eat anything hot. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing in this post. Admit it, before I get started on food you all want to see pictures of… 

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Filed Under: Arugula, chickpeas, Dried Cherries, dried fruit, Farro, goat cheese, grain bowl, lentils, Salad Dressing, salads, vegetarian, whole grains Tagged With: arugula, baby greens, bell peppers, chickpeas, Farro, garbanzos, goat cheese, grain bowl, grain salad, lentils, lettuce, salad

Thai Burrito Bowl with Leftovers Fried Rice

December 27, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

Thai Burrito Bowl

This Thai Burrito Bowl is delicious, healthy and vibrant, and best of all, the leftovers can be used to whip up Thai Fried Rice a day or two later. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Hopefully I am floating under blue skies in the Caribbean as you are reading… 

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Filed Under: apples, beef, broccoli, butternut squash, coconut milk, grain bowl, ground beef, lime, rice, salsas, Thai dishes Tagged With: apples, burrito bowl, butternut squash, coconut milk, curry paste, fried rice, grain bowl, ground beef, leftovers, lime, red curry paste, Thai, thai curry paste

Middle Eastern Burrito Bowl with Peach Salsa

October 14, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

Middle Eastern Burrito Bowl with Peach Salsa

Middle Eastern Burrito Bowl with Peach Salsa is an easy and delicious twist on a grain bowl, using Israeli couscous in place of rice.  This Middle Eastern Burrito Bowl with Peach Salsa is the last of my peach recipes for 2017–but expect to continue seeing tomatoes for a while (albeit not in this recipe). Starting… 

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Filed Under: beef, couscous, grain bowl, ground beef, Middle Eastern dishes, peaches, salsas Tagged With: beef, burrito bowl, couscous, grain bowl, ground beef, ground meat, Israeli couscous, Middle Eastern, peaches, salsa, sumac

16 Best Foodie Things of 2015

January 3, 2016 By Laura 7 Comments

Child eating a connolo on food tour in Rome

2015 was an amazing year for culinary discovery. I don’t think I have ever had so many “things” to share with you before! Happy 2016!!! [Affiliate links have been used to link to items discussed in this post.] So this is a somewhat different list from my regular end of year “best” lists. Why? Because… 

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Filed Under: End of year "best" lists, grain bowl Tagged With: 2015, best list, cookbooks, culinary discoveries, end of year, foodie, Italy, Italy2015

Moroccan Inspired Couscous Bowl with Ground Beef, Veggies and Caramelized Onions (redux)

March 27, 2015 By Laura 14 Comments

This Moroccan Inspired Couscous Bowl filled with Ground Beef, Cauliflower, Mushrooms and Dried Tart Cherries, topped with Caramelized Onions, is a delicious and easy weeknight meal.  Let’s just get the elephant in the room out of the way for you Moroccan food purists. Yes I used Israeli couscous. It was a whim, just what jumped… 

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Filed Under: African dishes, beef, cauliflower, couscous, dried fruit, easily made vegetarian, grain bowl, ground beef, Moroccan, mushrooms, North African cuisine Tagged With: beef, cauliflower, cherries, couscous, dried fruit, ground beef, Moroccan, mushrooms, North African, ras el hanout, rice bowl

Mushroom and Bean Burrito Bowl

March 14, 2015 By Laura 11 Comments

Vegetarian, healthy and super easy and fast!: Mushroom and Bean Vegetarian Burrito Bowl

This Mushroom and Bean Burrito Bowl is fast, healthy and delicious! It is also vegetarian–and hearty enough for dedicated meat-eaters. Affiliate links (to Amazon) have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. I have had One Of Those Weeks. As a matter of fact, had I needed to make dinner,… 

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Filed Under: avocado, beans, corn, grain bowl, lime, mushrooms, pantry cooking, rice, southwestern, tomatoes, vegetarian, whole grains Tagged With: beans, black beans, burrito bowl, corn, fast, healthy, mexican, mushrooms, rice, rice bowl, southwestern, vegetarian, weeknight

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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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