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Cucumber Baby Spinach Salad with Coconut and Peanuts: Review of A Modern Way to Eat

August 16, 2015 By Laura 8 Comments

Cucumber Baby Spinach Salad with Coconut and Peanuts: This unusual, healthy salad is surpirizingly delicious--refreshing, crunchy and rich with nutrients!

Cucumber Baby Spinach Salad with Coconut and Peanuts is a healthy, crunchy, delicious bowl of textures that can be served as a side salad or even as a light lunch, thanks to the nuts and coconut flakes. I received a copy of A Modern Way to Eat from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest… 

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Filed Under: Coconut (flaked), coconut milk, cookbooks, cucumbers, peanuts, reviews, Salad Dressing, salads, spinach, Spiralized, vegetarian Tagged With: cilantro, coconut, coconut flakes, coconut milk, cookbooks, cucumber, nuts, peanuts, salad, spinach, spiralizer, vegetarian

Indian Inspired Pumpkin & Chickpea Curry

November 12, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

I have tried to start this post countless times but we are currently having some trouble with our plug-ins. So before I forget, some housekeeping: if you cannot find the links to all of my social pages, please be patient they will come back. And you can find me under “The Spiced Life” at most… 

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Filed Under: chickpeas, curry, dal, greens, Indian recipes, lentils, pumpkin, spinach, split peas, vegetarian Tagged With: chickpeas, curry, dal, garbanzos, greens, Indian, leftovers, lentils, pumpkin, recipe, red lentils, spinach, vegetarian

Greens in Kheema

November 1, 2012 By Laura 5 Comments

I’ve mentioned before that I am continually waging a war to get my entire family–myself included–to like cooked greens. There have been a few successes, but more thumbs down than up. Recently I got quite excited about a wonderful looking recipe using Christmas Lima beans and greens. John and I liked it ok, but the… 

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Filed Under: beef, curry, greens, ground beef, Indian recipes, keema/kheema, spinach Tagged With: beef, cilantro, curry, greens, ground beef, ground turkey, Indian, kale, keema, kheema, mustard greens, spinach, Swiss chard

Bundh Gobhi, Palak aur Laal Aalu (Stir Fried Cabbage with Spinach and Baby Potatoes): Review of 1,000 Indian Recipes

September 23, 2012 By Laura 3 Comments

Bundh Gobhi, Palak aur Laal Aalu

As most of you know, I have a definite preference for one pot meals. I would not say I am incapable of multi-tasking, but when it comes to making dinner I like to avoid it when possible. Because we love homey, rustic cooking like stews, curries and casseroles, I am often able to convert my… 

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Filed Under: cabbage, cauliflower, cookbooks, greens, Indian recipes, potato dishes, potatoes, reviews, Spice Blends, spinach, stir fry, tomatoes, vegetarian Tagged With: cabbage, chaat masala, cookbook review, greens, Indian, potatoes, spinach, tomatoes

Aloo Chana Saag Chicken Curry

August 17, 2012 By Laura 4 Comments

Roasting whole spices and onions in Le Creuset enameled cast iron for Indian curry

Indian curries are rapidly becoming my favorite go-to meal. In addition to their ease of preparation (as a one pot meal), healthiness, and general tastiness, they are also endlessly flexible and adaptable to the season. They can be lighter or heartier. They can be luscious with braised meat or vegetarian or even vegan (or anywhere… 

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Filed Under: chicken, chickpeas, curry, easily made vegetarian, greens, Indian recipes, potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, yogurt, zucchini Tagged With: chicken, chickpeas, curry, garbanzos, greens, Indian, Indian curry, potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, yogurt, zucchini

Sweet and Sour Chana Saag

July 10, 2012 By Laura 2 Comments

It always takes me a while to decompress from a vacation, and especially so from the beach. I made this dish the next day–and I loved it–but as I stare at the computer screen what I am really wishing I was doing is floating on my back in the surf, absorbing the warm sun and… 

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Filed Under: chickpeas, curry, greens, Indian recipes, lentils, mango, spinach, tomatoes, vegetarian Tagged With: chana, chana saag, chickpeas, curry, dal, garbanzo beans, lentils, mango, saag, spinach, vegetarian

Warm Beans and Spinach with Sun-Dried Tomato Yogurt Dressing

April 25, 2012 By Laura 3 Comments

April is turning out to be colder than March, in one of those weird early spring Ohio twists.  I actually had hot chocolate before bed twice this past weekend, and Sammy’s soccer practice tonight was out and out freezing. Alex has a cold and my throat has hurt intermittently for the last week.  John is… 

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Filed Under: beans, chickpeas, runner beans, sauces, spinach, sun-dried tomtoes, vegetarian, yogurt

No Butter Kinda Saag Chicken

March 10, 2012 By Laura 8 Comments

Kinda Saag No Butter Chicken: Indian "Butter Chicken" re-imagined without butter and with spinach! Delicious and healthy!

Greetings from San Francisco!  My wonderful husband gave me a trip, sans children, to see my best friend from high school in Paolo Alto/San Francisco.  So far I have had an amazing pandan waffle from a Vietnamese food truck (made with pandanus leaf), a stellar hamburger from Zuni Cafe, chocolate ice cream with smoked sea… 

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Filed Under: chicken, curry, Indian recipes, spinach, travel

Potaje de Vigilia (Spanish Fasting Soup with Beans, Thickened with Bread)

January 15, 2012 By Laura 4 Comments

Potaje de Vigilia (Spanish Fasting Soup)

This time of year always brings with it a dilemma: you want healthy and light after weeks of feasting but at the same time for many of us it is cold outside and we want warming and hearty.  Year after year I seem to turn to the same solution: bean soup.

Filed Under: beans, chickpeas, easily made vegetarian, eggs, greens, New Year's resolutions, potatoes, Spanish cuisine, spinach, stews Tagged With: beans, bread, chickpeas, eggs, fried bread, garlic, Lenten recipes, olive oil, soup, Spanish, spinach, stew, 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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