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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

Stir Fried Pineapple Chicken

February 11, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Stir Fried Pineapple Chicken

Stir Fried Pineapple Chicken, fast, easy and delicious, is the perfect answer to a weeknight craving for homemade Chinese food. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. This Stir Fried Pineapple Chicken came about from Sammy requesting Chinese food and me purchasing on a whim Ching-He Huang’s Stir Crazy: 100 Deliciously… 

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Filed Under: cashews, chicken, Chinese, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, pineapple, reviews, stir fry Tagged With: asian, bell peppers, cashews, chicken, Chinese, dark chicken meat, pineapple, stir fried, stir fry

Noodles and Veggies Stir Fried in an Asian Peanut Butter Sauce

August 4, 2014 By Laura 2 Comments

Noodles and Vegetables Stir Fried with a Asian Inspired Peanut Butter Sauce

Proof that the brain is a muscle like any other: since my surgery, i.e., since all these weeks of not really using my brain and just reading guilty pleasure regency romances (yes I admit it!), I have writer’s block. Maybe not big time true writer’s block, the way some long suffering novelist might get, but… 

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Filed Under: chicken, easily made vegetarian, pasta, stir fry, zucchini Tagged With: asian, bell peppers, chicken, eggplant, noodles, pasta, peanut butter, peppers, stir fry, weeknight, zucchini

Pasta with Spice-Infused Ground Lamb and Green Peas: Review of Spices and Seasons

May 22, 2014 By Laura 43 Comments

Pasta with Spice-Infused Ground Lamb and Green Peas is delicious fusion comfort food, offering up the best of Italian and Indian cuisines.  Affiliate links were used in this post, but only to link to items I would be discussing and linking to anyway. Further, I was given a free copy of Spices and Seasons, as well as… 

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Filed Under: beef, cookbooks, curry, ground beef, Indian recipes, Italian, keema/kheema, lamb, mushrooms, pasta, peas, reviews, sauces, tomatoes Tagged With: beef, bell peppers, bolognese, cookbook review, curry, fusion, green peas, ground beef, ground lamb, Indian, Italian, keema, kheema, lamb, mushrooms, noodles, pasta, peas

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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