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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

Chai Soaked Chana Masala Rice Pot

March 10, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Chai Soaked Chana Masala Rice Pot

Chai Soaked Chana Masala Rice Pot is a delicious and easy one pot meal that is both familiar and unique at the same time, thanks to the chai black tea it is infused with. Adagio Tea sent me some teas to play with last fall, and and their masala chai black tea was perfect for this… 

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Filed Under: chickpeas, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, curry, greens, Indian, Indian recipes, reviews, rice, vegetarian Tagged With: canned tomatoes, chana masala, chickpeas, cookbook, garbanzo beans, Indian, one pot, one pot meal, rice, vegetarian

Tomato & Chickpea Salad with Basil and Yogurt Dressing

August 6, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

Skamp had the big Snip Snip done last week. I am not sure he cares much about his missing testicles, but he is definitely not thrilled by his cone of shame (shame because we tried to go without, but that dog would not stop licking!).

Filed Under: chickpeas, salads, tomatoes, vegetarian, yogurt Tagged With: basil, cherry tomatoes, chickpeas, garbanzo beans, salads, seasonal, seasonal cooking, sungold tomatoes, tomatoes, yogurt

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

Indian Bean and Chickpea Stew with Mushrooms

December 18, 2011 By Laura 6 Comments

Indian Bean and Chickpea Stew with Mushrooms and Cauliflower: this is gateway Indian food! I haven't met anyone who does not love this super healthy vegetarian dinner! I sold my mom on curry with this!

This Indian Bean and Chickpea Stew with Mushrooms is a fantastic and flexible vegetarian curry that will sell anyone on Indian food–case in point my mom loved it! As you will read, the first time I made it, I did not properly record what I did. I made it again in October 2015 and updated… 

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Filed Under: beans, cauliflower, chickpeas, chutneys, curry, dal, Indian recipes, mushrooms, rice, runner beans, stews, tomatoes, vegetarian, yogurt Tagged With: beans, cauliflower, chickpeas, curry, garbanzo beans, good mother stallard, healthy, Indian, mushrooms, stew, vegetarian

Sour Chickpea Soup

July 25, 2010 By Laura 5 Comments

Sour Chickpea Soups

Sour Chickpea Soup is a chicken soup flavored with cumin and caraway seeds that is delicious any time of year. I updated these pictures in Summer 2020. The soup in the more recent photos were served over Basmati rice (it was all I had) and we used more rice, leading to a bulkier looking soup. … 

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Filed Under: chicken, chickpeas, Instant Pot, soup, stews, tomatoes, wine, yogurt Tagged With: chickpeas, garbanzo beans, legumes, soup, stew, white wine, wine, yogurt

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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