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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

Dal with Kale-Coconut Tadka: Vegan Comfort Food

September 14, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

Dal with Kale-Coconut Tadka

Dal with Kale-Coconut Tadka is delicious, simple and filling, comfort food that fits with any season. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Follow my blog with Bloglovin People I am getting kinda old for general admission lines for concerts. I saw U2 (for the second time this summer) in… 

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Filed Under: Coconut (flaked), coconut milk, curry, dal, greens, Indian, Indian recipes, kale, lentils, lime, pantry cooking, split peas, Sri Lankan, vegan, vegetarian, yellow split peas Tagged With: chana dal, coconut, coconut flakes, coconut milk, curry, dal, greens, Indian, kale, lentils, lime, Sri Lankan, tadka, yellow split peas

Green Tomato Curry with Peanuts and Yellow Split Peas

November 25, 2016 By Laura 15 Comments

Green Tomato Curry with Peanuts and Yellow Split Peas

Green Tomato Curry with Peanuts and Yellow Split Peas is a delicious and easy way to use up the last of the tomato harvest. For that matter, I would grow tomatoes just to pick them underripe and make this! It is not often I get to wax poetic on this site about a savory dish… 

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Filed Under: curry, green tomatoes, Indian recipes, peanuts, split peas, vegetarian Tagged With: curry, green tomatoes, Indian, peanuts, split peas, vegan, vegetarian, yellow split peas

Mixed Fish Lentil Curry with Apple Pomegranate Relish

December 26, 2013 By Laura 2 Comments

Curried Red Lentils and Split Peas with Mixed White Fish and an Apple Pomegranate Relish

Mixed Fish Lentil Curry with Apple Pomegranate Relish is the perfect after holidays dish, as it is warming and vibrant but not heavy or rich. Amazon affiliate links were used in this post, but only to link to items I would be discussing and linking to anyway. Belated Merry Christmas! I always think maybe I… 

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Filed Under: apples, cookbooks, curry, dal, dried fruit, fish, lentils, lime, pomegranate, reviews, salsas, seafood Tagged With: apples, cod, curry, fish, hake, halibut, lentils, mahi mahi, pomegranate, raisins, red lentils, relish, split lentils, yellow split 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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