Over the past year or so crunchy chickpeas have been flooding the food blog world. There’s a good reason for it too! They’re inexpensive, simple to make, delicious, and healthy. You don’t really need a recipe to make them. I first made these crunchy chickpeas several months ago and I’ve been hooked ever since! I’m always on the lookout for tasty snacks especially ones that can be readily available at any given surge of hunger. A grab on the go or snag a few here and there snack. I keep these around the house and at work nearly always. [Read more...]
Lentil and Kale Soup
January 11, 2010 by ·
A soup made with ingredients on hand; this hearty lentil stew is a warm and filling meal perfect in the cold months of Chicago’s winter. The recipe can easily be modified to fit whatever the ingredients you have and is designed with leftovers in mind. Made for two tonight with plenty for tomorrow’s lunch. [Read more...]
Canning Salsa
November 27, 2009 by ·
Throughout spring and summer we prepared fresh salsa about once a week- sometimes even more. As fall set in I noticed that we had not been making fresh salsa nearly as much, although we have been making many meals that are naturally complimented by salsa. We started to miss it. With busy lives and produce seasons changing the desire and convenience of making fresh salsa has slowed down. [Read more...]
Pepper Powder
October 29, 2009 by ·
This year our porch garden had 5 pots of various peppers: jalapeño, red chili, habeñero, serrano, & ancho. We used about 40 of our red chilies to make chili garlic sauce and had well over 60 more peppers to use! Many peppers were used fresh throughout the summer but whatever was left at the end of the season we used to make a chili powder. [Read more...]
Chili Garlic Sauce
October 25, 2009 by ·
Chicago’s fall came quick and is already on its way out. Naturally with cold weather moving in our garden has been fading away. A couple of weeks ago, Joe & I harvested all of our red chilies to make a garlic chili paste. This would be our first time making a chili paste and our first canning experience! Definitely not the last either! Although we only made a small batch to start, it was enough to get us excited for more canning. We used 37 red chilies to make 3 (4oz) jars of chili garlic paste. [Read more...]