If you love Indian Food then you’ll love this tasty Chickpeas and Spinach dish either alone as a Meatless Monday dinner or as a side to other Indian food. Shown here with Chicken Tikka Masala, Yogurt Cucumber Salad and Naan, this delicious Indian side is a favorite in our house when we crave a spicy [...]
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Chickpeas and Spinach
Posted in Cooking Tips, Recipes, Cooking for One or Two, Dinner, Quick and Easy Weeknight meals, Calorie Conscious, Meatless Mondays, Indian, Food Musings, tagged spinach, chickpeas, vegetarian, Indian side dish, garam masala on April 19, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Sesame Chicken Salad
Posted in Asian Food, Calorie Conscious, Cooking for One or Two, Dinner, Food Musings, Poultry, Quick and Easy Weeknight meals, Recipes, Salads, tagged asian salad, rice wine vinegar, sesame chicken, sesame chicken salad, tablespoon sesame seeds on March 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
An Asian Inspired Delicious Chicken Salad This recipe is from one of my favorite cookbooks – Tyler’s Ultimate. I recommend this cookbook as a must for every home kitchen. After I try recipes from cookbooks I usually mark them with stars (for great results) or sad faces (for the recipes that just don’t work out). [...]
Chickpea and Pepper Couscous
Posted in Calorie Conscious, Cooking for One or Two, Cooking Tips, Dinner, Food Musings, Meatless Mondays, Quick and Easy Weeknight meals, Recipes, Salads, tagged chickpea, couscous, garbanzo beans, lemon zest, salad, type of pasta, vegetarian on March 6, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Deliciously good and good for you too! I keep Couscous in bulk in my pantry as it’s become one of our favorite go to side dishes. Greg and I usually enjoy it with chicken or fish but the leftovers the next day are great for breakfast or lunch all by itself. It’s inexpensive when you [...]
Pepper Crusted Grilled Salmon with Creamy Chickpea Vinaigrette
Posted in Calorie Conscious, Cooking for One or Two, Cooking Tips, Dinner, Fish Recipes, Food Musings, Quick and Easy Weeknight meals, Recipes, Seafood, Sides, tagged chickpeas, ground coriander, miracle foods, salmon, salmon filet, spinach, sweet paprika, tyler florence on February 19, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The chickpea vinaigrette is delicious! There have been a few foods that I’ve fallen in love with over the past year and chickpeas (garbanzo beans) are probably number One on the list. Chickpeas are one of those miracle foods that you hear about…high in protein and fiber and just full of vitamins and minerals. Of [...]
Spaghetti Squash with Edamame-Cilantro Pesto
Posted in Asian Food, Calorie Conscious, Cooking for One or Two, Cooking Tips, Dinner, Entertaining, Indian, Meatless Mondays, Poultry, Quick and Easy Weeknight meals, Recipes, tagged edamame, pesto on February 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This Pesto can be used in a variety of ways…make extra for appetizers! I love to use Spaghetti Squash when I want to prepare a healthy and tasty meal without the calories of regular pasta. The savory Edamame Pesto is perfect as a topping and the recipe works very well as a next day leftover [...]
