I haven’t been feeling well these past few days,,,earache 😦 but I am better today so I was able to post my recipe. 🙂 Have you ever eaten Baked Chickpeas? if not then this is a must try recipe. A vegetarian dish so easy to make with just a few ingredients, and yet with such a delish taste that you won’t believe.This recipe originates from the Aegean Island of Sifnos, one of the beautiful Cyclades Islands which is situated between Milos and Serifos. Sifnos is known for it’s traditional delicious food such as Revithada, a cheese with a bit of a sharp taste called Manoura, beautiful handmade pottery, landscapes and (ohh btw I have heard that they have pottery workshops if anyone is interested in taking lessons while visiting Sifnos), and of course the gorgeous sandy beaches..:)On to the recipe 🙂I wanted to try to cook this the traditional way, but that was just impossible due to the fact that I don’t own the traditional pots. But since I do own a ceramic baking pot I decided to bake the chickpeas in there, what I love about cooking in this pot is that it gives the food a smokey taste so different than the usual pots or pans we use to bake. 🙂

It’s funny... I made some chili last week. As I was thinking in my head, “What the hell goes in chili”? I started saying, “Wait, no. This is sounding like a beef stew”. So... I decided to make a beef stew now. It’s cold now and these dishes warm the soul. I never appreciated beef stew when I was younger. But I realize how fine of a dish it is in my older age haha.

I found this recipe in my crockpot cookbook and decided to try it with a few more ingredients.

After I made my ratatouille my friend Steve said I should add shrimp or fish. What a great idea. This recipe calls for making my ratatouille then combining with grilled fish. I used cod loin for this recipe.

I was trying to use up leftover ingredients and avoid buying anything additional, partly because my budget's a bit tight this period. Casting my mind back on various fish stew and peperonata recipes I've read over the years, I decided to improvise.

Greens, Wild Rice, Garbanzo Beans (Stew) OMG I was messing around and being lazy so I put these together in my ninja foodi and that was the best lazy meal I could have ever made lol. Yummy

Decided dinner was going to be whatever I cooked in the crockpot tonite, so I rummaged around the pantry and fridge. This is the first time I ever added diced tomato or kidney beans to a beef stew. WOW! I surprised myself with how well it came out and tasted.

Monggo was not one of my favourite dishes growing up. I didn't like the way it tasted, and I didn't like the mushy, gritty texture it left in my mouth. To be fair, I hated all legumes back then, so my dislike for monggo made perfect sense. Anyway, this bias lingered for years, and it wasn't until well into my adulthood that things started to change. Slowly, surely, beans made their way back into my diet. I even accepted them in my chili (but will leave them out if given a choice 😉). And so nowadays, my mom's monggo is one of the home-cooked meals I look forward to most. This is my take on that dish. Unlike my mom's, I used cherry tomatoes and added them closer to the end of cooking, because I like seeing them in there. I also added coconut cream, to give the final stew a little extra richness. And, because I shared this dish with my cousin who has a shellfish allergy, I left out the shrimp that would otherwise go in. Feel free to add them. Whichever you choose, it'll be delicious.

I'm trying to get different ideas for having less meat in my diet. This stew/gruel/goulash has been a life saver, and is very nice because it can be spiced to taste.Add what you think would taste good in whatever ratio you like...but tell me all about your variations!

I got a turnip and it was getting ready to fossilize on the counter. It’s autumn here and the weather is getting cold, so I decided to make a stew. I spooned it over these colorful radiatoi pasta. It was really hearty, filling and soul soothing.

Being a cook is being an artist —You can mix ingredients in your fridge or pantry and get creative results! I had some chickpea cans I wanted to use and I decided to make this vegetarian strew which turned out delicious ! I used vegetables I had in my fridge and you can too! You can substitute the green peppers for red/orange/ yellow or add any vegetables you already have like celery or carrots. The important thing is that you make it with love and you get creative while doing it.

Lunch.as always I cook for my husband. This is pure recipe from my head.Not copy cate anyone. In this dish I choose pork ribs cut because I want the gravy have the taste of born.It added extra flavor to the dish.