Daily Archive: August 13, 2010

Chickpea pasta

I went gaga over the fresh, local produce at Whole Foods the other day.  The prices were right and it only took a few minutes for a recipe to come to mind.   No sense in using jarred sauce when you’ve got fresh tomatoes aplenty.  First, I threw half an onion on the pan to get a nice sauté base going.  Once they were brown I added in a can of chickpeas (and ~1/4 of the liquid). I let it simmer together for a while before spicing it up. No measurements were used, but I… Read more >

Coooookie crisp

Remember that commercial?  It was for that hideously unhealthy dessert disguised as a cereal?  These cookies have nothing to do with that reference, I just randomly thought of it when I began typing this post. A while ago I received a box of desserts from WOW Baking Company, a wheat and gluten free operation redefining what that means for cookies and brownies. I reviewed a few of the individually packaged cookies previously, but have saved the last few for a post all of their own.  Because the company uses real butter, my dairy-free stomach wasn’t… Read more >