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Tahini Oat Cookies
Eat me :drool:
Originally posted in Kitchen Goddess I thought I'd also post her as Baby J (I guess she's Little Girl J (LGJ) now) loves them.
Source: Whole Food Markets
I couldn't believe how good these were. The combination of tahini + grain (oatmeal) makes a complete protein.
Dinner For Two: Roasted Squash with Tahini Salad
Yum.
My mom just made me the most wonderful salad, full of crunch and flavor! It's based in roasted butternut squash, rocket leafs, nigella seeds and a marvelious yogurt dressing.
A Different Kind of Spaghetti
Tonight I experimented with a few different things and was quite pleased with the results. I don't eat refined wheat pasta and like to explore other options beyond whole wheat varieties. Soba noodles are one of my favorite alternatives.
Falafel with all the trimmins
Yayita just posted about gyros/kebaps here, and it reminded me of the time I tried to make a Middle Eastern feast. A few years ago, my sister was coming home for a visit from Paris on an afternoon when my mother had to work late. My mother asked me to pick my sister up from the airport and to make sure she was fed.This Year's Thanksgiving Dinner
I hope everyone had a nice holiday. I had the honor of cooking dinner for a small group of four people. The meal was vegetarian (actually vegan, except for one dessert), mostly organic, with no added sugar and nothing refined.
A Typical Day
One reader asked to see a sample menu of what I eat in a typical day. I thought this was a great idea, but before I get into it, I thought I'd talk a little about my eating habits.
First of all, I'm a vegetarian.
Garlic hummus dip
Ingredients 2 15-oz. cans garbanzo beans 4 or 5 large cloves garlic 1/2 cup tahini (sesame seed paste) 3 to 4 tbsp fresh lime juice 3 tbsp olive oil Salt, to taste Pita chips or other dippers Method Drain garbanzo beans, reserving liquid. Combine beans, garlic, tahini, lime juice and olive oil.Vegetable Purée Soup
There's really nothing more comforting in winter than a bowl of soup. I've never made soup, but I love vegetable purées and I was feeling inspired.
I had never done this before, so I did everything intuitively and used whatever vegetables looked good when I was shopping.
My Favorite Hummus with home made Pita Chips
Hummus is naturally without dairy, but it's such a great alternative appetizer to the usual appetizer fare of cheese and ranch dips. The next time it's your turn to bring the appetizer to a get together, bring the hummus! 1 15-16oz can garbanzo beans (chickpeas), rinsed and drained 1/4 C Tahini (sesame seed paste) 3 Tbs water 2 Tbs lemon juice 1 Tbs olive oil 1 clove garlic, crushed 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1 Tbs chopped parsley In a food processor combine garbanzo beans, tahini, water, lemon juice, oil, garlic, salt, cumin and cayenne pepper.Hummus & Pita chips
This is the basic recipe, you can change it by adding roasted peppers or sun dried tomatoes.
INGREDIENTS:
4 garlic cloves, mashed
2 15-oz cans of garbanzo beans (chickpeas), drained and rinsed
2/3 cup of tahini (roasted, not raw)
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup olive oil
salt to taste
- If you want to cook your chickpeas, soak them overnight and then cook in water with a dash of oil to soften them, for about 2 hours, don't add salt until they are cooked because that will make them tough.
Put all ingredients minus salt in food processor.
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