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Greek Spinach and Rice Recipe with Lashings of Olive Oil
I’ve just come back from a long two month trip to India. I love Indian food but I got very homesick for food from home. I particularly missed olive oil. I dreamt of lashings of olive oil in – salads, hummus, babaganoush, tabouli and in particular this dish – Greek spinach and rice, which was…
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Crunchy Roast Chickpeas Recipe | Delicious Salad & Soup Garnish
These crispy roast chickpeas are great to snack on but they are also delicious strewn through salads, sprinkled on rice or as an extra crunch factor, garnish on soups or stews. You can change up the flavors with chat masala or your favorite spice mix, maple syrup, dried herbs, miso, zaatar or anything that strikes…
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Classic Vegetarian Split Pea Soup Recipe
This is my family’s favorite split pea soup, it’s an old-fashioned vegetarian classic from the Moosewood Cookbook. There’s nothing fancy about it. Hearty, thick and filling – served with some good bread it’s all you need to make a meal. Start early because the split peas take a few hours simmering on the back burner.…
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Easy Refried Black Beans Recipe for Tacos
We eat a lot of refried beans at our house. Tacos or burritos are one of the most kid friendly vegetarian meals going. A taco spread is an instant party and like all good party food it has the added advantage of allowing kids to build their own meal. I’ve seen children make a taco…
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Perfect Fluffy Lemon Infused Quinoa Recipe with Corn and Mint
The quinoa boat had well and truly sailed by the time I got on board and started to cook and eat it regularly. In the nineties when quinoa first became available in Australia, I tried cooking it and it was just awful – bitter and slimy – it was nothing I wanted to try again.…
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