Chickpeas

Crockpot Chickpeas

November 4, 2010

A few weeks ago I made black beans in the crockpot (seemingly my new favorite appliance).  I had also purchased chickpeas from the bulk bin at Whole Foods – 1 lb of organic chickpeas is $1.79; a can of organic chickpeas is $1.09.  There is definitely a cost savings. Before you begin, it is important [...]

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Honey Mustard + Chickpeas =

August 5, 2010

Pure Love My dinner plans for this evening were unfortunately cancelled so on my way home from work, I created a delicious dinner.  In my head.  You know how that goes – sometimes you strike gold, sometimes dinner ends up in the trash.  Tonight, I was fortunate with striking gold.  After seeing the Annie’s Lite [...]

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Chickpea Creation

April 21, 2010

I was going to blog about my breakfast this morning but realized I had something I’ve had a lot in the past few weeks – a Chocolate Carnation Instant Breakfast-Soynut Butter Smoothie.  But instead I thought I would tell you about my new-favorite-sandwich that I made for dinner last night… Guacamole-Chickpea Wrap Here is the [...]

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Chickpea Crazy

April 13, 2010

Check out this sandwich.  Doesn’t it look delicious?  I went chickpea crazy.  That is a Thomas’s Whole Wheat Bagel Thin, two pieces of reduced fat swiss cheese, spinach, tomato, cucumber and chickpeas mashed with honey mustard salad dressing.  Amazing.  I will be making this veggie delight again. With my sandwich, I rounded out my meal [...]

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New Favorite Sandwich

November 9, 2009

As the semester goes on, I am getting sicker and sicker of the salad bar – plus one look at it today and the vegetables looked less than stellar.  I put my creative cap on and came up with an exciting new sandwich Chickpea Grilled Cheese.  First I toasted two pieces of whole wheat bread [...]

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BIG Lunch

October 23, 2009

Today’s lunch started with a BIG salad….Romaine Lettuce, Spinach, Carrots, Onion, Tomato, Chickpeas, Red Pepper, Mushrooms, Tuna, Feta Cheese and Cucumber.  I enjoyed this monster salad with a Whole Wheat English Muffin (that got stuck in the toaster and thankfully did not catch on fire) Cookie Friday was changed to Cupcake Friday this week.  Sadly, [...]

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Garlic and Herb Tortellini

October 1, 2009

With a whole bunch of other things including: Sautéed spinach Mushrooms Tomatoes Sweet Potato Chickpeas Looks pretty good huh? Let me tell you – it tasted as good as it looked! I am really a big fan of the combination of warm and cold things in a salad – keeps my mind guessing…. Did you [...]

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