This recipe comes from a cookbook I found and then lost and then found again. As a student in Ann Arbor, Michigan, I came across this book, The Best 125 Meatless Mexican Dishes by Susan Geiskopf –Hadler and Mindy Toomay, at AfterWords, a bookstore near the corner of […]
If you have had a chance to browse through el chino latino cocina, you will notice that I like garbanzo beans, and beans in general. Here I present another garbanzo bean recipe! Thanks to a gift from my parents-in-law, I am having a great time exploring the many […]
This is one of our old “standbys.” We have made this recipe so often that it has become “comfort food” for us. The recipe comes from one of the first cookbooks I started exploring regularly: Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home. The subtitle is “Fast and Easy Recipes for […]
If you love vegetables, you will love this soup. Not only can you use a variety of vegetables, but you put them in a slow cooker and basically let them cook on their own! Menestra has many variations. Much like minestrone, it is a soup you can change […]
This is another one of our favorite rice dishes. It is simple, healthy and delicious. A different kind of rice-and-beans dish! I like to serve this rice with vegetarian Mexican dishes because the garbanzos (chickpeas) add a bit of protein to the meal along with some texture. And […]
It is COLD! We came back from visiting my family in southern California for Christmas and were met with subzero temperatures. We are expecting -40 degrees Fahrenheit wind chills soon. A bit cooler than the 80 degree Christmas Day weather we enjoyed on the beach near Laguna Beach, […]
I first came across a recipe for roasted garbanzos in Mark Bittman’s cookbook How to Cook Everything. I recently came across a great blog (thegreekvegan.com) that had another version of the snack and I had to make them. I’ve recently made crackers and pizza with garbanzo flour, so […]
I love garbanzos. Also known as chickpeas, they are delicious in falafel, soups and, of course, the classic hummus. And as a cracker too! Who knew? This is a basic cracker recipe that can be used with other flours as well. I used garbanzo/chickpea flour, which is called […]
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