When Courtenay at Running with Perseverance asked for mango recipes, I knew I had to dwell in to some of my favorite Indian ones. While it might be a tad exotic for my US friends, I grew up loving the sweetness and the savory of mango with Indian flavours. We had a mango tree in our backyard which mum used for raw mango recipes. As kids, we were very disappointed that we couldn’t eat these mangoes (well you could, but I had…
Ever since I became addicted discovered Pinterest, I’ve been pinning a.k.a bookmarking like crazy. I discovered this Whole Wheat Pasta with Chickpeas(!), Kale(…gulp…) and Crushed Red Peppers. I wasn’t sure if this combination of Italian Pasta with Mediterranean Chickpeas would work. You know what – just like the Romans and Mesopotamians had a good trade going on, this dish has something good going on! I didn’t read the recipe right and thought it said red peppers (when it actually said…
I took this picture after I was done with more than half the veggies. It was that good! *Confession here* – I’ve never made a stir fry before. My attempt once long ago was with no taste and no intention of repeating the experiment. But it is one easy way to get in a stock chunk of vegetables. So I turned to Becca a.k.a CrafySnatch (my sister in another life) for a stir fry recipe. Viola … a very quick…