Chickpeas Romesco + Garlic Saffron Rice

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Today’s post is inspired by one of my favourite sauces – Romesco sauce. Originating in Spain, Romesco sauce is a blend of nuts (generally almonds), roasted red peppers, garlic, oil and chilies. Roasted tomatoes, red wine vinegar and onions may also be added to the sauce to enhance flavour. Although Romesco sauce is traditionally served with seafood in Spain, it also makes a really nice condiment for vegetables. For this dish, chickpeas are cooked in a rich romesco sauce and served over top a bed of garlic saffron rice. The garlic saffron rice added a whole different element to the…

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Mediterranean Layered Dip

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Recently, I hosted a book club meeting for my wonderful book club “The Wormies”. In our book club, whoever chooses the book for the month will then host the meeting/book discussion. For my selection, I chose Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris. I had really high hopes for this book. The premise sounded fascinating, but in the end, I feel that it fell a bit short.  And I thought it would have much more to do with cooking than it did. *hah* I think it was a well-written book and a lot of my book club members enjoyed…

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Caribbean Bean Stew + Exciting News

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Monday…..we meet again. Back to work after a quiet weekend with family. Hope you all had a nice weekend. Yesterday, I was finally able to get out and enjoy a nice walk at the park without freezing my butt off. The sun was shining and the warmth felt wonderful. We are supposed to get more snow this week, but hopefully it does not last. I am DONE with winter! Yesterday evening, I decided to use up the last of the sweet potatoes I have had in the pantry. After seeing a recipe for coconut rice in one of my favourite…

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