Chole, which is a North Indian chickpea dish from the Punjab region is made of chickpeas cooked with onions, garlic and spices. It is one of the most popular dishes among Indians.
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Easy Vegetable Soup
This vegetable soup is very easy to make and tastes delicious. It’s easy because I use all pre-packaged ingredients for this soup such as frozen mixed vegetables, canned tomato sauce, and ready to use herbs.
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Vegetarian Chili
makes 8 servings
Ingredients:
- 4 cans kidney beans drained and rinsed
- 1 8 oz can tomato sauce
- 1 8 oz can stewed tomatoes
- 6 garlic cloves crushed
- 1 large onion chopped (1 1/2 cups onions)
- 1 cup chopped bell peppers – or 1 large bell pepper
- 1 cup chopped celery about 1 stalk
- 1 cup peeled and chopped carrots – 1 carrot
- 1 bunch cilantro chopped – 4 tbsp
- 3 tbsp taco seasoning
- 4 bay leaves if you have
- 1 tsp Mexican oregano but not needed
- Salt
- Oil
- Avocado for garnish
- 1 cup Sour cream for garnish
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese for garnish
Fried Green Tomatoes. Last Harvest of the Season
Well, I waited as long as I could to take out all the summer vegetable plants, especially the tomato plants that were looking pretty sad but still had plenty of fruit. I thought the tomatoes would get ripe since we have been getting some 90-degree temperatures lately, but nothing is happening on those bushes, nada. The tomatoes are just sitting happily on the vines, doing absolutely nothing. They are just green, and it looks like time stood still. I couldn’t stand it anymore, and finally this past weekend I harvested all the green tomatoes and chopped down the tomato plants. I noticed with a batch of green tomatoes that we harvested a couple of weeks ago, that when they sit in a bowl indoors they do slowly start ripening. I’ll do the same with this last tomato harvest of the season.
Looking at these green tomatoes I recalled a movie I watched years ago back in 1991 called Fried Green Tomatoes. I remembered liking the movie a lot as it had a great storyline set in Alabama about an unlikely friendship between a young waitress at a local diner and an elderly lady she volunteers to give company to at a Senior Citizen’s Home. I also remembered that it was the first time I had heard of fried green tomatoes. Continue reading Fried Green Tomatoes. Last Harvest of the Season
Heirloom Tomatoes with Salt & Pepper
Heirloom tomatoes with salt and pepper. Yes, It’s that simple. And it looks and tastes amazing.
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My Mom made the best grilled cheese sandwich! It was made with simple ingredients that made for a delicious comforting grille cheese sandwich.
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Pasta shells stuffed with ricotta cheese, spinach or baby kale, onions, mozzarella, eggs, nutmeg, and salt/pepper. All topped with marinara sauce. It’s delicious, nutritious, and easy to make!
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