Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Sneak Peak: Jerk Chickpeas

(I first posted this on my recipes blog, whoops, sorry!)
Hiya guys!  I was noticeably absent for Halloween.  Didn't post about and special festive treats or recipes.  Sorry about that.  Life has been keeping me busy, and I didn't get into any creative food prepping for Halloween.  Last Friday I finished my edits, and that gave me the weekend to decorate the house (I thought I posted photos once before, but looks like I haven't.  I started some frenzied Halloween decorating before we even had children.  Now there's no turning back, must decorate every year, and it's a big job!).  Add on weekend activities and getting sorted again for Monday's Halloween happenings - yeah, making spider cupcakes or pumpkin cookies was just not on my radar.

But, here's what is on my radar: Jerk Chickpeas!  This is a new recipe from LTEV.  I love this one.  As I said in my last post, I love bean recipes, and this one is spicy and flavorful.  I made them today for dinner tonight, and thought "enough, I can't keep back all the photos any longer!".  So, here is Hannah's splendid photo of my Jerk Chickpeas.

You can serve these chickpea on rice or quinoa, but I especially like to fold them in warm tortillas with slices of avocado, which is how we presented it here.  The cool avocado offsets the spicy marinade so wonderfully.

A little sneak peak for you.  Hopefully you can wait another few months for the recipe - yes?

11 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:38 PM

    Anne said...
    I can wait because I have the book on pre-order so I know it's on its way someday soon.... But when you post the picture of the cover, then I probably will not be able to wait again!

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  2. Anonymous6:39 PM

    Sarah said...
    Those look great!!

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  3. thanks Sarah and Anne, I mistakenly posted this to my recipes blog instead of this blog, so now I'm reposting and pasting in your comments!

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  4. I like this recipe and the tamari one too for breakfast alongside some potatoes and sauteed veggies.

    Stefania

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  5. Stefania, you've got some bold breakfast tastebuds! I love the idea, never would have occurred to me when I'm having one sort of smoothie or another in the morning! (p.s. what's the tamari one you refer to - the Thai Almond one?)

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  6. I was refering to the tamari chickpeas from ED&BV. We try to do a "big" breakfast on the weekend. Typically it's toast, smoothie or oatmeal on weekdays.

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  7. how could I forget those, I only make a triple batch every week?! Yeah, the girls could eat those tamari chickpeas morning, noon, and night!

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  8. Hi Dreena,
    Where is your recipes page? I'd love to take a look at it.

    Theresa

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  9. Hi Theresa, the recipe isn't posted yet, this is a sneak peak from my new cookbook, and Jerk Chickpeas recipe will be in that book - Spring 2012. But, you can check out my recipes page here:
    http://viveleveganrecipes.blogspot.com

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  10. Thanks Dreena, we're following both of your blogs now, those recipes are so exciting and we'll be sure to get the new book.

    Theresa

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  11. I can't wait to try the Jerk Chickpeas recipe. Please let me know when your book is published. Thanks. Nancy

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