Sunday, February 1, 2009

Happy February!

TGIF has a new meaning!

I teased you all with those awesome marinated cold chickpeas last week and never posted the recipe. Well, here it is:

400-500 g cooked chickpeas
1 lemon (or only half if it's a juicy one)
1-2 garlic cloves
2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp dry ginger
1/2 tsp spicy paprika
4 Tbsp olive oil
salt

Mix well olive oil, lemon, minced garlic, turmeric, ginger, paprika, salt and half the cumin. Pour the mixture over the cooked chickpeas. Mix carefully with the other half of the cumin. Let sit in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. Ready!



Here I used brown chickpeas because I saw them in the supermarket and couldn't resist, but I'm sure it's even better with normal chickpeas. This time (following the recipe, ahem...) was extremely tasty and this will soon become a staple in my diet. So good.

Last week I got an awesome unexpected gift from my boyfriend. A LOMO!


I hope I can take some cool pics with it! I'll be sure to post them!

And I don't want to jinx anything, but I'm starting to get lots of calls about jobs. I don't have any offers yet (the processes are always long and require several interviews) but I think I can say that it's going fine. So this week I'm going to be a busy bee going here and there for interviews! Wish me luck!

28 comments:

aredcardigan said...

GOOD LUCK ALICE in Veganland!!! hehehe

It's gonna work out...it always does for good ppl like us;)

Wah-hey a lomo! Lucky lucky lucky!

You were such a tease with the recipe holdup but ya shared now...xoxoxo

VeggieGirl said...

BEST OF LUCK, GIRL!!

shelby said...

GOOD LUCK HUN!!!!!

Mmm, chickpeas =P

veggievixen said...

i looooove chickpeas.

best of luck with the job hunt!

DJ said...

Love Lomo - lucky Alice! And don't you find the brown chickpeas are nuttier-tasting than the white ones? Thanks for the recipe, too!

ChocolateCoveredVegan said...

Cute camera! What a nice bf you've got ;o)

Vegetation said...

Good luck with the job hunting! And have fun with the camera :)

River said...

What a wonderful boyfriend! I hope you enjoy the camera and take tons of pictures of more delicious food with it! Good luck with all your interviews!!

Cynthia said...

Those chickpeas look delicious! And you definitely need to post fun lomo pictures.

Good luck!

shellyfish said...

Hourrah for chickpeas! (steals peas and runs...)

Crossing fingers & toes for the job search. It's such a tough market right now - good luck!

Anni said...

Nice to hear that your job hunt is well on its way to being a success! Good luck with the interviews, you will impress them for sure.

I often make a similar chickpea dish, but with a bit of plain soy yoghurt mixed in... So good!

jessy said...

good luck with all your interviews, Alice! i will keep my fingers crossed for you!

thanks for the recipe! and hoooooooray for the sweet camera! yay! :)

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Sal said...

good luck with the interviews, keeping my fingers crossed for ya. Those chickpeas do sound really good!

Vegyogini said...

Lots of luck and thank you for the recipe!

Kristel (TofuParty) said...

Hey, thanx for the recipe and good luck!!!!!

veggievixen said...

p.s. thanks for your comment on my blog! i'd love a spanish empanada recipe...the one with red wine sounds fantastic :)

Theresa said...

Good luck in your interviews, alice!!!

Catherine said...

Good luck with your interviews!

(Those are some tasty looking chickpeas!)

Liz² said...

oh yummy! that recipe sounds so good and easy! and the brown chickpeas are pretty gorgeous.

Lovliebutterfly said...

Good luck for your interviews! I've also been really busy with looking for a job etc. I found something (yay!) although it's a short contract. But still something. Good luck again!

¡Yo Soy Liz! said...

congrats on the Lomo. I have several lomos and other toy cameras and all my friends are jealous of my awesome photos. those chickpeas look delish!

Lisa (Show Me Vegan) said...

hope your interviews are successful!

Sharon said...

Oh wow, best wishes!

Sarah said...

brown chickpeas!?
Looks awesome!

Erin said...

I've never heard of brown chickpeas, but they look really good this way!

I hope the interviews have gone really well for you.

gail said...

Oooooooooooh I LOVE chickpeas. I think I eat them nearly every day, thanks for the recipe!!!

And oooh, a new "toy" hehe. Hooray!

eliastaiken said...

Good mind, good find........................................