I liked that she added the chickpeas. It made it more filling. I did serve it with baked chicken breasts with zaatar seasoning. I also had a box of higher end orzo that had come in a gift basket and I think it made a difference.
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I chuckled. In view of the parallel cast iron skillet thread, I’d just pop that skillet in the oven rather than transferring the beans to a casserole dish.
That’s exactly what I’m doing! Cooking in the cast iron!
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A few times for entertaining, I’ve included a very simple appetizer - basket of naan bites (a little bigger than a cracker) with a bowl of hummus.
Ha, the first time was for outdoor guests during Covid …each couple their own food, with our chairs and serving tables 8 feet apart. Imagine my surprise today at Sam’s, source of those items, when a sample food was naan bites with hummus spread on top.
This post could be for duo threads - this one and the cast iron one!
I may have posted this before - it is SO good! Used my cast iron. I was making a meal for 4 of us so I used 1 pound ground chicken and about 1/2 pound ground pork - you could use any ground meat though I think beef would be the last I would use - ground lamb would also be good!
My son and DIL loved it as did I. H isn’t as adventurous so I didn’t add the olives - had them on the side - and he just ate the meatballs and orzo without any vinaigrette or whipped feta. You could probably use hummus in place of feta as well.
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@abasket, that looks amazing! Definitely making that soon.
Unexpected heat wave here in Maine today:
Calls for arctic martinis with frozen garlic-stuffed olives and gazpacho.
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Much nicer than Scottsdale.
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The weather back home may seem to be worse:
but, as you know, those 30-degree spreads are actually comfortable temps in AZ.
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BLT’s. Sometimes you just have to.
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We’ve been making Jennifer Aniston’s Salad lately. I love that I can make it early in the week and have it for lunch several days.
Another regular meal this time of year is a simple street taco bar - mini flour or corn tortillas (on the grill for a minute), chopped avocado, lime wedges, diced white onions, chopped cilantro, and cut up grilled chicken. Usually we have some tomatillo sauce around to go with it too.
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Can’t tell what it is!!!
BLT season even though the tomatoes aren’t ready. And this is brunch.
Salted butter
Avocado
Salted tomatoes
Bacon
Fried egg
Added arugula after the photo!
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That looks delicious! Those odd things on @BunsenBurner picture are a wierd bean type thing I’ve only seen on Chopped. Things like that are way above my cooking grade.
Fiddleheads (ostrich fern shoots)! From Quebec, ironically. I haven’t had them in like a century. 
Got them at Costco.
think I will sauté them with butter and garlic. They have to be boiled to get rid of traces of toxins prior to cooking.
Ahhh gotcha! Learn something new everyday! I like to finish. My sautéed greens with a quick squeeze of lemon. 
I’ve probably mentioned her before but if you are interested in foraging there is no more fun person to learn from than The Black Forager! She is a DELIGHT and if you are on Instagram (or TT) she is a must follow.
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Tonight we’re having butter chicken.
I would love to claim that I’m going to make the sauce myself, but tonight the sauce is coming from a jar. I will cook the chicken and the rice, so – semi-homemade. hehe
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Yikes. They were $10 a pound at Costco! I hesitated because I thought it was expensive. 
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Maybe they’ll taste better since you got a good deal! 
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