Category Archives: North African

Moroccan chickpeas with greens. 2/28/22

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Beebamom

This vegan dinner entree is a delicious combination of spices, vegetables, and preserved lemon. There is a bunch of chopping up to do but the cooking is mostly hands off. To make it simpler I used a can of drained … Continue reading →

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Moroccan chickpeas with chard, turnips, carrots, and fennel. 2/9/22

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Beebamom

I made this vegan dish a few weeks ago and it turned out tasting pretty good so I thought I would try it again. I think it turned out even better this time. I did not have any dried apricots … Continue reading →

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Vegan! Moroccan chickpeas and chard. 1/28/22

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Beebamom

This really tasty stew can be found here if you have a subscription to NYTimes Cooking https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017228-moroccan-chickpeas-with-chard?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share. This lively vegan dish is spiced up with plenty of garlic, ginger, jalapeño, turmeric, and preserved lemon. (I found preserved lemons in a … Continue reading →

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Chicken with Tabbouleh and Moroccan carrot salad. 7/29/21

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Beebamom

Since it was in the mid-90s on Thursday, I decided to shift from sheet pan roasted vegetables to cool salads. I made my usual parsley forward tabbouleh and looked through a bunch of recipes to find a carrot salad that … Continue reading →

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Grilled harissa chicken with farro and spiced cauliflower (LFD) 4/10/21

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Beebamom

The leftover part of our Leftovers For Dinner (LFD) this week consisted of farro that I made extra of on Friday and half of a head of cauliflower. John marinated the boneless, skinless chicken thighs in the harissa (store-bought jar) … Continue reading →

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Take-out! Zeni Ethiopian food. 3/24/21

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Beebamom

As a continuing part of our daughter’s birthday celebration we got take-out from another one of her and our favorite restaurants, Zeni’s in San Jose, CA. They serves authentic Ethiopian food and it is so delicious. When you dine in … Continue reading →

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Prize winner! Algerian tagine. 2/8/21

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Beebamom

This past week’s winner of most views by a country was Algeria with 355 views.  Dininglite.blog seems to be very popular in North Africa. Both Egypt, last week’s winner, and Algeria made strong showings. I decided to make a tagine … Continue reading →

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