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WHB #114: Spiced chickpeas with halloumi


The 114th edition of Weekend Herb Blogging is hosted by the inventor of this great event herself: Kalyn from Kalyn’s Kitchen. I have to admit that I passed the last 10 rounds, first I renovated the kitchen and then I had some problems. But a New Year and a new post from my new kitchen. In Northern Germany it’s grey, cold and damp and I desired for some vitamins in a winter salad. I didn’t follow the recipe below. I used 3 fresh bell peppers, roasted them under the grill and removed the skin.

Spiced chickpeas with halloumi

Spiced chickpeas with halloumi

Delicious and gave me a kick!

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Title: Spiced chickpeas with halloumi
Categories: Vegetarian
Yield: 2 Servings

Ingredients

1 tablesp.   Olive oil
1     Chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
      Or
1/2 teasp.   Chilli powder
2 teasp.   Finely chopped fresh root ginger
400 grams   Can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
200 grams   Bag baby leaf spinach
3     Red peppers from a jar or deli counter
1/2     250g pack halloumi, drained
1     Lemon, the juice

Source

  Good Food Magazine, January 2008, p. 19
  Edited *RK* 12/29/2007 by
  Ulrike Westphal

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a pan, then gently fry the chilli and ginger for 1 min. Stir in chickpeas, spinach and peppers, then season. Cover, then cook gently for 3-4 mins, stirring occasionally, until the spinach has wilted and the chickpeas are warmed through.

2. Meanwhile, heat a non-stick frying pan until piping hot. Cut the halloumi into 6 slices and quickly fry for 1-2 mins each side. Stir the lemon juice into the chickpeas and divide between two plates. Top with the halloumi and serve immediately.

:PER SERVING 471 kcalories, protein 25g, carbohydrate 27g, fat 30g, saturated fat 11, fibre 10 g, sugar 7g, salt 4.63g
:Easily doubled
:PREP 5 mins
:COOK 10 mins m

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WHB #104: Spaghetti with thyme-flavoured carrot pesto

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This week we celebrate the two year anniversary of Weekend Herb Blogging with part two of the The Doubly Delicious Two Year Celebration. Bloggers are invited to post any recipe with at least one vegetable and one herb for this special WHB event. I began to blog about herbs since the 20th edition of WHB and I still have fun. Last year I featured parsley as my favourite herb in combination with potatoes. This year I had a „little“ problem with my herbs in the garden, but the thyme survived all attacks. Normally I would combine carrots – the one and only vegetable all members of the family love- with parsley, but than I found the recipe for

Spaghetti with thyme-flavoured carrot pesto

Spaghetti mit Möhrenpesto

A great and delicious combination. My sons were impressed, so was I.

-========= REZKONV-Recipe – RezkonvSuite v1.4 Button German
Title: Spaghetti with thyme-flavoured carrot pesto
Categories: Pasta, Vegetarian
Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

500 grams   Carrots, finely diced
150 grams   Shallots
1     Red chili pepper, finely diced
50 grams   Parmesan, grated
350 grams   Spaghetti
      Salt
2 tablesp.   Olive oil
      Pepper
2 tablesp.   Honey
2 tablesp.   Thyme, the leaves
50 grams   Pine nuts
1     Lemon, the zest, grated
125 grams   Goat’s cheese

Source

  meine Familie und ich, Nr. 9 September 2007
  Edited *RK* 10/09/2007 by
  Ulrike Westphal

Directions

1. Cook pasta until firm to bite. Sautée carrots, shallots and chili pepper in hot oil, salt and pepper and caramelise with honey. Cook on low heat about 5 minutes. Add the thyme leaves.

2. Toast pine nuts in a pan until golden. Add parmesan and pine nuts to the vegetable mixture and blend coarsely.

3. Arrange pesto with spaghetti, garnish with pieces of goat’s cheese and fresh thyme.

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WHB # 103: Basil and Parsley on the windowsill

The 103rd edition of Weekend Herb Blogging, is hosted by Haalo from Cook (almost) Anything At Least Once. Next week is the Doubly Delicious Two Year Anniversary of Weekend Herb Blogging: Food Bloggers should submit a recipe featuring least one vegetable and one herb. I think I have to pass this, because my kitchen looks a mess. The deadline for the kitchen renovation comes nearer. My husband installed new power outlets near the kitchen table and removed the doorframe. The children and I took off the base boards, doorsteps and the wallpapers. During the next week we empty the closets and try to store all, including the electrical equipment anywhere in the house. Only the basil and parsley stay on the windowsill.

Basil and Parsley on the windowsillWHB#104

I hope I have a chance to participate WHB next week!

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WHB #102 Round-up

WHB #102 Round-up

It’s my pleasure to be the hostess of the 102nd round of Weekend Herb Blogging, the weekly event founded by Kalyn from Kalyn’s Kitchen. To write a roundup is always a very time-consuming task, but it’s a duty I love to do for the third time.
Before I start with the summing up, allow me some words to the participants to ease the work for the future hosts:

  • Please read and respect all the rules.
  • To get the right host please visit this site, where you can also find the host’s email-adress.
  • It would also be helpful to the hosts if the entrants would include their location and sign the email with their preferred name. It takes a lot of time on some blogs trying to identify the author and/or the location.

So this time I do the round up without the location.

Thanks to all participants for their submissions and now let’s get started:

Chorizo Hashbrowns The Chorizo Hashbrowns from Cate of Sweetnicks made The Husband a hashbrown lover, no wonder with all the herbs.
Kevin from Closet Cooking tried Saltimbocca alla Romana and was pleased with the result and the flavour of sage. Saltimbocca alla Romana
Moyashi Anna from Anna’s Cool Finds found a very fresh bag of Moyashi, sprouted mung beans, in the store. With halibut and a simple „Moyashi and Yellow Peppers with Teriyaki sauce“ it was a perfect dinner.
Nora from Life’s Smörgåsbord found sprouted onions at the green grocer and prepared a delicious looking Onion Sprouts and Avocado Omelette
roasted-italian-style-potatoes/ Mike from Mike’s Table tripped down memory lane and Roasted potatoes Italian-style. Rosemary is very suitable to bring back the smell of Italy, where he spent his honeymoon.
Kalyn, our beloved founder and author of Kalyn’s Kitchen tries to save the things from her garden, because it’s getting colder. She shows us how to freeze Thai Basil, Sage, Tarragon and Mint More About Freezing Fresh Herbs: Freezing Thai Basil, Sage, Tarragon, and Mint
Pork Chops In A Raspberry Plum Sauce With Sage and Rosemary Ramona from Pie a la Mona made her first WHB entry: Pork Chops In A Raspberry Plum Sauce With Sage and Rosemary. That looks great, the taste was so good and convincing, that the Bichon Frise voluntary prewashed the dish.
Anh from Food Lover’s Journey presents a dish to die for: Pumpkin Simmered in Caramel Sauce and gives us a lesson in Vietnamese Cooking Pumpkin Simmered in Caramel Sauce
Stuffed Peppers with Bulgur (Bulgurlu Biber Dolması) Burcu from almost turkish recipes Stuffed Peppers with Bulgur (Bulgurlu Biber Dolması) using dill, mint and spices to flavour.
Peter over at Kalofagas was inspired by airplane food and discovered celeriac and shows the culinary differences between the Old and the New World: Celeriac versus Celery. He prepared Garlic Mashed Celeriac, a delicious dish I am very familar with. Garlic Mashed Celeriac
Lemon Sorrel Sauce for Fish Rebeca from Dinner in the Yellow House was persuaded at the farmer’s market to buy a bunch of sorrel. Than she got halibut and paired it with the wonderful but simple Lemon Sorrel Sauce .
Jennifer blogs at Do you like to cook about quince and cooked up an aromatic, cinnamon-y, mildly spicy Moroccan Chicken and Quince Stew
one last flower before fall KitchenMage’s Herb Garden shows us one last sage flower before fall.
Haalo from Cook (almost) anything once discovered unusually coloured citrus and can’t give us the name. That doesn’t matter, with any kind of name it ends in a delicious Macedonia di Frutta/Marinated Fruit Salad Macedonia di Frutta/Marinated Fruit Salad
Smashies Pam from The Backyard Pizzeria smashed rosemary and potatoes together to Smashies. Also a staple at our house, but we call it rosemary potatoes.
Katie has not only Thyme for cooking, she has also time to tell us about the advantages of a fireplace in the house. But her delicious looking Acorn Squash she roasted in the oven. Acorn Squash
Savory apple pizza Zorra from Kochtopf was still inspired by her Apple Day. She combined apples, red onions and thyme to a delicious looking and savory apple pizza
Sarah asks What Smells So Good? She threw together her last things from her garden, spiced it up with JoJo Potatoe Seasoning – what an interesting name – and serves it as Sweet n‘ Spicy Gardener’s Pie Sweet n' Spicy Gardener's Pie
Goat Cheese-Stuffed Chicken Becky from Key Lime & Coconut found out that she likes goat’s cheese. In combination with parsley and other ingredients she serves Goat Cheese-Stuffed Chicken.
Gwen from Intoxicated Zodiac tells us interesting facts about garlic and mixed up a vampire-fighting halloween cocktail: BITE ME NOT
Hemp Seed Rye 001 And at the end my entry: I experimented with hemp and baked a Hemp Seed Rye Bread. The hemp gave an interesting nutty taste to the bread.

WHB #102: Hemp Seed Rye Bread

Only two weeks until the 2nd anniversary of weekend herb blogging. This week I have the honour to host the 102nd round of this great event. The rules
allow entries about recipes and/or informative posts featuring any herb, plant, vegetable, or flower.

Hemp SeedThis week I found the seeds from an interesting plant: hemp in my local organic supermarket. The warning message on the bag is clear: It is illegal to plant hemp seeds, but you may eat them. Don’t worry, the seeds have no intoxicating effects, you must eat about 30! kilograms to get intoxicated. Hemp is an old economic plant, did you know that the first jeans was made of hemp fiber? Hemp seeds are very nutritious, they contain healthy unsaturated essential fatty acids and the protein is complete and highly digestible. I added the seeds to a bread dough.

Hemp Seed Rye Bread

Hemp

The taste of hemp seeds is nutty and gives the bread a crunch. They crack loudly, if you bite on them. An interesting addition to the bread. The next time I’ll combine thrm with sunflower seeds.

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Title: Hemp Seed Rye
Categories: Bread, Sourdough
Yield: 2 Pan Loaves, about 480 grams each

Ingredients

50 grams   German rye sourdough, 133 % Hydration
84 grams   Hemp seeds
300 grams   Water, tepid
1/2 teasp.   Dry yeast
300 grams   Unbleached bread flour, Type 550
200 grams   Medium rye flour, Type 1150
10 grams   Sea salt

Source

978-0393050554978-0393050554* modified version of Daniel Leader,
Local Breads: Sourdough and Whole-Grain Recipes from Europe’s Best Artisan Bakers978-0393050554*
ISBN 978-0393050554

  Edited *RK* 09/28/2007 by
  Ulrike Westphal

Directions

PREPARE THE SOURDOUGH AND SOAK THE SEEDS: Twelve to 24 hours before you plan to bake, refresh your rye sourdough. In the bowl of your stand mixer stir together 10 grams sourdough (100 % Hydration), 17 grams rye flour Type 1150 and 23 grams water. Cover. Pour the hemp seeds into a small bowl and cover them with 175 g grams water. Soak them overnight uncovered, so that they plump and soften. They won’t absorb all the water.

MIX THE DOUGH. Drain the seeds and save the liquid and fill up to 350 grams. Stir down the rye sourdough, which will have bubbled up during fermentation, to invigorate and deflate it. Pour the water over the sourdough in the bowl of a stand mixer. Stir in the soaked seeds, bread flour, ryes flour and salt with a rubber spatula.

KNEAD THE DOUGH. By machine: Use the dough hook and mix the dough on medium-low speed (3 on a KitchenAid mixer) for 8 minutes. Turn off the machine and scrape the hook and the sides of the bowl. Drape a piece of plastic wrap over the dough and let it rest in the bowl for 10 minutes. Turn the mixer back on to medium-low and knead until the dough is firm, smooth, and slightly elastic, 5 to 7 minutes more.

FERMENT THE DOUGH. Roughly form a ball with the scraper and cover the bowl. With masking tape, mark the spot on the container that the dough will reach when it has doubled in volume. Cover and leave it to rise at room temperature (20 to 24 °C) until it doubles, reaching the maskingtape mark, 2 to 2 1/2 hours.

DIVIDE AND SHAPE THE LOAVES. Lightly flour the counter. Uncover the dough and scrape it out. With a bench scraper or chef’s knife, cut the dough into 2 equal pieces (17 ounces, 482 grams each). Shape each piece of dough into a loaf pan. Nestle each one into a pan, seam side down, pressing it gently to fit. Cover with plastic wrap.

PROOF THE LOAVES. Let the loaves rise at room temperature until they have expanded to one and a half times their original size, spreading the sunflower seeds, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. When you press your finger into the dough, your fingerprint will spring back slowly.

PREPARE THE OVEN. About 20 minutes before baking, heat the oven to 205 °C.

BAKE THE LOAVES. Place the loaves on the middle rack of the oven. Bake until they pull away from the sides of the pans and their crusts are deep brown, 35 to 45 minutes.

COOL AND STORE THE LOAVES. Pull the loaves from the oven. Bang the edge of the pans on the counter to release the bread. Invert them onto a wire rack and then flip right side up. Cool the bread completely before slicing, about 1 hour. Store cooled loaves in a brown paper bag at room temperature. They’ll taste even better the day after you bake them.

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