Why you should be reading Serious Eats on a regular basis

Serious Eats (always a good read) seems to be running a series of pressure cooker chicken and bean recipes that kick some serious ass...

So far they've done Chicken, Lentil, and Bacon stew with Carrots,  Chicken and Black Bean Stew, and Chicken with Chickpeas,Tomato, and Chorizo.

Need I say more?

A great way to use less meat...

Post Punk Kitchen is one of my favorite food blogs and this recipe/video is a great example of why.

 

Speaking of Hummus...

From our favorite hummus connection...

This is really good...

A few words about the nature of food we buy and hummus...

The other day I saw the local store had a "hip" over-priced hummus on sale and being lazy (and cheap) bought it...

When I got it home and gave it a try it was not really hummus in any shape or form. Not that it was bad exactly, but it simply was not hummus. Sort of the hummus niche of what Cheese Whiz is to real cheese. Which leads me to believe that there are a lot of people who don't really know what a lot of things are supposed to taste like.

For a really good post about hummus check out The Homemade Hummus Challenge over at the Paupered Chef!

Just the thing...

Garbanzo beans or Chickpeas are a very boat friendly staple and Smitten Kitchen has a great way to use them in Spaghetti with chickpeas...

More than lentil soup...

I've always really liked lentils and they make an incredible lot of sense on a boat as they are tasty, quick to cook, and cheap...

Whole Story makes a great case for the much underrated legume. Check it out!