Good Advice

When it comes to who I turn too for good recipe inspiration and advice, I usually turn to my friend, Amy; who in my opinion is probably one of the best cooks I know! So, when Amy tells me to try out a Moroccan Chickpea Chili recipe from the cookbook we both have in our arsenal, I don't hesitate.  It's actually kind of funny how she will find recipes I haven't even thought about trying, because I had probably passed over that recipe a hundred times while going through the cookbook looking for dinner ideas!  This recipe comes from Cooking Light's, The Essential Dinner Tonight Cookbook and I thought I'd pass it on to my blog readers for several reasons: one, it's very healthy; two, from start to finish it only took about 30 minutes; and three, it helps fulfill my quota of trying to have at lease one vegan dinner a week.  Like, I mention in my introduction, I really like eating vegan and this Moroccan Chickpea Chili is hearty and loaded with protein, so you are left feeling satiated.  And I'm not making a blog about this recipe because I think everyone should try eating vegan, but this is a different way to get protein other than meat, and I think keeping things different and adventurous always makes cooking more fun.  To complete the meal, I even found Lavash bread (at Walmart, of all places!) and warmed that up in the oven a little and served along side of the chili with a little bit of olive oil.

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