How To Cook Canned Chickpeas

The chaff can then be sifted off, leaving you with just the seeds, which can be stored in a cool, dry place for your next season's crop or shared in seed swaps with friends. 25, 2009.[2] University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service.Get the most...

With a huge plant like this, I have learned to be very creative when it comes to using rosemary. Out of all of the herbs I grow, rosemary is the easiest to propagate and care for.I begin with a 3 inch cutting, pull off the bottom leaves, and stick it...

Cover and steep for 30 minutes. Grosso is the variety I use for fragrance. Boiling water over 6 tablespoons of dried lavender. It is a cross between English and Spike Lavender, known as Lavandin.

It taught me to value people rather than possessions. I thought we were poor; now I realize how rich we truly were. And we--like many other families--were on a tight budget so we stuck close to the house.Because of that tight budget, we ate simple fare.

Little did I know that it was good for me. In those days people who lived near each other shared garden space, so only white corn might be grown in Aunt Bett's garden and yellow corn in my Granny Ninna's garden.

Just be sure to cook plenty, and prepare to pass the bowl for seconds all around. If you hanker for a fresh mess of greens doused with pepper sauce, accompanied by crispy cornbread and wilted mustard salad, but are unsure how to prepare them, read on.Greens,...

If you are lucky enough to have a food dehydrator, place them in it on low heat. Treated this way, they last for years. Stevia is an herb that has been much talked about in recent years.

Meanwhile, soak some basmati rice in a bowl of water, and partially cook it. I love making fresh salsa. Drizzle in a half cup olive oil in a steady stream as you go. Hit puree, and blend to the consistency of your choice.You can also use chopped cilantro...

It is now that time of year, so coconuts are on my mind. And of course, many of those who "imbibe" have enjoyed the wondrous flavors of a Pina Colada, an alcoholic concoction using pineapple juice, coconut and rum...pass the paper umbrellas, please.Some...

Are wonderful additions to the garden even if you never use them in cooThey add a variety of textures and scents, and their flowers will draw flocks of, and once you start nibbling and experimenting with what you've pinched, you'll appreciate your herbs...

For years, asking for sherry in restaurants and bars was met with the answer "we don't carry any sherry." That appears to be changing; big cities like London, Tokyo and New York have sherry bars or sherry tasting rooms.

This results in a completely dry fruit often with a powdery surface, or with a surface coated with sugar crystals (the fruit may be rolled in sugar after the last soaking). And then, of course, there is the simple beauty of the glistening jewel-like candies...

Still, frozen cauliflower may be useful in some recipes- especially those using puree.The milky sweet, nutty flavor of cauliflower is at its best in the winter months., steamed or eaten raw.

Unless it's a chewy, buttery oatmeal cookie hot out of the oven with a glass of cold milk.Oatmeal is one of those staples that most of us take for granted. This is called stabilization and serves a further purpose of making the oats taste nutty.From that...

It is served with gravlax (salmon cured in salt, sugar and dill, a preparation which echoes the flavors of the sauce).As the salmon example shows, dill goes perfectly with fish (think about the dill note in tarter sauce).

In our country we cook a lot of food, each meal having a soup as an entree and a casserole as the main course. As a curiosity, fresh parsley is also very good for our dogs if they are eating their own waste.

Grease from a hamburger with bright orange greasy cheese and bright red ketchup? Buses are rolling across the continent fueled by mustard greens.Butterflies and bees love canola's intensely yellow flowers.

Cut each eggplant at the stem (watch out for thorns on the stem - some have them) with a sharp knife or gardening scissors. Salt the eggplant lightly and leave it alone for 30 minutes.

Combine about a quarter cup of red wine vinegar with a tablespoon of Dijon mustard, and about a quarter cup of olive oil. It makes a sort of tall carpet, and it covered with tiny blossoms in the spring.

The truffle is an expensive, highly sought-after fungus about the size of a walnut, famous in French cuisine, and grows 15-20 inches deep among the roots of trees. Here in the United States we have recently begun cultivating truffles and have trained...

Care to read my words of wisdom on both aspects of butternutticity? The first few crops proved me wrong;(squash, cukes, pumpkins) are concerned, help often means organic content in the soil.

Many people consider chives the easiest herb to grow. A little bit of the herb goes a long way, so even a small chives bed can feel like more chives than you will ever be able to use.

Lavender can add a lovely floral note to foods and pairs especially well with the sweet flavors of summer. Chopped lavender flowers.This goes especially well on a lightly sweet bread (such as Hawaiian-style rolls).A summer tea party just wouldn't be complete...

Grate some parmesan cheese onto the surface of the soup. Here are twenty ways to soup up your soup. Custard cutouts (better known as royales) are traditionally floated on consommes and elegant cream soups like asparagus.

But don't worry -- you can always find something to do with all that extra parsley. However, it is self-seeding, which means if it likes the area where you've planted it, not only will the plant replace itself, but you might get a lot more seedlings than...

First - grow the endive plant from seed in spring; germination takes a matter of days only and within several weeks you have a vigorous head of green, bitter leaves. White with pale green tips, torpedo-shaped, about 6 inches long, and generally thought...

Mediterranean cuisines use it extensively and it is found far away in Cornish pasties. In Arabia saffron-flavored tea is so popular it's available in tea bags in the supermarket.It seems ironic that the world's most expensive spice is a common ingredient...