WIAW 8: Chickpeas and Cherries and Cookies, Oh My!
| November 16, 2011 | Posted by Nada under WIAW |
Hey guys – it’s Wednesday, halfway through a very busy week but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
I almost considered not doing a WIAW post this week because my eats have been a little random but I figured I’ll share what I’ve got anyways. This will have to be a quick one as I’m blogging from my phone which has very low battery at the moment and I am without a charger – whoops!
Anyways, on to more important matters.
I’ve been eating chickpeas, and lots of ‘em:
Clive’s Arabian Chickpea Pie, so good I kept the wrapper and will be emulating soon once I gather all the ingredients.
A library lunchbox of tofu scramble with chickpeas, mushrooms onions and spinach.
Autumnal vegetable stew of butternut squash, sweet potatoes and chickpeas.
Lots of socca pizza (made from chickpea flour, don’t forget).
I’ve also been trying to use up all my frozen cherries. Enter choco-cherry banana soft serve with a raw chocolate agave sauce.
And some DIY fruit soy yogurt with cheater’s cherry compote and granola crisps.
And finally, cookies.
Vegan cookies.
Which also means vegan cookie dough.
Impossible to resist.
Other random eats and snacks have included
These fruit piece things that Shannon sent me, amazing!
Roasted chestnuts from the German Christmas market that I went to this weekend.
Banana, pineapple and coconut smoothie – winning combination plus the little bobble hat is too cute.
A juicy fruit salad with lots of pineapple – just the way I like it.
I tried making Nicky’s upside down single serving muffin but it was a bit of a fail – think I took it out too early because the smell was killing me. Still tasted good though!
This morning’s pre workout snack of banana, raisins tahini and hemp seeds – simple and delicious.
Fave way to have chickpeas?
I’m a sucker for all and any hummus, socca and chickpea curries.
Best thing you ate this week?
Happy WIAW, all! 
I am loving all of your eats! I need to make some homemade softserve really soon, it sounds soo good! Yay, glad you like the fruit snack I sent you!
I’ve never had roasted chesnuts (haha, even though they’re all over the place here in Germany!) but might try them the next time I see them 
Definitely try chestnuts – they’re one of my favourite things about winter!
Ahhh seriously..I think we’re foody twins hehe!
Just everything you post is JUST my kinda food. I eat chickpeas like it’s my job (which is why my Dad calls me Chickpea hehe!). Haha shame about your muffin…I took mine out early the first time too!! Oh and I made your cookies again because they were so amazing and sent half to my Dad and he’s already wanting me to make more haha!
Aw such a cute nickname! And I’m so glad you and your dad liked them – I feel honored seeing as you’re such an experienced baker. And let me know if you’re ever in/near the midlands, we can meet up and eat our weight in chickpeas!
This post made me hungry
Everything looks sooo good. Where do you buy your socca from?
I make socca from scratch using chickpea flour! You can find it at most ethnic food stores and I think Bob’s Red Mill makes some as well.
I love chickpeas, so tough to choose a fave way of eating them. I think it would probably have to be hummus, but I love socca, love them in curries and roasted on top of salads, so delicious
I do love them on top of salad but never tried roasting them on their own – might try that soon!
Mmm chickpeas… I need to make these a permanent part of my life haha, I forget about how great they are sometimes! I really love them in hummus!
I don’t think I could ever forget about chickpeas. I’m still making up for years of not giving them their due credit!
Yum everything looks so good especially the cookie hehe. I would say my favorite way of eating chickpeas would have to be in a huge salad. I think they add such a great touch.
Your eats look delicious! And that’s some serious chickpea love (though I can’t blame you, as they are *pretty* darn delicious). It’s always so exciting to find another blogger in Germany! And wait – the Weihnachtsmarkts are open already??? How did I not know that? I’ve never been to one, I have to get on that ASAP!
Least favorite way to eat chickpeas: hummus. I do NOT like the garlic after taste and I’m more of a sweet than savory gal anyway. But I sooooooooooooooooooo want to try socca!
I’m not actually in Germany – I live in the UK but the German markets come to all major cities around Christmastime! I do love them though despite the lack of vegan friendly options. The jewelry and crafts stalls are always so nice! I can imagine they’re just as good if not better in Germany so definitely check one out.
Chickpeas are delicious in everything! This weekend the boyfriend and I are making some Ethiopian-style. So pumped. And vegan cookie dough is heaven!
Chickpea pie sounds delicious! My favorite way to have chickpeas… gosh there are too many good ways! I’m gonna default to hummus or falafel. They’re classics!
Best thing I ate this week was a dark chocolate sea salt caramel. It doesn’t get much better than that!
Chick peas are the best! I think my favourite way to eat them would be in curries, hummus, stews, and used in a socca pizza!
Glad to know I’m not the only socca pizza fiend around
I am jealous of all of your eats!
Especially tofu scramble which I actually have yet to try!!!
Tofu scramble is great if flavoured properly – I actually preferred it to scrambled eggs in my pre-vegan days.
Holy yum that cookie dough looks SO good! Your eats are totally making me drool over here haha
Hehehe your blog title REALLY made me giggle
Cookie please!! Everything looks amazing but they were definitely my main focus! x
I love chickpeas Indian style…so delicious!
The cookies look fabulous too…kudos to you for coming up with so many amazing vegan concoctions!
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Will you be posting that yummy looking vegan cookie recipe anytime soon? I’d be really grateful because i love trying out new recipes
Hi Charlie, I’ve posted the recipe for the Oatmeal Date cookies here. Is that the one you meant?
Erm…i was looking at the one above with the chocolate chips in but the oatmeal date ones looks scrummy too!
I used this Oh She Glows recipe for the chocolate chip ones but made some modifications, only 1/2 a cup of unrefined cane sugar and 1/2 a tbsp of date molasses. Hope that helps
That’s so funny. I copied that recipe down this afternoon as i was looking for one that was similar to yours! Thank you so much for replying though. Really appreciate it. Enjoy the rest of your day