Socca, chickpea flatbread, savoury gluten-free chickpea pancake – call it whatever you want. I call it unmistakably delicious. Longtime readers of this blog will know and recognise socca as one of my all-time favourite things to make. It’s a staple that’s been part of my cooking repertoire for just about as long as I have…
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Recipe Inspiration: Broccoli, Avocado and Sweet Pea Hummus Socca
Yes, I’m back – and to answer the burning question (which I’m sure is on all of your minds), yes I’m still alive! Once again I want to apologise for my sporadic posts as of late. The good news is that by this time next week my workload will be wittled down significantly as the…
Healthy Socca Manakeesh
Manakeesh (pronounced mana’eesh) or mu’ajjinat are savoury Arabic pastries that are uber popular within Middle Eastern and especially Levantine cuisine. They’re essentially an Arab’s answer to pizza, consisting of a dough base topped with various toppings like za’atar, labneh, cheese or even ground meat. They’re often folded, sliced or served as mini-pizzas (ubiquitous at all…
Beet, Hummus and Avocado Green Socca Pizza
This is a whole other class of pizza people. Seriously, just drink that in for a few more seconds. Okay I’m done blowing my own horn, down to business. I’ve blogged about socca pizza before, but the original version, while delicious, isn’t one of the healthiest dishes in my repertoire. Sure, it’s a world away from traditional…
Breakfast Socca
Now we all know I love my chickpeas. But socca for breakfast? Really? Really. This came about when I woke up this morning and had a) no oats (shocking, I know), b) no cereal grains and c) no intention of making a green smoothie in this sub-zero weather. It was a little bit upsetting as…