Food Try something new lately?

I love hummus, the traditional chick pea kind. Last week, I tried black bean hummus. Wow was it good! Similar texture to its chick pea cousin, but with a Mexican twist. It had a bit of a kick and tons of flavor. After the pita bread was gone, I ate it with a fork.Both of my children tried it and liked it too! My SO who does not like chick pea hummus tried this one and loved it. So you don't have to be a chick pea hummus fan to like black bean hummus. I want more and I would recommend you try it if you get a chance.
(I need to find a recipe now)


What new foods have you tried lately?
Would you eat it again? Recommend it to someone?

 

Not totally new to me but I am really getting onto cooking with beans,
The kind that come in the Goya bag and have to soak overnight, not the canned ones.
I made home made pork and beans the other night. Very yummy and will definitely do it again.

PS if you like black bean hummus, also try chipotle flavored hummus. Nice smoky flavor.

 

This was the last thing that I tried. Surprisingly it was really good though I recommend using more mint and onions for it to taste good. I really didn't have very high expectations but was encouraged to try cooking it.

From the international breakfast project:




Tasbreeb Bigilla

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• 1 lb fava beans
• 1 packet of pita bread (ours had six pitas)
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• Olive oil
• Salt
• Dry mint

1. Soak fava beans overnight in cold water.
2. Cut pita bread into pieces and leave them out overnight so they dry out. (Alternatively, put the bread pieces in an oven at 200 for 30 minutes.)
3. Bring the beans and water to a boil at medium heat, and boil them for 45 minutes.
4. Add salt and continue to boil for 15 minutes. Make sure there is enough liquid remaining to soak the bread.
5. While the beans are cooking, heat oil in a pan, add the onions to the hot oil and fry them until browned.
6. Remove the cooked beans from the water.
7. Soak the bread pieces in the bean liquid for 1 minute. Then remove them from the water and place them in a big shallow bowl.
8. Put the beans on top of the bread and then pour the onions and hot oil over the beans.
9. Sprinkle the dry mint to taste over your plate.

Results and Discussion
This recipes makes a lot of food. We could have easily halved it and still had lots of food. It was suggested to serve this with fried eggs, but we had to leave them out or we would have been eating the leftovers all week!
The pita bread pieces had an interesting texture. Being soaked in the bean juice infused them with flavor. Getting the bread pieces in and out quickly lets the flavor soak in while preventing the bread from becoming soggy.
The fried onions in the oil added lots of taste and the next time I make this I am going to add more onions. The oil itself provides the same flavor enhancement and texture contrast as in the previous breakfast.
In Iraq they add cardamom to the coffee for flavor, which is probably quite good when done properly. We were not paying attention and completely screwed this up—getting the ratio of water to coffee wrong and ending up with a very weak brew. We're now on an 0-for-2 beverage streak, and will have to pay more attention from now on!

The International Breakfast Project: Iraq - Tasbreeb Bigilla

 

Sounds quite a lot like Minestrone - without the bacon

 

I had a shot of wheatgrass. First timer. It tastes like the contents of your lawn mower bag, liquified.

 

I've started experimenting with the small-plates menu at Cheesecake Factory. Tried the white-bean hummus. It packed in a ton of subtle flavours. Earthy, citrus, a light presence of rich olive oil. It was divine. When the flatbreads ran out, we scrambled to find anything else to dip in it. We ended up dipping a couple of the Dynamite Shrimp, some of the boys' fries, and a couple slices of tomato off of my eldest's plate. And I still had to fight the urge to lick out the bowl. It's going on our table from now on when we go there, and we will, to be certain, try to get other people to try it, too. They'll be getting their own, of course. Nobody touches my hummus.