Chickpea Salad w/ Lemon Yogurt Dressing

This has not been tried. I came across a Canadian Living magazine from 2012 at the cottage, left behind by the previous owner. It boasts "45+ Simply Delicious Recipes", including this one.  We will find out before long!

1/4 cup Balkan-style plain yogurt

2 tbsp of lemon juice

A pinch of salt, a pinch pepper

1 can (540 ml) of chickpeas, drained and rinsed

1/2 cup of grape tomatoes, halved

1/4 cup diced celery

3 tbsp of diced red onion

In a bowl, stir together the yogurt, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add the chickpeas, tomatoes, celery, and onion until combined.  

The recipe also called for chopped fresh mint (3 tbsp) and chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley (2 tbsp) to be added in during the second step. I will likely try without those two first, then add them in subsequent attempts. 

Next, we'll find out if any of the remaining 44 are simply delicious. 

Creamy Cajun Soup! A Cappy Original!

Love my Cajun meals, so am building a little soup recipe using the common, and maybe not-so-common, ingredients. Wrote this down as I was making it today, for the 3rrd or 4th time. Whip this up one afternoon and laissez les bons temps roulez! 🥳

2 tablespoons of olive oil.

6 cups of "chicken" broth

2 garlic cloves, minced. 

1 medium onion, diced. 

1 small zucchini, diced.

1 green bell pepper, diced.

4 cups of collard greens and/or kale and/or Swiss chard 

2 cups of frozen corn.

1/2 cup of quinoa.

1 can (540 ml) of black beans.

1 can of coconut milk. 

A few shakes of Cajun spice blend.


Heat the oil in a large pot/Dutch oven.

Toss in the garlic, onion, zucchini, and pepper. Stir until the onion becomes translucent and the peppers and zucchini soften.

Toss in whatever greens you settled on and toss the whole deal around for a few minutes until the greens reduce.

Pour in the chicken stock, then bring the mixture to a boil. 

Once boiling, add the quinoa and frozen corn. Stir regularly while the quinoa and corn cook. 

Reduce heat to low-medium, and add the black beans and tomatoes. Sprinkle in some of the Cajun spice.

Time for the coconut milk to thicken that sumbitch! Pour in the can and stir to blend thoroughly. Give another dash or two of Cajun spice.  

Full disclosure: The quinoa was Mrs. Cappy's idea.