Recipe Variations: Red Curry and Spicy Chickpeas

Here’s another meal I made recently, where both dishes were a spin on previous dishes I’ve made.

The first was a veggie-heavy red curry. I didn’t use soy sauce here, and definitely used different veggies, with cauliflower being the most dominant. One small piece of chicken was the only meat involved. I overdid it a little on the curry paste and hot peppers (should have held back on one of them) but it was still tasty.

The second were toasted chickpeas, which I make fairly often as snacks. I decided to make it as a side dish this time, and used more Thai-style spices, including ginger, lemongrass, etc.

Recipe Variation: Pepper and Pepperoni Pizza

We had homemade pizza recently. I’m not sure it makes sense to provide a recipe, but some matters of note:

*We used whole wheat Trader Joe’s dough, which is normally pretty reliable, even if I’m not that great of a pizza maker. I make my own dough sometimes but don’t have a foolproof recipe yet.

*We broke in our pizza stone! Still getting used to it but liked it.

*Ingredient combo pictured: part skim mozzarella, artisan salami, hot yellow peppers, sweet red peppers, basil leaves, homemade tomato sauce.