{"id":11670,"date":"2020-05-30T12:30:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T16:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=11670"},"modified":"2020-05-30T12:30:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T16:30:23","slug":"cooking-in-the-time-of-covid-a-mediterranean-melange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=11670","title":{"rendered":"Cooking in the Time of COVID – A Mediterranean Melange"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA Mediterranean m\u00e9lange in the service of using up the last bits of saladworthy candidates from the pantry and fridge. Of primary significance, I\u2019ve finally finished off the last of the dried chickpeas! \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n

The slightly smaller spheres are Lebanese moghrabieh which are similar to their more diminutive Israeli couscous cousins. These wonderful starchy pearls deserve far better than the short shrift I\u2019ve given them here \u2013 I almost wish I had left them in the pantry to star in some future culinary legerdemain. There\u2019ll be a next time. In this case, I toasted them first to bring out their latent nuttiness; toasted almonds and currants made a considerable contribution as well.<\/p>\n

From the refrigerator, I exhumed some jarred red pepper strips, Italian fried green peppers and agrodolce sun dried red peppers along with Moroccan pickled eggplant, Greek black olives and creamy feta cheese. Plated the medley over baby arugula and dressed it with olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, za\u2019atar and sumac.<\/p>\n

Tasted so much better than it looked!
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\nStay safe, be well, and eat whatever it takes. \u2764\ufe0f
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