Entries from The Amateur Gourmet tagged with 'cheap'
Chickpea Salad
Cheap and easy: that's my new motto (and reputation), especially at lunch. Yes--times are hard, even for your friendly Amateur Gourmet. "But you just went to Momofuku Ko," you might say and I'd say back, "Yes, and wiped myself clean!" Especially now that I've done my taxes: to quote my rabbi, "Oy!" No more lunches out, then: from now on it's sandwiches and leftovers. And the occasional chickpea salad like the one you see above....
Rachel Wharton's Bodega Beans
Monday night I went to a friend's play reading that let out at 9:30. I was starved. I considered grabbing a bite (I was in the No Man's Land of 35th and 8th Ave.) but then I decided I'd head home and grab a can of chickpeas from the bodega and make bodega hummus. (See here). As fate would have it, though, on the subway I ran into the unmistakable, inimitable Rachel Wharton of The Daily News who I journeyed to Queens with this summer. Rachel has a degree in food from NYU, so I put her to the test: "Rachel," I said, "I want to make a quick easy dinner with something I can get from my corner bodega." "Beans," she answered. "Beans?" "Yes," she continued. "Beans. I ate beans all through college. With some onion, garlic, or whatever you have, they're delicious."...
