Me, again.

I have had a furious need for muffins lately. I think about them all the time. Every trip I make to Kensington Market I stop by Urban Herbivore and pick up a sweet potato and dates muffin. At this point I might as well bake a batch and call it a day. So Friday will be an exciting sweet potato date date. Haha.
Anyway, today I made the ginger lemon muffins from a recent Orangette posting. Not as good as I was led to believe. Certainly not a keeper, but I still ate 5 of them. I think perhaps I didn't add enough ginger. I didn't get that burn at the back of my throat that you're apparently supposed to get.
I haven't been posting much because I've been busy with not working. Much of January has been spent job hunting, which means I'm home most of the day. Oddly enough, its when I have the time to write a blog entry that I don't. But still, things are looking up in the job hunt. Fingers crossed.
I've been eating a ton of chickpeas lately, since we're trying to save money while I'm jobless. What an amazing little thing - So versatile! For two weeks straight we had the same lunch everyday: mashed up chickpeas in curry powder, with grilled veggies in a wrap. It's one of those simple meals that make you feel as though you're really treating yourself to something special. But it's so healthy for you. I love it. I can't get enough of it. And I don't want to write a recipe down because this is the best part about the wrap: you just grab whatever you have in the fridge, fry it, assemble, and feast. I haven't experimented with the chickpeas yet. I just add some olive oil and curry powder, and then mash until the mixture is partly smooth, partly chunky. Maybe add some sauteed onion. Or sauteed mushrooms... Eggplant... Bean sprouts.. Shredded carrot.. The possibilities are endless. It's hard to go wrong with this one. Enjoy!